My second Los Angeles Urban Legend was just posted at blogging.la, and unlike the headlights myth, I think this one is pretty solidly LA-centric (if it's not, I'd love to hear your localized version -- Florida is disqualified, for obvious reasons)
Top LA Legends #9: An alligator named Reggie lives in Lake Machado
In 2005, rumors began flowing down the Intertubes and on local television and radio news about this very subject. While an army of alligators wasn't fighting an army of Lizardmen beneath the city streets, there was reportedly a gigantic alligator lurking in Harbor City's Machado Lake, eager to make a quick snack out of anyone who ventured too close. It even had a name: Reggie.Number 8, which also went live just moments ago is super awesome, too: A Real Life Munchkinland was built in the Valley for Wizard Of Oz actors.This is a good legend, though a little hard to believe. First of all, why would anyone in Los Angeles have an alligator? A wombat, or a bear, or a flock of man-eating seagulls, sure. But an alligator? That's just ridiculous.
And if the alligator was dumped in the sewer, why would it make its way into a lake? Don't all the sewers flow directly into some bottled water facility?
This series is turning out to be as much fun as we all thought it would be when we started talking about it in our secret clubhouse last week. I especially like how every different author's voice is coming out in each post, regardless of the veracity of the myth.
