Added 10.2.18. Beware of any story that starts out like this: “A friend of my cousin’s wife’s brother’s co-worker saw this happen and could not believe it.” You probably shouldn’t believe it, either. But how tall tales become more or less accepted truth reveals much about us – and our fears, foibles and prejudices, which are all now depth-charged by light-speed digital communications. In this vintage-1986 episode Milt delves back into urban legends with their then-leading chronicler, Jan Harold Brunvand. He had just authored his third related volume, “The Mexican Pet: More New Urban Legends And Some Old Favorites.” The first two were “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” and “The Choking Doberman.” Brunvald was a professor of English at the University of Utah.