Nessie’, the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland. Once portrayed by the first photographer, a London surgeon as ‘something with a long neck arched over a thick body’
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From the fear of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, to the Phantom of the Opera in Paris, geographical distance has not prevented Fetba in West Cameroon’s  stories bridging cultural divides.

Urban legends are believed to be modern day fairy tales. Just as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves or Puss in Boots were spread by oral tradition, urban myths are spread by word of mouth, creating contemporary folklore, often with a moral sting in the tail.

George Orwell once said: “Myths which are believed in tend to become true.”

George Orwell (1903 – 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair.

Strange Tales, Strange Tails…

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