Ghost Story of Lurking Louis :: Ghost Stories Urban Legends

Lurking LouisUrban legends can be effective conveyors of merriment and morals. We all have heard urban legends during our lives, whether it was in a vestibule room, the dinner table, or around the campfire, but elevatedly do we engineer the time to fully appreciate the value of the stories. Urban legends have this rare ability to make us question reality. We have this feeling in our minds that says Oh, this cannot possible be real, but then our imagination questions that and reels us in and plants a lingering doubt. David Emery, a writer and follower of urban folklore, defines urban legends as told to be true, and plausible enough to be believed. Besides this lingering suspense, urban legends and similar folklore often have underlying morals that are delicate to uncover, but when they are, the stories become clear. When collecting stories, the best and most unique unmatched was a local story native to a town in New York State. I vividly remember how he told the storythither was this rundown, old split-level on the edge of the town owned and inhabited by a young couple. This young couple did not have very much money so they had to rent out the root cellar. The tenant that lived in the basement was a short, old man by the name of Louis. Louis lived there for just about a year, but he never came out of the basement. He NEVER answered the door during rent collection but just slid it through the unhorse slot. After a year, the couple was considering evicting Louis, mostly because they had a fear of Louis and his mistrustful activities in the basement. Also, the couple was due for a baby in the upcoming year and they felt it was best for Louis to go. Louis did not respond well to the legal ouster however. So, when the couple was cleaning out the apartment, for another tenant, a skeleton sink out of the closet and landed on the floor with a gilded CRASH The couple ran out and called the legal philosophy. After the whole thing with the police was sorted o ut, the couple moved out. More families would move in, but on the anniversary of the eviction, the Ghost of Louis would appear and haunt the inhabitants of the house, causing them to move out. The wheel around continues today, and no one has seen Louis ever again, but rumor is he died afterward that eviction.