Licked hand, Vigo County, Indiana
| Description: |
Cindy Allens typewritten variant of The Licked Hand urban legend as collected by Sharon Fryar. In this variant, a girl is babysitting for a couple and is reassured by their dog who licks her hand to let her know everything is okay. After hearing a noise outside, the dog fails to lick her hand, and she finds it violently killed in the bathroom. |
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| Origin: | 1973-11-21 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1728 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Dogs Babysitting Homicides Folklore |
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