urban legends you have been told

i remember one that i was told when i was 7 that totally freaked me out and is featured in the sequel i think.

this girl's parents are about to go out and it is the first time that she has been left in the house on her own. They tell her that if she gets scared to just remember that their pet dog is there and will look after her. So she waves goodbye to them from the living room window and sits down to watch the tv. A few minutes later she hears a noise that sounds like dripping and so turns the volume off and puts her hand down to where the dog was lying on the floor next to the sofa and the dog licks her hand. Reassured, she goes back to watching the tv. However, she hears the noise again. After a while she decides to check the rooms of the house. Finally, she gets to the bathroom where she sees a shadow behind the shower curtain and when she pulls the curtain back she sees her dog, hung, his blood dripping onto the floor.
Totally stupid, but to a seven year old who had not only heard that but a number of other scary stories all at once, the thought of some psycho licking the girls hand was not so good.

scary beary