The top 10 scariest Hungarian urban legends – VIDEO

Many people (including me) find urban legends and conspiracy theories entertaining. For me, the crazier, the better. Some are true, some are completely insane, and some are particularly scary. Here are ten urban legends that gave us the creeps.

A YouTube channel called MostAmazingTop10 created a 10-minute video about the scariest Hungarian urban legends. In the video, Rebecca Felgate introduces 10 urban legends, but we picked five of our personal favourites. However, we encourage you to watch the full video at the end of the article.

Lions of the Chain Bridge

One of Budapest’s most well-known landmarks is the iconic Chain Bridge. Those who visited Budapest must have seen that the bridge has four giant stone lions, two at each end. If you see them closely, you will notice that the lions have their mouths open, but they have no tongues. This anatomical mistake was noticed by other apprentices of the sculptor who created the lions. The lions were placed on either side of the bridge in 1852. The sculptor, János Marschalkó, was satisfied with his work until Jakab Frick, a shoemaker apprentice, cried out loudly that the lions have no tongue. The rumour circulated very quickly, and after some time, the whole city gossiped about the fact that the sculptor forgot to create the tongues for the lions. He was apparently so upset with his mistake that he committed suicide by jumping off the bridge into the Danube.

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The tribe

Legend has it that in 1896, the Budapest Zoo exhibited a tribe of 250 Africans from the Savanna, and they displayed them as “primitive humans.” The exhibition was set to celebrate the 1000 anniversary of the Hungarian nation. Many people actually paid money to see them, and apparently, they were quite impressed with the physic.

The ghost of the Hungarian State Opera

There is a legend that in the Hungarian State Opera, there is a ghost of a cat lurking in the shadows, watching everyone on and off stage. Legend has it that in the past, one of the opera’s singers owned a grey cat that unfortunately died at the theatre. People say that the cat’s ghost still haunts the building today, looking for its owner.