„BELIEF IN URBAN LEGENDS“

Današnjica suvremenog čovjeka ispunjena je informacijama koje mu pristižu sa svih strana, ponekad u tolikoj mjeri da nije ni svjestan koliko se događaja istovremeno odvija oko njega. Bijeg od stresa i borbe za egzistenciju muče modernog čovjeka i tjeraju ga da nađe spas u razonodi, zabavi i ispunjenju vlastite znatiželje o svijetu za kojega misli da je sve otkrio o njemu, a istovremeno je svjestan da mu nedostaje još velika količina znanja o svemu što ga okružuje. Odgovor na nepoznanice svog okruženja čovjek nalazi najčešće u znanosti, a ponekad, za ono neobjašnjivo, suviše kompleksno za shvaćanje u filozofiji, religiji ili, onome što je široj masi draže : hibridu znanosti, trača i neograničene ljudske mašte – urbanoj legendi. Iako često osnovana na bezgraničnoj ljudskoj mašti, urbana legenda važna je kao dio razvoja kultura i baštine na svjetskoj razini. Međutim, postavlja se pitanje: Je li urbana legenda namijenjena ljudima da bi povjerovali u nju ili je samo misteriozni povijesni trag ljudske kulture?Contemporary man's world today is filled with information that are coming from everywhere, sometimes at such rate that even he is not conscious of how many events are simultaneously happening around him. Getaway from stress and constant fight for existence bother modern man and it forces him to find salvation in leisure time and in fulfilling his curiosity about the world he thinks he knows everything about, but at the same time, he is aware that he is missing a huge amount of knowledge about everything surrounding him. Answer to unknown elements of his surroundings man often finds in science, but sometimes, for the unexplainable, too complex to understand, he finds answers in philosophy, religion, or in the thing that is loved by the mass: a hybrid of science, gossip and limitless human imagination – urban legend. Although it is often based on limitless human imagination, urban legend is important as part of culture and heritage development on world level. However, the question arises: Is urban legend meant to be belived in or is it just a mysterious historical trail of human culture