Sydney is littered with urban legends and colourful tales. From hidden bodies to mysterious creatures, we surfaced some of our city’s most elaborate porkies…
There’s a panther on the loose in the Blue Mountains
All over the Blue Mountains and parts of Western Sydney, people have claimed to sight a giant black cat roaming around.
True or false?
Who really knows? Firsthand accounts have only ever been supported by grainy or out-of-focus photos. It’s one of those bigfoot situations – it could be real, or could be an extreme zoom shot of just a black cat in the distance.
Wakehurst Parkway has a car-haunting ghost
Bloodthirsty rumours surround this exceptionally dark road on the Northern Beaches, but the standout tale is of a ghost who hops into the backseat of unsuspecting cars driving down it after midnight.
True or false?
Well, do you believe in ghosts? Certainly, people have claimed to see the nun/young girl spectre in their cars or on the side of the Parkway, but there isn’t any hard evidence.
There’s a giant lake under Hyde Park
Tour groups and urban explorers have documented a lot of the tunnel networks and the jewel in the subterranean crown is an alleged massive lake that spreads out below Hyde Park.
True or false?
Partially true. There probably aren’t any albino monsters, but there is a flooded portion of the unused St James tunnel network that stretches for about a kilometre.
Tamarama Beach is an elephant graveyard
In 1906 Tamarama Beach hosted a theme park called Wonderland City, there was a steam-powered rollercoaster, a seal pond, a mini train and an elephant named Princess Alice with a six-seat saddle so that kids could ride her around the theme park.
True or false?
During auction, the real estate boasted that the historical Wirth family backyard contained the remains of Tamarama’s favourite elephant. True? Or property-peddlers marketing spin? The mansion fetched over 10 million dollars, and perhaps if you ask nicely and bring your own shovel, the owners of 370 Alison Road might let you have a dig.
There are bodies in the Harbour Bridge pylons
The ongoing rumour is that three men slipped into the bottom of the brick pylons as they were being built and because of time pressure and their lowly status as working lackeys the bodies were never retrieved and remain sealed inside.
True or false?
Because it was never officiated it’s hard to say.
Source link: https://www.timeout.com/sydney/attractions/8-sydney-myths-busted
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