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The thing about urban legends is that just because they are an urban legend, that does not mean that they never actually occur.  Every urban legend has some degree of truth to it.  It may have developed over an actual event, and it also may inspire copycat behavior.   But generally, an urban legend is something that is said to be happening far more often than it actually happens. Razorblade booby traps are a staple of urban legends.  One variety is razorblades in Halloween candy.  Has it ever happened?  Sure.  Is it as widespread as the public has been led to believe?  No, not at all.  And yet at Halloween, everybody talks about it and worries about it.  That is an example of an urban legend. If there were thousands of documented cases of finding railcar booby traps, and cases of injury, it would not be an urban legend.  But with the federal agencies issuing nationwide alerts, clearly the implication is that the incidents of these booby traps is very high and perhaps rising.  So that is why we need to know what incidents have actually occurred.  Because if it is only a handful, then this is indeed an urban legend because the hype is so much greater than the actual occurrence. And if that is the case, they hype may be making the problem far more dangerous by publicizing and promoting it.
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