Growing up, all of us heard the same advice from our parents and teachers: “be careful what you wish for.” As a kid, that advice can be pretty difficult to process. After all, who doesn’t want to get what they’ve been seeking?
However, that recently happened to a man named Philip Smith. A researcher by trade, he devoted countless hours of time and energy to learning all that he could about an urban legend. Sure, he got some of the answers he was seeking, but he also very nearly got himself and his friends killed.
Just what was this urban legend? What did Philip discover, and how did it nearly cost him and his buddies their lives? Keep reading to find out!
An urban legend made real
The world is full of urban legends, and most of them are just designed to scare young children. However, as a researcher with a special interest in World War II, Philip Smith knew of one legend that he believed to be quite real.
The legend focused on a mysterious plane that was meant to travel from America to Japan at the height of the war. Nothing is really known about the plane, including its intended cargo or crew. The only thing anyone ever claimed to know is that the plane was marked with the number 66 and that it mysteriously disappeared from radar as soon as it took off.
There weren’t a lot of details to go on. However, Philip had good reasons to suddenly embark on his quest to find the plane.