The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

(PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX)

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. A BAND OF PIRATES WERE SEATED
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. THE CAPTAIN SAID, "JACK, TELL
US A STORY." SO JACK BEGAN: "IT WAS A DARK AND
STORMY NIGHT...."

Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD AT
A CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH
WHO LIVES IN DETROIT {MICHIGAN}.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD AT A
CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OSCODA

Date learned: 10-02-1971