Snopes.com /ˈsnoʊps/, also known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a website covering urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of unknown or questionable origin.[2] It is a well-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture,[3]receiving 300,000 visits a day.[4]
Snopes.com is run by Barbara and David Mikkelson,[5] aCalifornia couple who met in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup.[6]The site is organized by topic and includes a message board where stories and pictures of questionable veracity may be posted. The Mikkelsons founded the San Fernando ValleyFolklore Society and were credited as the owners of that site until 2005.[7]
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The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
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