Myths, folklores, and urban legends have been a way for people to entertain themselves and pass time. There is definitely a cultural significance in these stories, to a point where they have transcended to the electronic format—the internet.

Users of open post forums , such as 4chan and reddit, have created an internet niche of story tellers. There is no definite number of people in this niche nor is there a way to gain membership to be apart of this trend, as anyone can join. There is actually a site that contains works from various users of different internet tribes.

Link: CreepypastaWiki

This website contains user generated stories ranging from different genres.

One of the stories that have struck me the most is a story about a Russian gas experiment gone wrong. You can read more about it here.

There has also been a recent surge of myths that deal with haunted computer hardware and vintage gaming systems. One of these urban legends deal with a popular handheld Nintendo video game, Pokemon. One famous urban legend, also called a creepy pasta, concerns about the release of a popular version of the Pokemon game series: Green and Red. According to myth, children who played Green or Red who encountered a town in the game, called Lavender Town , experienced suicidal thoughts and depression because of the soundtrack. It turns out to be a dud, but the soundtrack did cause headaches to 7-12 year olds playing the game.

Another story that involves haunted video games is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which was released on the Nintendo 64. The story deals with a teenager who decides to play an old video game cartridge that is missing its cover art. After playing it for a while, strange things start to occur and the video game haunts the teen psychologically. BEN DROWENED was a reoccurring message that appeared in various instances of the game, a hint that something wrong has happened.

Slenderman is also another popular creepypasta that originated from a PC videogame. The whole premise of the game is to find a number of notes scattered through an abandoned environment. The catch? avoiding making eye contact to this lovely fellow :