Back in the day, no Internet and only rich (well, middle-class, which were rare) kids could afford gaming magazines, so a bunch of legends existed and many of them were bullshit.

I live in the house built with the bricks I shat when I found Missingno was real.

Ţ̵̧͍͎̳ͩ̿̎̅͐̂h͔͕̹ͩ̂̆̄͂ͭ̎̌͟e̲̰͈̜ͨͩͣ̋͢ ̫̘͚̹͖̔̈́ͤ͌ͪ͠ͅm̢̲̭̖̘ͦ̌͌̈́ͬͭ̔̚͟ͅi̛̱ͧ̃͊̓͝s̠ͣ̒͛̆s̸̹̗͍̓͋̋̔̕į̠͔̉̔͞n̛ͥͯ͆ͣ҉͉ġ̡͕̣̻̝̝̙̞̄ͅ ͉̭̖͖͑̌̂̋̊͢͢ͅn̵͓̮̥̯ͤͥu͓̪͎͇̜͖̠ͮͨ͑̅̍͘͟͞m̧̤͇̮̭̻̹͚͖͈̋͂̔̇ͬͮ̋͒͟b̮͚̝̲ͨ̇ͩ̌͊ͦ́ͅḙ̶̙̗̜͆̂̎ͮ̍̃r̢̳̻̻͇͔͎ͫ̈́ͪ̊͡ͅ.̸͎̟͔̖̠͊ͯ̋̈͂̎ͨ̌.̬̘̄͂͜.͚̞̬̍̍ͮ̓́ͅ
̯̜̼̩̱͎̆̍̌̇͆̃͌M̨̡͍̖̜̣̦̩̼͛̄ͮͪả̶̙̙̰͈͖̞ͥ͐̀͢k͓̈́̃͂̉̒e̴ͥ̒͒͋̓͌̓̌͏̮͉͈͚̰͈ ̢̬͕̜̼͕͈͈͔̞͋̆ͦ́ͭ̐͒ͪ͝m̘̯͉̖̣̖̙ͬ̑͑̀̾̂͛ͯ́͟ẽ͎̰̬̝͙̩̘̮̩͊̿͆͆͋͡͠ ̨͍̮̥̻̤̰͋͋̏̈w̝͙̤̰͕͚͍͙̺͋ͦh̷̘̪̰͚͙̫̱̱̬̊͂ͬ̾̂̀͜o͔̹̻̥̭̟̣̞̪ͯ̇͂̃ͭ̅ͤ̏l̥̫̬̤͈ͭͪͬ̽ͬ̑̀̊ͅe̸̹̠͈͗͊̔͞ͅ ̬̠͔̯͉̤ͩ̅̂̊͊ͥ͑͟a̶̵̤͇̥̦ͮ͝ͅg̛̩̠͕ͩ͛̊̾̍̿̚͡a̧̩̭̣̥̜͖ͬ̉͘i̛͍̖͉͉͇̗͐̀n̴̩̤̹̑́͋́.͈͈̳̬͈̲̪̮̊̾̑ͧ͒͂̀ͦ͊͟ͅ.̖͚̭͎̐̐̎̎ͪ.̢̞̦̞̙̪͚̈́̾̇̄̿͂ͬ
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