Here’s the Creepiest Urban Legend from Utah 

According to Business Insider, who lists the creepy urban legend from each state, the story of the midnight bee man is Utah’s. It all starts in the former town of Thistle up Spanish Fork Canyon.  

Thistle was a tiny town near the train tracks that was abandoned when a mud slide caused the Spanish Fork River to back up and cover the place in 1983. Thankfully, no lives were lost as residents were warned to leave and now their homes and businesses are only husks that remain. 

The Story of the Midnight Bee Man 

Like all urban legends, the details of who and when this story from Thistle happened are vague. One late night some teenagers from Spanish Fork decided to drive to the ghost town for a scare. They parked their car near the highway and walked up the canyon to Thistle. 

As they traversed the rocky land, they began to be stung by insects. Looking closer they found they were bees, and they were beginning to swarm. The group ran as fast as they could back to the car, but between them and the vehicle stood a man with glowing eyes. 

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What they first thought was a beard was in fact bees surrounding and clinging to the man. The kids ran again but this time to the highway where they flagged down a trucker. When they told what happened, the man followed them back to their car. The bee man was gone along with all the insects. 

Now you know the urban legend of the midnight bee man. I think the scariest element about the story is getting stung. Ouch. 

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