The Most Popular Urban Legends From All 50 States

Radioactive Hornets – Nebraska

This one is a bit of a wild one. There are rumors in small Nebraskan towns that radioactive hornets are living underneath the soil. The myth stems from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and that the hornets were birthed through the radioactive explosion.

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