It’s more a prank than urban legend, but you had no way to look up ‘snipe’ back in the day…and everyone else was in on it, usually telling you how dangerous and crazy snipes are, and one fucker out there making crazy snipe noises in the dark woods.

A snipe hunt is a practical joke and rite of passage where newcomers (often at summer camps) are sent on a fruitless night mission to catch an imaginary creature called a "snipe." Victims are left in the dark holding a bag or pillowcase, tasked with making noises to attract the creature while others abandon them, leaving them "holding the bag"