a newspaper article about the disappearance of dorothy long

AdvertisementSign InRegisterObscUrban Legend WikiaObscUrban Legend Wikia567pagesWiki ContentCommunityin: Events, North American Legends, Hoaxes, DisappearancesDisappearance of David LangEditDisappearance of David LangDavidLangAn Artist's in David LangBackgroundType EventContinent North AmericaCountry United StatesOne-Time? YesTheories · HoaxThe Disappearance of David Lang was a strange disappearance that allegedly happened on September 23, 1880, near Gallatin, Tennessee. During the 1970s, researchers who contacted a Tennessee librarian named Hershal Payne unearthed a possible source for the tale. Payne said that he had heard some people attribute the tale to a well-known hoaxer who lived in Tennessee during the 1880s, Joseph Mulhattan. Supposedly Mulhattan invented the tale while participating in a lying contest, and with time the story became part of local legend. But despite this rumor, there is no evidence that Mulhattan was the source of the tale.It is more likely that the tale of David Lang was invented