title: The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends
author:  Jan Harold Brunvand 
description: "This is a fascinating book, but I still say all those stories actually happened to the mother of a friend of mine's doctor's wife."<br /><br />This is a fascinating book, but I still say all those stories actually happened to the mother of a friend of mine's doctor's wife. --Roy Blount Jr."
zlib_text: The Choking Doberman
  
  Other Books by Jan Harold Brunvand
  THE TRUTH NEVER STANDS
  IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY
  AMERICAN FOLKLORE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
  THE BABY TRAIN
  CURSES! BROILED AGAIN!
  THE MEXICAN PET
  THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER
  THE STUDY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE
  READINGS IN AMERICAN FOLKLORE
  TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
  ENCYCLOPEDIA OF URBAN LEGENDS
  
  The Choking Doberman
  and
  Other “New” Urban Legends
  JAN HAROLD BRUNVAND
  UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
  
  CONTENTS
  PREFACE
  Hooked on the American Urban Legend
  1. “The Choking Doberman” and Its Ancestors
  “New” Urban Legends
  “The Choking Doberman”
  “The Elevator Incident”
  The “Wagger” Story
  “Llewellyn and Gellert”
  “The Severed Fingers”
  “The Robber Who Was Hurt”
  “The Choking Doberman” in England
  Notes toward the Life History of a “New” Urban Legend
  2. More Automobile and RV Legends
  The Foaf at the Wheel
  “The Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker”
  “The Baby on the Roof”
  “The Elephant That Sat on a VW”
  “The Rattle in the Cadillac”
  “Cruise Control” Stories
  “The Wife’s RV Revenge”
  “The Coyote’s R