10 Myths and Legends about UF

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https://getupandgive.ufl.edu/10-Myths-and-Legends-about-UF.asp?AppealCode=GZ11N

Over the years, many myths and legends have sprung from the UF campus. Can you separate truth from fiction?

• Myth: A cook named Steve who worked at a cafeteria in Anderson Hall still haunts the place by banging on his pots and pans.
  Verdict: The noise is actually the clanging of radiators.
• Myth: Student “artifacts” were found in Sledd Hall, including a trippy basement 1960’s mural and remnants of a long-ago ritual known as a panty raid.
  Verdict: Yep.
• Myth: Albert and Alberta are romantically involved.
  Verdict: Wrong! And they’re not brother and sister, either. In fact, their relationship has never officially been defined.
• Myth: A tree on campus was grown from a seed that went to the moon and back.
  Verdict: True story. The 70-foot-tall sycamore tree was once a tiny passenger that travelled aboard Apollo 14 in 1971. (Its exact location is confidential.)
• Myth: Gargoyles, gargoyles, gargoyles.
  Verdict: They’re real. But they won’t hurt you.
• Myth: A secret spot behind the face of the clock at Norman Hall has been the site of romantic interludes.
  Verdict: No comment.
• Myth: While working as a groundskeeper, a young Tom Petty planted a tree on campus.
  Verdict: The story is true, but exactly which tree is the “Tom Petty tree” is unknown.
• Myth: Is Norman Hall haunted? It's said there's an old hospital bed on the top floor that is mysteriously unmade every morning after being re-made each day.
  Verdict: Too afraid to find out.
• Myth: Natural springs flow under the east stands of the Swamp.
  Verdict: Absolutely true.
• Myth: The Gators will lose to Vanderbilt on Saturday.
  Verdict: Total lie.

Also with Homecoming this weekend - this was interesting
https://getupandgive.ufl.edu/Albert-through-the-Ages.asp