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Snopes.com /ˈsnoʊps/ also known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages is a website covering urban legends Internet rumors e-mail forwards and other stories of unknown or questionable origin. It is a well-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture receiving 300000 visits a day.Snopes is run by Barbara and David Mikkelson a California couple who met in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup.