East Texas is a region more closely aligned with its neighbor Louisiana than the sprawling desert and scrublands of West Texas. The woods around Lufkin and Nacogdoches have some of the best ghost stories and that Texas has to offer.

From the campus of Stephen F. Austin State Unversity to a lost mansion in deep in a forest to a legendary cryptic creature, here are 7 urban legends from the region.

7 Urban Legends from East Texas

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