In case you haven't seen it, there's a Facebook post making the rounds this week claiming that Freddy Krueger is based upon a real-life serial killer from Ponca City. It's been shared nearly 20,000 times since Saturday.
Check it out:
That's pretty cool. I think we all know that Jason was based upon the mysterious killings at Lake Tenkiller in the 1960s, but I had no clue that Freddy was from Ponca City. That's probably because the story is total B.S.
Before Channel 25 runs off and files a report, they should probably read the rest of the post: