okay so to me a "legend" is a story that may or may not be believed but doesnt have proof sort of akin to folklore,
i enjoy mysteries so i like this stuff but what do i call or where does in fall in if for example its a mix of reality and unproven story, heres an example,
im making this up,
in fredville they claim to see a ghost with a lantern walking train tracks, its said to be the ghost of tommy the trainworker who died one night on the tracks,
so lets say there really was a tommy killed on the tracks but no way to prove his ghost walks the tracks with a lantern,
is this still considered urban legend/folklore?
i guess jersey devil falls into what im asking about.