The urban legend about a visible suicide in The Wizard of Oz is one of the most persistent in film history, and it's fascinating how these stories take hold. The reality is that the scene people point to involves a bird — one of the large crane-like birds used in the set dressing — whose movement looks vaguely human when viewed at low resolution. What's interesting is why this legend persists: it attaches to a beloved film, it involves something you have to look closely to see, and it invites people to participate in "discovering" it. That structure is common to most successful urban legends. There's a discussion on https://roll-dorado.pl/app about how stories spread and why some stick — the point about the pleasure of sharing hidden knowledge was well-made. Had you heard this one before?