A sampling of folklore definitions through the years: 2007AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY:Folklore is the traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral example.
The pilots of the 1st Black Hawk shot down, Cliff Wolcott and his copilot, were wedged in the wrecked cockpit pretty tightly & the crash had kicked up a lot of dirt, partially burying both of them. The guys doing the extraction had to cut the entire front end of the chopper apart around both bodies to get them out.
WATCH: Former Army Ranger Revisits 'Black Hawk Down,' 20 Years Later. Bowden argued that al Qaeda's overall role wasn't extensive or decisive in the battle, and their support to the Somali warlord wasn't a coherent plot in the way their future attacks would be.