Staten Island's Nightmare: The Urban Legend That Turned Out to Be Real. The Creepy Tale of CROPSEY.....Today we’re diving deep into the legend of Cropsey…the boogyman for lack of a better term, that haunts the woods of Staten island. His story is one that everyone who lives there has heard…it varies a bit in details depending on who you hear it from but all the tales about Cropsey share the same base about an escaped mental patient who now hides in the woods and only comes out to prey on little