Also the opposite still occurs.
The perspectives that continue after the observer is dead with no factual basis IE old wives tales, the lochness monster, holiday fables, religion.
However, it's currently a new world where cognitive and confirmation bias run rampant. All it takes is one person with a big reach to spread inaccuracies that eventually become solid fact to a rapidly expanding population.
Then there's the issue of fairness -- why are some inaccuracies held in high regard and others not, especially, when the validity of the claims are equally absurd?