There's a story like this of a forest park near where I live and just for that reason 2 friends and myself went in the darkness of night with flash lights, I had some throwing knives and my friend carried a make-shift canister for a flame thrower lol it was pretty ridiculous.
We were obviously disappointed that we walked the whole venue to find no killers, gangsters or ghosts, but since then we've actively visited areas plagued by folklore at dusk. It's thrilling, but usually nothing happens