Famous Hoaxes

Chin Stroker · 09-08-2013 08:11PM #1

Does anyone remember people falling for the "Blair Witch Project is real" hoax back in the late-90s? It was probably the first widely released film to market themselves mainly on the internet.

What other notable hoaxes stand out?

wazky · 09-08-2013 08:12PM

A competent Government?

aujopimur · 09-08-2013 08:13PM

The moon landing.

lkionm · 09-08-2013 08:13PM

That people actually care in certain threads

The Bishop Basher · 09-08-2013 08:14PM

Elvis died

Nemeses · 09-08-2013 08:14PM

Helps to le-google

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49674/14-greatest-hoaxes-all-time

wp_rathead · 09-08-2013 08:16PM

"we only need 6 billion max"

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-08-2013 08:18PM

Good idea for a thread.

The 'Surgeons' Loch Ness monster photo springs to mind. The media of the day fell for it hook line and sinker and it wasn't exposed until years later

fastrac · 09-08-2013 08:19PM

The Euro

endacl · 09-08-2013 08:20PM

Religion.

rustedtrumpet · 09-08-2013 08:20PM

The holocaust

Mod:Banned

Chin Stroker · 09-08-2013 08:21PM

Nemeses wrote: »

Helps to le-google

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49674/14-greatest-hoaxes-all-time

It does. Always.

But I thought this was a discussion board

Hande hoche! · 09-08-2013 08:22PM

I remember thinking it had something to do with Tony Blair......I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

wp_rathead · 09-08-2013 08:22PM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

woah

Realt Dearg Sec · 09-08-2013 08:24PM

fastrac wrote: »

The Euro

Why is it not a real thing? Have I been using pounds all these years? Or do half the people posting in this thread not know what a hoax is?

My favourite is crop circles. There are people who still think they are real years after the original hoax was revealed and explained by the perpetrators. Probably a few believers over on the conspiracy theories forum

wazky · 09-08-2013 08:25PM

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Why is it not a real thing? Have I been using pounds all these years? Or do half the people posting in this thread not know what a hoax is?

My favourite is crop circles. There are people who still think they are real years after the original hoax was revealed and explained by the perpetrators. Probably a few believers over on the conspiracy theories forum

Sure if you told those lads the sky was green they would believe it.

Amirani · 09-08-2013 08:26PM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

Cop on.

Nemeses · 09-08-2013 08:26PM

Chin Stroker wrote: »

It does. Always.

But I thought this was a discussion board

It is.

I am sharing my discoveries :P

Maire2009 · 09-08-2013 08:28PM

I was going to say War of the World but not sure you could call that a hoax - more people not getting it was a play on the radio

endacl · 09-08-2013 08:29PM

wazky wrote: »

Sure if you told those lads the sky was green they would believe it.

Only if you hinted that the 'New World Order' were behind it. You'd also need a dodgy YouTube video as 'evidence'. They do have standards over there...

apollo8 · 09-08-2013 08:29PM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

I hope you are joking even at that your not funny:mad:

RachaelVO · 09-08-2013 08:33PM

Maire2009 wrote: »

I was going to say War of the World but not sure you could call that a hoax - more people not getting it was a play on the radio

Wasn't that Orson Wells reading War of the Worlds on the radio and people took it for real, or summit like that. In come places there was pandamonium. Could be an urban legend, but I think it's something like that.

neris · 09-08-2013 08:35PM

WAr of the worlds

apollo8 · 09-08-2013 08:36PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

Wasn't that Orson Wells reading War of the Worlds on the radio and people took it for real, or summit like that. In come places there was pandamonium. Could be an urban legend, but I think it's something like that.

Its no legend it's completely true.

Maire2009 · 09-08-2013 08:38PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

Wasn't that Orson Wells reading War of the Worlds on the radio and people took it for real, or summit like that. In come places there was pandamonium. Could be an urban legend, but I think it's something like that.

That's it but not an urban legend, it really happened. It was presented as a news bulletin and many people believed earth was being invaded by aliens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-08-2013 08:38PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

Wasn't that Orson Wells reading War of the Worlds on the radio and people took it for real, or summit like that. In come places there was pandamonium. Could be an urban legend, but I think it's something like that.

He did do it, it was intended as a prank as they presented it as an actual breaking news bulletin.

The One Who Knocks · 09-08-2013 08:39PM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

Chin Stroker · 09-08-2013 08:39PM

aujopimur wrote: »

The moon landing.

Im 50/50 on that. There's some convincing videos out there and some equally good debunking ones.

downonthefarm · 09-08-2013 08:41PM

the siberian hell hole,
iraqi womd
santa clause

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 09-08-2013 08:42PM

I remember the furore that abounded when Chin Stroker was spotted and he was scratching his elbow and wasn't stroking his chin, think he broke the internet over that one.

Bad times.

SweepTheLeg · 09-08-2013 08:43PM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

I know, Was all a big joke.

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rybZyQBYBPU/SYERF-isxaI/AAAAAAAAMsU/dT8zZu1Jgmw/s400/auschwitz_corpses.jpg

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