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Famous Hoaxes

Chin Stroker

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?

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wazky

A competent Government?

aujopimur

The moon landing.

lkionm

That people actually care in certain threads

The Bishop Basher

Elvis died

Nemeses

Helps to le-google

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

wp_rathead

"we only need 6 billion max"

DEFTLEFTHAND

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

The Euro

endacl

Religion.

rustedtrumpet

The holocaust

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Chin Stroker

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!

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

wp_rathead

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

woah

Realt Dearg Sec

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

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

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

Cop on.

Nemeses

Chin Stroker wrote: »

It does. Always.

But I thought this was a discussion board

It is.

I am sharing my discoveries :P

Maire2009

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

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

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

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

RachaelVO

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

WAr of the worlds

apollo8

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

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

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

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

Chin Stroker

aujopimur wrote: »

The moon landing.

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

downonthefarm

the siberian hell hole,
iraqi womd
santa clause

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

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

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

The holocaust

I know, Was all a big joke.

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