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Bigfoot Hoaxes
Type: Legend. Summary: The legend of the existence of a giant ape native to North America has inspired numerous hoaxes. BIGFOOT HAIKUIf a tree branch falls in the woods and hits Bigfoot, does he make a sound? (by AB) Bigfoot, he saw me. Grabbed me and ran far away. I’ll…
Bonsai Kitten
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: A website that came online in late 2000 purported to offer instructions on how to raise kittens inside of glass jars. The Bonsai Kitten website. Bonsai describes the ancient Japanese art of growing miniature trees by rigorous pruning of their roots and branches. Because of their…
Brazilian Invisible Fish
Type: Publicity Stunt. Summary: Crowds are lured to view an invisible fish. Harry Reichenbach (1882-1931) was a publicist whose career spanned the early twentieth century. He was responsible for promoting many movies and show business personalities. In his autobiography Phantom Fame (written with the help of David Freedman), Reichenbach described…
Butterflies of Linnaeus
Type: Scientific hoax. Summary: A hoax butterfly species, invented as a practical joke, fooled many prominent naturalists. Three butterflies owned and described by Carl Linnaeus The three butterflies shown to the right were part of the collection of the great eighteenth-century naturalist Carl Linnaeus. In 1763 he named and described…
Central Park Zoo Escape
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Panic ensued after the New York Herald reported that wild animals had escaped from the New York City Zoo. “Another Awful Calamity. The Intellectual Department of The New York Herald Let Loose Upon the Public.” Front cover of the Daily Graphic (Nov. 13, 1874), mocking the…
Duckbilled Platypus
Type: Real creature suspected of being fake. Summary: When western naturalists first discovered the duckbilled platypus, they suspected it was a hoax. HOAX HAIKUThe bizarre creaure In the river must be miffed, ‘Cause he isn’t real (by J) Egg-laying mammal With duck-bill that doesnt quack (Man that is so wack!)…
Feejee Mermaid
Type: Hoax. Summary: Crowds in nineteenth-century America flocked to see what was advertised to be a real mermaid. HOAX HAIKUThe Feejee Mermaid — Is she hot or not? I’d say Definitely not. (by AB) Her great ugliness And the lines of her stitching Mark her as a hoax (by bobbaxter)…
Giant Bear
Type: Real photos, inaccurate captions. Summary: Photos circulated via email showed a hunter posing with an enormous bear. Theodore Winnen poses with the bear he shot.A photo showing a hunter posing with an incredibly large bear began to circulate via email in late 2001. The large size of the bear…
Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer
Type: April Fool’s Day hoax. Summary: An article in Discover described the discovery of a bizarre new Antarctic species. Image that accompanied the article in Discover. The caption read: “Proud and Free, a fierce ice borer bellows a challenge.” The April 1995 issue of Discover Magazine contained a brief article…
I Buy Strays
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: A website pretends to represent a business that buys pets and resells them to research labs. IBuyStrays.com appeared on the internet in late December, 2007 and has quickly achieved notoriety. The site purports to represent a business that buys unwanted pets and stray animals and resells…
Killer Hawk of Chicago
Type: Hoax that is not a hoax. Summary: As Chicagoans excitedly followed reports of a hawk loose in the downtown area, newspapers began to suspect they may have been hoaxed. “The pirate of the air perched on the roof of the Art institute just after he had killed and was…
Loch Ness Monster Hoaxes
Type: Cryptozoological critter. Summary: The legend of a monster living in Scotland’s Loch Ness has inspired many hoaxes. NESSIE HAIKULurking in the deep, centuries old. Addicted to tourist sushi. (by AB) Like Schroedinger’s Cat it matters not where she is --but that she might be. (by Armando C. Gomez) Through…
Milton Mule
Type: Political prank. Summary: In 1938 the residents of Milton, Washington elected a mule to office. HOAX HAIKUNew commiteeman’s Great, better than the last one But the speech was odd (by J)Submit a haiku Mrs. Curtis poses with her mule “Boston”On September 13, 1938 Boston Curtis won the post of…
Monkeys Pick Cotton
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: A nineteenth-century rumor described an experiment in which a Southern planter trained monkeys to pick cotton. Monkeys picking pecans (see end of article). Throughout the nineteenth century a rumor circulated in the southern states of America alleging that a planter had experimented with training monkeys to…
Monkey Fishing
Type: Hoax. Summary: Slate.com reporter describes the sport of fishing for monkeys. Jay Forman wrote an occasional “Vice” column for the online magazine Slate.com. It provided him with a mainstream outlet to detail some of the bizarre activities he had engaged in or witnessed over the years. For instance, one…
Pierre Brassau - Monkey Artist
Type: Art Hoax. Summary: The paintings of the avant-garde artist Pierre Brassau were revealed to be the work of a monkey. Peter the Chimp, aka “Pierre Brassau,” at work. In 1964 four paintings by a previously unknown avant-garde French artist named Pierre Brassau were exhibited at an art show in…
Snowball the Monster Cat
Type: Hoax Photo. Summary: A photograph widely circulated on the internet purported to show a mutant 87-pound cat. HOAX HAIKUBig cats make great pets, And make great conversation, but think of the Hairballs! (by J) Man that man is strong holding Fluffy, smiling big hate to clean that litter (by…
Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
Type: Hoax. Summary: A satirical organization campaigned to clothe animals. HOAX HAIKUG. Clifford Prout says A nude horse is a rude horse. Put pants on Fido!!! (by AB)Submit a haiku SINA Newsletter. G. Clifford Prout was a man with a mission, and that mission was to put clothes on all…
Theft of the Sacred Cod
Type: College Prank. Summary: In 1933 Harvard students “codnapped” the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts. The Sacred Cod of Massachusetts. Theft is one of the classic and most-often-used tools in the toolbox of college pranksters. All manner of prized items are regularly spirited away at campuses throughout the world: statues, bells,…
Virginia City Camel Race
Type: Hoax that became real. Summary: Virginia City, Nevada hosts an annual camel race that began as a hoax. In 1959 Bob Richards, the editor of the Nevada-based Territorial Enterprise, announced that a camel race would be held that year down the main street of Virginia City. He challenged other…
Washing The Lions
Type: April Fool’s Day Prank. Summary: Victims were sent to see the washing of the lions at the Tower of London.April Fool’s Day Content in the Museum of HoaxesTop 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes—The Origin of April Fool’s Day—April Fool’s Hoaxes by Year1698 | 1708 | 1844 | 1860 |…
Wild Animal Hoax - Part 1
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Complete text of the “wild animal hoax” published by the New York Herald in 1874. On November 9, 1874 the New York Herald published an article claiming that the animals had escaped from their cages in the New York zoo and were rampaging through the city.…
Wild Animal Hoax - Part 2
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Continuation of the complete text of the “wild animal hoax” published by the New York Herald in 1874. (Continued from Wild Animal Hoax - Part 1.) On November 9, 1874 the New York Herald published an article claiming that the animals had escaped from their cages…
Winsted Wild Man
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Reports of a wild man loose in Winsted, Connecticut fanned mass hysteria. In August of 1895 New York City papers received a wire story about a naked, hairy man that was terrorizing townspeople in Winsted, Connecticut. Intrigued, the papers sent reporters up to Winsted to find…
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Bigfoot Hoaxes
Type: Legend. Summary: The legend of the existence of a giant ape native to North America has inspired numerous hoaxes. BIGFOOT HAIKUIf a tree branch falls in the woods and hits Bigfoot, does he make a sound? (by AB) Bigfoot, he saw me. Grabbed me and ran far away. I’ll…
Bonsai Kitten
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: A website that came online in late 2000 purported to offer instructions on how to raise kittens inside of glass jars. The Bonsai Kitten website. Bonsai describes the ancient Japanese art of growing miniature trees by rigorous pruning of their roots and branches. Because of their…
Brazilian Invisible Fish
Type: Publicity Stunt. Summary: Crowds are lured to view an invisible fish. Harry Reichenbach (1882-1931) was a publicist whose career spanned the early twentieth century. He was responsible for promoting many movies and show business personalities. In his autobiography Phantom Fame (written with the help of David Freedman), Reichenbach described…
Butterflies of Linnaeus
Type: Scientific hoax. Summary: A hoax butterfly species, invented as a practical joke, fooled many prominent naturalists. Three butterflies owned and described by Carl Linnaeus The three butterflies shown to the right were part of the collection of the great eighteenth-century naturalist Carl Linnaeus. In 1763 he named and described…
Central Park Zoo Escape
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Panic ensued after the New York Herald reported that wild animals had escaped from the New York City Zoo. “Another Awful Calamity. The Intellectual Department of The New York Herald Let Loose Upon the Public.” Front cover of the Daily Graphic (Nov. 13, 1874), mocking the…
Duckbilled Platypus
Type: Real creature suspected of being fake. Summary: When western naturalists first discovered the duckbilled platypus, they suspected it was a hoax. HOAX HAIKUThe bizarre creaure In the river must be miffed, ‘Cause he isn’t real (by J) Egg-laying mammal With duck-bill that doesnt quack (Man that is so wack!)…
Feejee Mermaid
Type: Hoax. Summary: Crowds in nineteenth-century America flocked to see what was advertised to be a real mermaid. HOAX HAIKUThe Feejee Mermaid — Is she hot or not? I’d say Definitely not. (by AB) Her great ugliness And the lines of her stitching Mark her as a hoax (by bobbaxter)…
Giant Bear
Type: Real photos, inaccurate captions. Summary: Photos circulated via email showed a hunter posing with an enormous bear. Theodore Winnen poses with the bear he shot.A photo showing a hunter posing with an incredibly large bear began to circulate via email in late 2001. The large size of the bear…
Hippo Eats Dwarf
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: Newspapers report the accidental swallowing of a circus dwarf by a hippo. HOAX HAIKUDwarf-eating hippo travels all around the world Devouring midgets (by Exactor) A weirder story circulates by newspaper called “Dwarf eats hippo!” (by J)Submit a haiku For the past decade versions of the following…
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer
Type: April Fool’s Day hoax. Summary: An article in Discover described the discovery of a bizarre new Antarctic species. Image that accompanied the article in Discover. The caption read: “Proud and Free, a fierce ice borer bellows a challenge.” The April 1995 issue of Discover Magazine contained a brief article…
I Buy Strays
Type: Hoax Website. Summary: A website pretends to represent a business that buys pets and resells them to research labs. IBuyStrays.com appeared on the internet in late December, 2007 and has quickly achieved notoriety. The site purports to represent a business that buys unwanted pets and stray animals and resells…
Killer Hawk of Chicago
Type: Hoax that is not a hoax. Summary: As Chicagoans excitedly followed reports of a hawk loose in the downtown area, newspapers began to suspect they may have been hoaxed. “The pirate of the air perched on the roof of the Art institute just after he had killed and was…
Loch Ness Monster Hoaxes
Type: Cryptozoological critter. Summary: The legend of a monster living in Scotland’s Loch Ness has inspired many hoaxes. NESSIE HAIKULurking in the deep, centuries old. Addicted to tourist sushi. (by AB) Like Schroedinger’s Cat it matters not where she is --but that she might be. (by Armando C. Gomez) Through…
Milton Mule
Type: Political prank. Summary: In 1938 the residents of Milton, Washington elected a mule to office. HOAX HAIKUNew commiteeman’s Great, better than the last one But the speech was odd (by J)Submit a haiku Mrs. Curtis poses with her mule “Boston”On September 13, 1938 Boston Curtis won the post of…
Monkeys Pick Cotton
Type: Urban Legend. Summary: A nineteenth-century rumor described an experiment in which a Southern planter trained monkeys to pick cotton. Monkeys picking pecans (see end of article). Throughout the nineteenth century a rumor circulated in the southern states of America alleging that a planter had experimented with training monkeys to…
Monkey Fishing
Type: Hoax. Summary: Slate.com reporter describes the sport of fishing for monkeys. Jay Forman wrote an occasional “Vice” column for the online magazine Slate.com. It provided him with a mainstream outlet to detail some of the bizarre activities he had engaged in or witnessed over the years. For instance, one…
Pierre Brassau - Monkey Artist
Type: Art Hoax. Summary: The paintings of the avant-garde artist Pierre Brassau were revealed to be the work of a monkey. Peter the Chimp, aka “Pierre Brassau,” at work. In 1964 four paintings by a previously unknown avant-garde French artist named Pierre Brassau were exhibited at an art show in…
Snowball the Monster Cat
Type: Hoax Photo. Summary: A photograph widely circulated on the internet purported to show a mutant 87-pound cat. HOAX HAIKUBig cats make great pets, And make great conversation, but think of the Hairballs! (by J) Man that man is strong holding Fluffy, smiling big hate to clean that litter (by…
Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
Type: Hoax. Summary: A satirical organization campaigned to clothe animals. HOAX HAIKUG. Clifford Prout says A nude horse is a rude horse. Put pants on Fido!!! (by AB)Submit a haiku SINA Newsletter. G. Clifford Prout was a man with a mission, and that mission was to put clothes on all…
Theft of the Sacred Cod
Type: College Prank. Summary: In 1933 Harvard students “codnapped” the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts. The Sacred Cod of Massachusetts. Theft is one of the classic and most-often-used tools in the toolbox of college pranksters. All manner of prized items are regularly spirited away at campuses throughout the world: statues, bells,…
Virginia City Camel Race
Type: Hoax that became real. Summary: Virginia City, Nevada hosts an annual camel race that began as a hoax. In 1959 Bob Richards, the editor of the Nevada-based Territorial Enterprise, announced that a camel race would be held that year down the main street of Virginia City. He challenged other…
Washing The Lions
Type: April Fool’s Day Prank. Summary: Victims were sent to see the washing of the lions at the Tower of London.April Fool’s Day Content in the Museum of HoaxesTop 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes—The Origin of April Fool’s Day—April Fool’s Hoaxes by Year1698 | 1708 | 1844 | 1860 |…
Wild Animal Hoax - Part 1
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Complete text of the “wild animal hoax” published by the New York Herald in 1874. On November 9, 1874 the New York Herald published an article claiming that the animals had escaped from their cages in the New York zoo and were rampaging through the city.…
Wild Animal Hoax - Part 2
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Continuation of the complete text of the “wild animal hoax” published by the New York Herald in 1874. (Continued from Wild Animal Hoax - Part 1.) On November 9, 1874 the New York Herald published an article claiming that the animals had escaped from their cages…
Winsted Wild Man
Type: Media Hoax. Summary: Reports of a wild man loose in Winsted, Connecticut fanned mass hysteria. In August of 1895 New York City papers received a wire story about a naked, hairy man that was terrorizing townspeople in Winsted, Connecticut. Intrigued, the papers sent reporters up to Winsted to find…