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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…


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…


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 doesn’t 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)…


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…


Nondescript
Type: Taxidermical Hoax. Summary: A nineteenth-century British naturalist claimed to have discovered a strange creature in the forests of South America. The Nondescript of Charles WatertonWhen Charles Waterton, a famous English eccentric and naturalist, returned to England in 1821 from an expedition to Guiana, he had with him hundreds of…

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