About the Museum
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), and the Hoax Forum.

The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.



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#86: Killer Bees Attack Arizona
In 1994 residents of Glendale and Peoria, Arizona woke to find yellow fliers posted around their neighborhoods warning them of "Operation Killer Bees." Apparently there was to be widespread aerial spraying later that day to eradicate a killer bee population that had made its way into the area. Residents were warned to stay indoors from 9 am until 2:30 pm. The phone numbers of local television and radio stations were provided. On the bottom of the flier the name of an official government agency was listed: Arizona Pest Removal Information Line (For Outside Operations Listings). The first letters of this agency spelled out "April Fool." Few people got the joke. Radio and television stations received numerous calls, as did the Arizona Agriculture Department. Many worried residents stayed inside all day, anxiously watching out their windows for the pest-control planes to fly overhead.

Comments
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Not funny at all.
In the meantime, the bees have in fact reached Arizona.
Posted by Otto Ihnishyn  on  Sun Apr 02, 2006  at  09:48 AM
A whole 12 years later. Get a sense of humour.
Posted by Rob  in  England  on  Wed Apr 12, 2006  at  06:08 AM
Not funny, because the point about April Fool's pranks is that they're supposed to be stuff that would never really happen, so anyone believing that them is not that bright. But killer bee swarms do exist, and do exist in America, so where the joke?
Posted by Michelle  in  London  on  Mon Feb 19, 2007  at  05:09 AM
Killer bees???? We can't find Honey Bees any more.
Posted by Erik  in  Washington State  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  08:51 AM
I thought it was hilarious! Still LMAO
Posted by Mona  in  Glendale Arizona  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  01:36 PM
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