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This page is part of the Museum of Hoaxes' Hoax Photo Archive, a catalog of photo fakery throughout history. Images are categorized by theme, technique of fakery, and time period.
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Pacific Sea Monster
Status: Staged with a log
Technique of Fakery: Staged Scene.
Date and Time Period: 1906; (1900-1919)
Themes: Animals, Fish, Very Large Animals, Humor
Technique of Fakery: Staged Scene.
Date and Time Period: 1906; (1900-1919)
Themes: Animals, Fish, Very Large Animals, Humor
A group of men show off this sea serpent that washed up on the beach at Ballard, Washington. However, the "sea serpent" appears to be the trunk of a tree.
References:
"Sea Serpent #3." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Archive.
Sloan, M. (1990). Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles. Villard Books: p.2.
"Sea Serpent #3." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Archive.
Sloan, M. (1990). Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles. Villard Books: p.2.
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