Forum | Register | Login | Contact
Hoax Photo Tests | Gullibility Tests
Random hoax | Twitter

Web Hoax Museum



FM
Sinking Bus
Status: Real

Date and Time Period: March 3, 1988; (1980-1999)
Themes: On the Road, Real But Suspected Of Being Fake
A Number 26 double-decker bus fell into a hole on Earlham Road in Norwich, UK. The hole had been created by a collapsing chalk mine beneath the road. No one was hurt. An unknown photographer then took this picture. The image was not manipulated (although people often think it has been). The picture was subsequently used by Cadbury's to promote their "Double Decker" chocolate bar, with the tagline "Nothing fills a hole like a Double Decker." The image has also circulated widely on the internet.
References:
The Bus That Uncovered a Norwich Chalk Mine, (May 15, 2006). BBC.


Use the navigation bar below to view the hoax photo archive one entry at a time, in chronological order.

Previous photo (older):
The Case of the Moving Pyramids
Next photo (newer):
The Disappearing Coke Can