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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), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
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.Prankplace.com
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Sewer Horse 2
Status: Undetermined
I came across another picture of a horse in a sewer. I guess when it rains sewer horses, it pours. The previous sewer horse was pretty implausible. After all, you had a horse sticking its head out of a sewer, and no one was even looking at it.This sewer horse is more believable. I could imagine a horse wandering around in an open field, which happens to back into an open hole. And at least the firemen are looking at this horse.
However, the shadows seem wrong. The angle of light hitting the firemen looks slightly different than the angle of light hitting the horse. And based on the length of the mens' shadows, shouldn't the horse's shadow be longer? But I'm not good enough at interpreting shadow angles to call this one a definite fake.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Jul 01, 2008 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 18
Category: Animals, Photos/Videos
Category: Animals, Photos/Videos
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Brings to mind the monkey in the table scene in Faces of Death I
Posted by Darren on Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 04:09 PMI'm calling "fake" on this one, too. To my eye, the horse's "face line" looks too defined against the background. I realize that's hardly proof of anything, but it just doesn't look real to me.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 04:32 PMColors and shadows don't "look right," but they're close...
~Dan
Posted by Dan in Eugene, OR on Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 05:37 PM~Dan
I might be wrong but, what I see is:
- There's no struggling signs on the ground or on the horse, as if the horse has been totally standing still.
- The firemen seems to be looking in front of the horse, or rather at the "blood stained" blanket(?).
- The head shadow is too short and "fuzzy".
- The thickness or the sewer "pipe" is quite thin.
Just my observations.
Posted by Pierre in Canada on Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:57 PM- There's no struggling signs on the ground or on the horse, as if the horse has been totally standing still.
- The firemen seems to be looking in front of the horse, or rather at the "blood stained" blanket(?).
- The head shadow is too short and "fuzzy".
- The thickness or the sewer "pipe" is quite thin.
Just my observations.
I'm gonna call Real on this one: Messing around with the photo in photoshop, you can't find many (well, ANY) discrepencies... And to be honest, I disagree with Pierres points - I think the shadow the head casts is spot on where it should be - The fuzziness comes from the hair on the top of the horses head...
Posted by Puck on Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:10 PM1. The angles look pretty close. Draw a line from the left firefighters hand to its shadow on the ground. Do the same with the horse's nose or better yet ear and they are pretty close.
2. I think the blanket is just a really sun faded red rescue blanket.
3. The kick marks appear about 9-12 inches to the foreground of the forehoof, and continue in a semi circle past the rescuers foot.
Pretty real from my view
Posted by Alan in CT on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 04:03 AM2. I think the blanket is just a really sun faded red rescue blanket.
3. The kick marks appear about 9-12 inches to the foreground of the forehoof, and continue in a semi circle past the rescuers foot.
Pretty real from my view
Nah....I have been working with photoshop for too long.it is good though....
Posted by patrick lavin in Brasil on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 08:13 AMHere's a bit more of the picture if it helps...
http://x02.xanga.com/b56a0b335803255788705/s37394000.jpg
I'm just wondering why the horse's shadow is so much lighter than the firemen's?
Posted by StarLizard in Quebec, Canada on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 12:00 PMhttp://x02.xanga.com/b56a0b335803255788705/s37394000.jpg
I'm just wondering why the horse's shadow is so much lighter than the firemen's?
The horse looks like it is doing a bow ...and has been turned 90 degrees. I can't really explain a horse bow...maybe someone who is into horses can explain it better. (Maybe more like a horse curtsy??) I say fake.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:28 PMMaybe a picture would make more sense.
http://www.igallopon.com/vannerBow.jpg
It's not exact...but similar.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:32 PMhttp://www.igallopon.com/vannerBow.jpg
It's not exact...but similar.
The light on the horse looks wrong - too soft compared to the rest of the lighting. I say fake, but I do love the recent rash of sewer horses. Modern day kelpies, perhaps?
Posted by Sarah in Portland, OR on Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 04:12 PMHow about Well Donkey - this is definitely real
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7489290.stm
Posted by Andy in Leicester on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 06:42 AMhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7489290.stm
A good one but fake IMO.
The ear should be present in the shaddow!
And, yes, what are they looking at?
Posted by avrogado on Sun Jul 06, 2008 at 02:13 AMThe ear should be present in the shaddow!
And, yes, what are they looking at?
I'm no horse keeper but how the heck did the rear end of the horse got into this (tiny) hole in the first place?? The legs should have caught up on the rim or something, or it should have ended up sitting on the rim, no? And should't the 'sweer' had some kind of concrete rim around it? It looks strangly thin, popping up there, in the middle of a dirt field.
Posted by Carl in Ont, Canada on Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 04:17 AMIsn't it obvious?
The horses are climbing out of the sewers to get away from the alligators.
Posted by Big Gary in Boca Chica, Texas on Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 07:23 AMThe horses are climbing out of the sewers to get away from the alligators.
The lighting on the rescuers is coming exactly from the right. On the horse it seems to be from above. Definitely fake, but a good attempt.
Posted by Calvin in Pasadena, California on Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 01:09 PMCan' t you see?!?!? It's the beginning of the end! We are dooooooomeeeeeeeed
Posted by Resistance in Resistance Den on Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 01:21 PMI'm not going to say it's real or fake, (but I do think real). But the main reason I'm commenting is the fact of the shadows all of you are talking about. A.) the horse does have a shadow, you can barely see it behind him. The camera angle has the horse blocking it. B.) if you look a the shadows of the men and line them up right, you'll see the shadow of each person is behind them. The sun light is coming from the their left (our right). So you would not see a shadow infront of the horse, it would be behind it where's it's getting block from view.
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