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The 20 most memorable picture fakes of all time
The doctoring of photos is becoming increasingly widespread with ever more sophisticated - and affordable - photo-editing software and the internet allowing for easy and instant distribution.
Follow the link to see twenty of the most striking, interesting and controversial fake photos of all time!
Which one is your favourite and why? Do you know any other doctored photos that should have made it onto the top 20? The doctoring of photos is becoming increasingly widespread with ever more sophisticated - and affordable - photo-editing software and... more -
Sarah Palin Pregnacy Hoax-New Pictures
It just all seems a little fishy dont it?
A few things to consider...
1) Palin's daughter Bristol who attends an Anchorage high school, was reportedly absent for what would have been the last 4 -5 months of her mother's pregnancy, claiming to be suffering from a prolonged case of mono. Classmates and friends later reported that they saw Bristol Palin pregnant.
2) Sarah Palin's water broke while she was attending a conference in Texas. She then proceeded to give a 30-minute speech before taking an 11-12 hour flight home to Alaska to give birth.
3) All photos on the Alaska State Department's official website that show Sarah Palin and her family have been taken down.
Regardless of this issue, the fact still remains that her 17 year old daughter is pregant(either again,or for the first time)
If she cant control and provide good morals in her daughter, how does she, or the Republican party, think she can manage and run a country? It just all seems a little fishy dont it? A few things to consider... ... more -
Hoax Bigfoot was filled with road kill
ATLANTA, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Two Georgia men who claimed to possess the body of a slain Sasquatch said the mythical beast was actually a Bigfoot costume filled with road kill.
Rick Dyer and Matt Whitton, a former police officer who was fired once the hoax was exposed, said the Bigfoot scam was a joke and they never intended their story to become as sensational as it did, WSBTV, Atlanta, reported Thursday.
"All this was a big joke. It got into something way bigger than it was supposed to be," Whitton said.
The men said the item they had claimed was Bigfoot's corpse was actually nothing more than a costume filled with opossum road kill and leftovers from a slaughterhouse.
However, Whitton said he disagrees with Clayton County Police Department Chief Jeff Turner's decision to fire him on the grounds that the hoax affects his credibility.
"I don't believe it does affect my credibility at all because this is Bigfoot," said Whitton. "It would be one thing if I came out and said that I had something else that is tangible or real, but right now, as far as I'm concerned, there is no real Bigfoot." ATLANTA, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Two Georgia men who claimed to possess the body of a slain Sasquatch said the mythical beast was actually a ... more -
'Big foot' turns out to be gorilla suit
Remember the news that came in last week about scientists doing a DNA analysis of a deep-frozen body, supposedly of a big foot like creature? Well, now it's defrosted and it turns out... that's right, it was no more than a rubber gorilla suit. Oh dear... Remember the news that came in last week about scientists doing a DNA analysis of a deep-frozen body, supposedly of a big foot like cr... more
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Bigfoot in freezer was-- gasp-- A HOAX!
Yes, as unbelievable as it may seem, the long-anticipated revelation of Bigfoot's corpse revealed that it was in fact nothing more than a gorilla suit in a freezer. Bigfoot fanatics are threatening a lawsuit for fraud, and the rest of the public waits for the hirsute enigma's next appearance.
Will we fall for it again? Why do stories like this always grab headlines, and attention, all across the country? Yes, as unbelievable as it may seem, the long-anticipated revelation of Bigfoot's corpse revealed that it was in fact nothing mor... more -
Bigfoot discovery revealed to be a hoax
According to AP, Bigfoot researchers examining the supposed corpse of bigfoot discovered in Georgia a month ago have reported that it is nothing more than a rubber costume. The two men that are responsible for the scam have yet to be heard from since admitting the hoax to Tom "The Real Bigfoot Hunter" Biscardi on Sunday. Biscardi, being the one who bought the frozen "body" for $50,000 from the two men, not knowing that it was nothing more than a frozen costume. According to AP, Bigfoot researchers examining the supposed corpse of bigfoot discovered in Georgia a month ago have reported that it ... more
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"Bigfoot" fails DNA test
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever. Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.
Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator.
One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.
Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat.
Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot. PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever. Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of o... more -
Supposed Bigfoot = Epic Hoax
Unless bigfoot is half-human, half-opossum, this story is bogus.
Nice try guys. I'm a big fan of cryptids and cryptozoology, but this sort of thing gives everyone interested a "crackpot" type vibe. boo! Unless bigfoot is half-human, half-opossum, this story is bogus. ... more -
A friend who is serving in Afghanistan
When I got this e-mail I was so mad and just confirmed my voting choice. Some think it false but I still believe that it is true. I leave it to you to make up your mind.
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:33 AM
Subject: Fw: Fw: A friend who is serving in Afghanistan
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Please forward this to everyone on your mailing list…..
(I received this from my friend who is a nurse working in Peachtree
City.
She knows this guy she said, thru her friend that sent her the
email. I am so-ooo not surprised at his comments.
Subject: A friend who is serving in Afghanistan
This is an email I received from a friend who is a West Pointer and
has relatives serving in the war.
It is a totally different
projection that Obama wants to portray.
I don't know each of your personal political convictions, and
apologize if anyone finds this offensive.
I thought it was important
enough to share. This is Jeff's first hand view of Senator Obama.
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person.
I just wanted to pass
along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour
on his visit to 'The War Zone'.
I wanted to share with you what
happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the
area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here
at Bagram.
As the Soldiers were lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and
did n't say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the
General.
As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell
(pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play
basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity
pictures playing basketball.
He again shunned the opportunity to talk
to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the American's back
home that he is their candidate for President.
I think that if you are
going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank
those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the
Dallas Cowboy Cheer leaders than from Senator, who wants to be the
President of the United States .
I just don't understand how anyone
would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief.
It was almost that he
was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and
our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but
I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is.
What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
CPT Jeffrey S.
Porter
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
American Soldier When I got this e-mail I was so mad and just confirmed my voting choice. Some think it false but I still believe that it is true. I le... more -
Christian The Lion is FAKE
Fakey mcFakerson .. The Christian The Lion Video is Fake, a Hoax, and is not real.
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Alabama boy gets death threats for hunting 1,000-pound monster pig
When a 1,000-pound wild hog was shot last year in Alabama, 11-year-old hunter Jamison Stone couldn't have been happier. But his prize photos of the 9-foot-long boar have continued to cause a stink, one the Stone family can’t seem to shake.
The backlash has only grown worse, with one group calling for the hunters' prosecution.
"It is unbelievable what my family has been through over the past year," Mike Stone, Jamison’s father, told The Birmingham News. "It has taken 10 years off my life."
An online petition has garnered more than 800 signatures from around the world demanding prosecution for what activists are calling animal cruelty, according to the newspaper. Rhonda Roland Shearer, a New York City organizer seeking punishment for the hunting team, says it took three hours for the “monster pig” to die after the animal was shot 12 times with a pistol.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,394344,00.html When a 1,000-pound wild hog was shot last year in Alabama, 11-year-old hunter Jamison Stone couldn't have been happier. But his p... more -
Dead monster washes ashore in Montauk
This is an actual monster, some sort of rodent-like creature with a dinosaur beak. A tipster says that there is "a government animal testing facility very close by in Long Island," but unless the government is trying to design horrible Montauk monsters that will eat IEDs and fart fire at bad Iraqis, we're not sure why they would create such an unthinkable beast. Our guess is that it's viral marketing for something. Ali Lohan's new album perhaps. Click thru for larger dino-damage. This is an actual monster, some sort of rodent-like creature with a dinosaur beak. A tipster says that there is "a government ani... more
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Beijing ban on blacks in bars is a FAKE
^_^ points for alliteration!
The ban is a fake, a young Chinese blogger visits 10 bars in Sanlitun, one of Beijing's best bar streets, to find "blacks enjoying drinks, and playing pool".
--from the article--
Here are my notes from a pub crawl last night that covered Sanlitun north and south. To maintain the sensationalism, I bold the name of each bar where I saw black patrons. (An asterisk denotes a bar in which I looked in but did not stay, mostly because it was too crowded.)
The North Side
Luga’s: Since that two-day shutdown a few weeks back, this place is busy, busy, busy. The staff pumps out comfort food, beer, and margaritas to a ravenous crowd. I see black people eat burritos.
Cheers: Though traffic is lighter than usual, the Xinjiang band rocks the joint as always. Black people play pool.
Kokomo: Partiers are shank to flank on the rooftop and it’s a struggle to reach the bar. Black people enjoy beverages.
The Saddle: The deck holds a good-sized crowd, though there are only a few patrons inside. I see black people upstairs and downstairs, including an acquaintance from the bar business who says the media is calling him with interview requests. (The obvious question: How do you plan to ban yourself?)
Second Floor: There is not one black person to be found! Then again, there are only four patrons. Sample size is too small …
Poachers*: The place seethes with dancers, including… you got it… black people.
Shooters*: The street outside is curb to curb partiers and there is barely breathing room in Shooters. It wins tonight’s “first place I heard ‘Hips Don’t Lie’” award. It ain’t 2008 Sanlitun if you don’t hear Shakira.
The South Side
Nanjie*: What can I say - the partiers are out in force tonight. This place is full and dozens of patrons - including black ones - spill into the street.
Salsa Caribe*: Black people hang out in the entranceway.
The mom-and-pop shop near Caribe *: Black people enjoy beverages (again!)
Tun: The place has a light crowd, but the vibe is OK. It needs to clean the beer lines or change the Stella keg, because my draft is off.
Final results: 10 bars checked, 8 bars with blacks. I also saw black patrons pretty much everywhere I walked. In fact, while I stood with my black friend in front of Tongli Studio, I saw black people go by, which is observing blacks to the second degree. (Unfortunately, my friend wasn’t in the spirit of my research, given that the contestants for a Club China Doll bikini contest were pouring out of the building.)
...Finally, if groups are to be banned from the bars during the Olympics, I think patrons should have a say. My vote goes to drunken frat boys wearing backwards baseball caps.
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photo credit: http://www.daylife.com/photo/0aY66mMaBr0uC ^_^ points for alliteration! ... more -
Cancer is not a disease - chemotherapy is a hoax
Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died in July 2008 at the age of 53, following a series of chemotherapy treatments for colon cancer. In 2005, Snow had his colon removed and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Two years later (2007), Snow underwent surgery to remove a growth in his abdominal area, near the site of the original cancer. "This is a very treatable condition," said Dr. Allyson Ocean, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Many patients, because of the therapies we have, are able to work and live full lives with quality while they're being treated. Anyone who looks at this as a death sentence is wrong." But of course we now know, Dr. Ocean was dead wrong.
The media headlines proclaimed Snow died from colon cancer, although they knew he didn't have a colon anymore. Apparently, the malignant cancer had "returned" (from where?) and "spread" to the liver and elsewhere in his body. In actual fact, the colon surgery severely restricted his normal eliminative functions, thereby overburdening the liver and tissue fluids with toxic waste. The previous series of chemo-treatments inflamed and irreversibly damaged a large number of cells in his body, and also impaired his immune system -- a perfect recipe for growing new cancers. Now unable to heal the causes of the original cancer (in addition to the newly created ones), Snow's body developed new cancers in the liver and other parts of the body.
The mainstream media, of course, still insist Snow died from colon cancer, thus perpetuating the myth that it is only the cancer that kills people, not the treatment. Nobody seems to raise the important point that it is extremely difficult for a cancer patient to actually heal from this condition while being subjected to the systemic poisons of chemotherapy and deadly radiation. If you are bitten by a poisonous snake and don't get an antidote for it, isn't it likely that your body becomes overwhelmed by the poison and, therefore, cannot function anymore?
Before Tony Snow began his chemo-treatments for his second colon cancer, he still looked healthy and strong. But after a few weeks into his treatment, he started to develop a coarse voice, looked frail, turned gray and lost his hair. Did the cancer do all this to him? Certainly not. Cancer doesn't do such a thing, but chemical poisoning does. He actually looked more ill than someone who has been bitten by a poisonous snake.
Does the mainstream media ever report about the overwhelming scientific evidence that shows chemotherapy has zero benefits in the five-year survival rate of colon cancer patients? Or how many oncologists stand up for their cancer patients and protect them against chemotherapy treatment which they very well know can cause them to die far more quickly than if they received no treatment at all? Can you trustingly place your life into their hands when you know that most of them would not even consider chemotherapy for themselves if they were diagnosed with cancer? What do they know that you don't? The news is spreading fast that in the United States physician-caused fatalities now exceed 750,000 each year. Perhaps, many doctors no longer trust in what they practice, for good reasons. Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died in July 2008 at the age of 53, following a series of chemotherapy treatments for col... more -
Hoax? Woman gets beat up for wearing "Obama is My Slave T-shirt", Sues c...
Here is the original piece by Metro: http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Obama_slave_shir...
But Gawker calls Metro out:
"Metro, the free paper best known for causing track fires on the NYC subways, ran a cover story yesterday that is totally indefensible, even by the lowly journalism standards of free morning papers. Radar spotted it: a front page splash about an innocent grad student girl who was supposedly attacked by four wild young black females because she was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan, "OBAMA IS MY SLAVE." The paper's one and only source? The untalented media whore designer who sold the mystery girl the shirt. (We would feel dirty giving him more PR than necessary, but it was this prick). But guess what, Metro: we got that press release too. And if this whole story isn't a hoax, I will personally buy one of those shitty shirts."
Two questions:
1)Is it a hoax?
2)Is a shirt "Obama Is My Slave" (sold by designers for $69) blatant racism or satire? Here is the original piece by Metro: http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Obama_slave_shirt_sparks_lawsuit_threat/13001.html ... more -
Cops arrest woman in alleged restaurant rat scheme
Photo by steve_lodefink: http://flickr.com/photos/lodefink/1780848922/
Someone must have really needed the cash. Did they really think they wouldn't be caught?
In some ways this reminds me of the Wendy's thumb incident. I guess some people never learn. Photo by steve_lodefink: http://flickr.com/photos/lodefink/1780848922/ ... more -
Shark sighting at 'Jaws' site a hoax, police say
"A 60-year-old man was charged Friday with disorderly conduct for allegedly lying about seeing two great white sharks off a Martha Vineyard's beach, authorities said. Edgartown, Massachusetts, is on Martha's Vineyard, where the movie "Jaws" was filmed.
Edgartown police Chief Paul Condlin said Michael Lopenzo warned people to get out of the water at the Joseph Silva State Beach on Thursday. Lopenzo claimed he had seen two sharks about 22 feet (6.6 meters) long and 3,000 pounds (1,350 kg) each while he was working on a fishing boat.
Officials closed the beach, but Condlin said investigators later determined Lopenzo was lying. When asked by detectives whose boat he was working on, Lopenzo gave the name of a nonexistent boat and owner, Condlin said. There was no listing for Lopenzo in the town's directory. Condlin said he didn't know whether Lopenzo had an attorney.
A second beach was closed Thursday on the island after lifeguards at South Beach said they might have seen a great white shark. The beaches were reopened Friday.
In 1974, Steven Spielberg chose Martha's Vineyard for filming the movie version of "Jaws," depicting a series of deadly great white attacks in the fictional community of Amity.
Shark attacks are extremely rare in waters off New England, but great whites have been known to occasionally prowl in the region." "A 60-year-old man was charged Friday with disorderly conduct for allegedly lying about seeing two great white sharks off a Marth... more -
Scholar finds original writer of "Obama is a Muslim" false chain letter
Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season. The anonymous chain e-mail makes the false claim that Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background. By the time it reached Allen on Jan. 11, 2008, it had spread with viral efficiency for more than a year.
During that time, polls show the number of voters who mistakenly believe Obama is a Muslim rose -- from 8 percent to 13 percent between November 2007 and March 2008. And some cited this religious mis-affiliation when explaining their primary votes against him.
As the general-election campaign against Sen. John McCain has gotten underway, Obama's aides have made the smears a top target. They recently launched FightTheSmears.com to "aggressively push back with the truth," said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor, and go viral with it. The Web site urges supporters to upload their address books and send e-mails to all of their friends. "
But long before this, Allen had been obsessing about the origins of her e-mail at the institute, which is most famous for having been the research home of Albert Einstein. Allen studies the way voters in a democracy gather their information and act on what they learn. She was familiar, of course, with the false rumors of a secret love child that helped sink McCain's White House bid in 2000, and the Swift boat attacks that did the same to Democrat John Kerry in 2004. But the Obama e-mail was on another plane: The use of the Internet made it possible to launch anonymous attacks that could reach millions of voters in weeks or even days.
END QUOTE Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama t... more -
Sixth severed foot found turned out to be a hoax
A forensic pathologist and an anthropologist have examined the discovery "and determined a skeletonized animal paw was inserted into the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed," the coroners service announced. A forensic pathologist and an anthropologist have examined the discovery "and determined a skeletonized animal paw was inserted i... more
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