Hoaxes that made you to believe in them

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Blair Witch Project
Everyone were perplexed and believed that the Blair Witch Project is a true documentary. Is Blair Witch Project true? was a question that ran in it’s viewers mind. The convincing video quality, direction and storyline were the culprit. But it was just a movie with a fake story.

Bill Gates wants to donate you money
Bill Gates sure does have a lot of money and donates alot through Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, A fake email has been doing rounds on the Internet since 1997. It claims it is a beta test of an email tracking programme and pays you for every forward you make to your friends.

The DerbyShire Fairy
As an April Fool’s Day Prank, Dan Braines from England wove a hoax that he had found a corpse of a dead fairy. He did put lot of effort in crafting the dirty little piece of junk which he claims to be the corpse of a dead fairy.
Big Foot’s Corpse
In 2008, couple of con artists pulled a popular hoax as they claimed that they found the dead body of Big Foot and also made a way into CNN and other popular news media It was bought by a foolish supernatural enthusiast for 50k. It turned out to be a costume packed on ice.

Google TV
The rumours of Google TV have been in round since early stages of YouTube. A prankster posted a video on Youtube’s beta video access. It just turned out to be a hoax

Free Energy
Back in 2006, an Irish firm claimed that it discovered a way to create energy from nothing also known as Free Energy. Clean, Continuous energy that would cause a global revolution.
Although it clearly violated laws of nature and physics, it still created lot of hype. Later it failed in a demonstration and the owner started to whine that it was due to Global warming.

RhodeIsland Strange Creature, A monster?
A hoax or a fact, No one knew, when the rumour of a strange creature appearing in Rhode Island. This matter was up in long debates and was called Montauk Monster.

Camel Spiders or Tarantulas in Iraq Hoax
In 2004, a prank email caused lot of hype around the world which requested people to convey their sympathies for troops in Iraq. The email claimed that these so-called pre-historic Camel spiders can reach upto 25 mph and could be extremely Lethal. The realistic fake photo proof persuaded many into believing this hoax. A movie was made based on this hoax.

Facebook is Closing Down
The greatest hoax of virtual world era. It all started when a fake news satirical site posted this. It was made clear that Facebook will not close anytime soon.