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Net hoaxes, urban legends & rumors...
New Additions
Hoax = False, deliberately deceptive information
UL = Urban Legend - a popularly believed narrative, typically false
Rumor = Anecdotal claims - may be true, false, or in between
Junk = Flotsam and jetsam of the Net
PLEASE NOTE: You can also locate specific items by typing relevant words
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Updated 05/23/01
'Giant Cat' Update [Hoax]
A mystery partially solved. The creator of the photo seen 'round the world
pleads guilty to trying to make his daughter laugh. (Added 05/23/01)
Crocodile Eats Golfer [Hoax]
Just stopped for a little snack between the fifth and sixth holes... (Added
05/21/01)
HIV Needles on Gas Pump Handles (REPOST) [Hoax]
Circulating again, one year later. Watch out for that nozzle! (Reposted
05/18/01)
Jessica Koopmans: Missing Child [Outdated]
This email alert was valid, but the child's body was discovered on May 11.
Police say she was murdered. (Added 05/17/01)
Blue Packages w/Sponges Containing 'Lethal Substance' [Hoax]
A variant of 2000's "Klingerman Virus" alert. Pay it no heed. (Added
05/16/01)
Lou Reed Is Dead [Hoax]
Not really, but this email hoax fooled several radio stations into reporting
Reed's "death" as hard news. (Added 05/08/01)
The Story of 'Taps' [UL]
History and folklore collide in this email tale about the origin of this
touching and famous bugle call. (Added 05/08/01)
Snowball, the Giant Mutant Cat [Hoax]
Photo of an Ontario man showing off his 87-pound housecat born near a
nuclear reactor site. (Added 05/07/01)
GeoCities Is Closing Down! [Hoax]
Yahoo plans on deleting all GeoCities Websites without notice - or so the
email rumor goes. (Added 04/30/01)
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 [UL]
Did a crashing airliner unaccountably remain aloft for nine minutes while a
pastor's wife led fellow passengers in prayer? (Added 04/27/01)
Gasoline Boycott 2001 [Junk]
Chain letter urges recipients to protest high gasoline prices by refusing to
patronize Exxon/Mobil service stations. Shades of the "Great Gas Out!"
(Added 04/27/01)
Outback Steakhouse Chain Letter (REPOST) [Hoax]
Still circulating: Email says that Outback Steakhouse and RH Power, Inc. are
offering free food to everyone who forwards the message on. (Reposted
04/19/01)
'Jedi Religion' Census Campaign [Hoax]
An email now circulating in Australia and England claims that if enough
people enter "Jedi" as their religion on census forms, it will become an
officially recognized faith. (Added 04/17/01)
Free Champagne! [Hoax]
Forward this message and Veuve Clicquot will send you a free case of French
champagne. (Added 04/12/01)
U.S. Government to Monitor Employee Email in April [Hoax]
It either happened already on April 2 or will continue all month long,
depending on which version of the email rumor you read. (Added 04/05/01)
Law Firm Memo on Replacing Murdered Secretary [Hoax]
Callous memo stipulating schedule changes after an employee's murder turns
out to be a prank. (Added 03/29/01)
Slavemaster [Rumor]
2001 variant of a year-old rumor based partly on fact about a Net
stalker/murderer who called himself "Slavemaster." (Added 03/23/01)
U.S. Marines Intentionally Dishonored Bill Clinton [Rumor]
Is the president's Marine helicopter crew treating G.W. Bush with more
respect than it treated Bill Clinton? (Added 03/19/01)
Missing Child: Christopher John Mineo Jr. [Rumor]
An AOL chain letter that has no basis in fact, so far as we can tell.
(Added 03/15/01)
Black Heritage Stamps to Be Discontinued [Rumor]
This rumor returns year after year, even though the U.S. Postal Service
continues to issue new African American Heritage stamps annually. (Added
03/12/01)
Darrell Scott's Columbine Testimony [Rumor]
TRUE: Darrell Scott, father of a victim of the Columbine shootings,
delivered an impassioned speech before Congress which has since been widely
distributed by email. (Added 03/07/01)
Rat Droppings on Soft Drink Cans (REPOST) [Rumor]
This message about a store clerk in Hawaii who supposedly died from being
exposed to rat droppings is circulating again. (Reposted 02/26/01)
Nike: 'Sweatshop' Not Allowed on Personalized Shoes [Rumor]
Nike has confirmed that this email exchange between the company and a
customer with an agenda really occurred. (Added 02/21/01)
Prayer Request: Missionary David Allen [Junk]
This document is almost four years old. David Allen is just fine and no
longer needs your prayers for his survival. (Added: 02/15/01)
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