At various times, mankind has been the target of lies that were accepted as true: amazing facts that remain over time as myths or legends, though the story itself has been in charge of telling the truth. For this reason, the site dogguie.com was given the task of enlisting those who until now could be the 10 most famous hoaxes in history. Here's the list:
1. Roswell alien autopsy. A purported alien spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. Following the discovery, investigators alleged were filmed doing an autopsy on the body of an alien who died after the collision of his ship to land. The video was introduced by a film producer in 1995. However, it later emerged that it was just a doll.
2. The Cardiff Giant. Considered not only as a great anthropological hoax, but the eldest, was found in 1869 in Cardiff, New York, the body of a petrified ten-foot giant on a farm. Many thought it was a fossil, or a giant sculpture. After much anticipation and even businesses around the visit of Cardiff Giant, it was later learned that he was a man cast very well written by an anthropologist, which he buried on the farm of his brother to make a joke.
3. The War of the Worlds in October 1938, a radio broadcast caused panic, stress, uncertainty, and more. Orson Welles said in his radio broadcast of a supposed alien invasion of a deeply serious and credible. Even reports that many people jumped through the windows victim of the hysteria of that transmission, and emergency phone lines would not stop ringing.
However, Orson Welles later clarified that it was a radio adaptation of a novel, and was forced to apologize and give statements to be made numerous ways to terrorize New Jersey and the United States as a whole.
4. Hitler's diaries. In 1983, the German weekly Stern reported that he had found the Führer Adolf Hitler diary. The media said it would make constant deliveries. At the beginning, was a resounding success. It was later discovered that it was a hoax, unleashing the fury of many.
5. The winner false Munich, 1972. In the Olympics of that year, which finished first in the marathon was not one of the competitors. It was a German student named Norbert Sudhaus, who broke into the competition when there was only one kilometer to reach the goal. It was never clear if the young man did was to protest against the celebration or the costs of the event, or if it was a joke or a bet.
6. Nessie, the monster of the lake. The existence of the "Loch Ness Monster" for many years has caused great excitement in the world. Testimony about alleged apparitions have been reported in different parts of the world.
It was in 1934 when Robert Kenneth, a surgeon, said he had taken the first image of the "Nessie." It was later learned that this was no more than a hoax. Here is a recreation of the prehistoric monster course.
7. "Left-handed Burgers? Burger King launched a campaign in 1998 which said put on sale its famous Whopper, but specially designed for left-handed consumers. The difference, to say the brand, was that the ingredients were placed in a different way so as not to spill the wrong side. Although the firm admitted the next day that it was a joke, its sales in that short time increased nearly 100 percent.
8. Circles in the wheat fields of England. Shadowy figures began to appear in wheat fields in different parts of England. These figures, which were attributed to aliens, were studied by scientists around the world, trying to find the supposed hidden images in them. Some even ventured to say that it was Maya inscriptions with hidden messages. However, in 1991 two British artists attributed the creation of all figures.
9. Bigfoot. At one point in 2008 that was believed to be the most memorable to mankind: the supposed discovery of the corpse of Bigfoot or Yeti. However, the analysis made the assumption that the body showed that it was a costume made of rubber, it was just another hoax.
10. Balloon Child In October 2009 the United States and the world were on edge after reports that a child of six riding in a gas balloon made by his father, who drifted for about two hours. The main fear that broadcast the channels broadcasting the live balloon, was that the child had fallen on the seafront.
However, it later emerged that the small Falcon Heene was never in that bubble and that everything was a ruse to get her parents' fame, who did not have the sincerity of the child.
