From pretending to be a real life Iron Man to convincing your sister she got into Howgwarts,
the Planet Dolan crew re-enact some of the best true stories from our subreddit about
the best lie you’ve ever convinced a kid is true.
I’m Doopie and today I’ll be your narrator.
Number 10 was submitted by DingDongDoomguy SacredSnewpee
One day, Andie was feeling creative, and decided to prank her little sister, who was really
into Harry Potter and always wanted to go to Hogwarts.
Snewpee got out her pens and pencils, and started drawing an Official Hogwarts Invitation.
It had a stamp and everything!
Andie finally finished the letter and she had to admit: it looked good.
She snuck outside and put the letter into the letterbox, and waited.
Later on her sister was told to get the mail.
She was gone for 2 minutes then she ran up screaming for her mum.
She was shaking the letter and yelling at the top of her voice, "MUM, MUM I KNEW I WAS
A WITCH!"
Andie will never forget the look on her face, how happy and thrilled she was to have her
dream come true.
Her sister rushed into her room to pack while Andie’s mum just looked at her.
"Go tell her now, and then you’re doing all the chores for a week."
Andie told her sister but she still hasn't forgiven her.
Number 9 was submitted by HipsterCicero Zaraganba
When Zaraganba was a kid he had a heart condition and he had to wear a holter monitor sometimes.
It was a grey box taped to his chest that had a bunch of wires coming out of it.
When he was at school, some kids his age and younger saw some of the wires near his collarbone
and asked what they were for.
Zaraganba managed to convince the kids that he was the real life Iron Man: the monitor
was like Jarvis, and if the monitor came out of his chest, he would die.
He also told them that the wires gave him super strength.
Since everyone knew he wanted to be a medical student, they thought Zaraganba was being
legit.
He still hasn’t told them the truth so let’s hope they aren’t watching this!
Number 8 was submitted by GGGGGGGingerbread Danger Dolan
When Dolan was thirteen and his brother was six or seven he watched a lot of the ‘Nightmare
on Elm Street' films.
One of Freddy Krueger's favourite words was, of course, “whore.”
One day, Dolan was in his room watching one of the movies, and his little brother walked
in and watched some with him (thankfully, the ending was pretty tame.)
Once the movie ended, he turned to Dolan and asked, "What's a whore?"
Not really sure if a six-year-old could comprehend the topic, Dolan hastily said, "It's a type
of British cookie."
He went on asking questions and Dolan kept supplying answers, finally convincing him
that a whore was, in fact, a cookie.
He thought he had just dodged a bullet until, one day, as they were walking into Wal-Mart,
Dolan’s little brother asked their mom very casually, "Can we get some whores?"
Number 7 was submitted by SpoofDaWombat Pringle
When Pringle was at school there was a kid they called ‘the Aura’ due to his bad
smell.
Pringle and his friends kept talking about “the aura” around this kid and he asked
what ‘the aura’ was.
To quickly cover up what he’d said, Pringle answered that it was the final boss in a game
called Beast Hunting Squad.
Of course, this game didn't exist.
He started asking questions like - how many levels the game has, what the bosses were,
and what some character moves were.
He even asked what console it was on.
Out of haste, Pringle said, the Atari.
The Aura didn't believe him and wanted a picture of the game.
Pringle said that if you took a picture of the game or tried to tape it, the camera would
shatter.
He kept asking more questions and in the end, he fell for it.
Pringle felt so bad about it that he wrote a 16-page long instruction book on how to
play it, and gave it to the kid.
The book included gameplay, controls, secret rooms, bosses, move sets, items, AI dialog,
and even Easter eggs.
Even when “the aura” couldn’t find it online he believed Pringle.
To this day, he still asks how his play through is going.
Number 6 was submitted by Marcostheking13 Nixxiom
One day, Nixxiom’s cousin and his little brother came around to his house to play.
They watched one of the “Chucky” movies – with a doll that comes alive and kills
people.
His little cousin got so scared he didn't stop following them around.
Nixxiom and his cousin took one of his sister’s dolls and changed it to look like the Chucky
doll, and placed it at the window by the kitchen.
Before they let his little cousin go to the kitchen they told him that Chucky was real,
and he had called Nixxiom saying that he was coming for him.
The little cousin was so scared he went to the kitchen to get a knife; then saw the chucky
doll at the window, and screamed until he fainted.
He never liked dolls until eventually they told him it was a prank.
Number 5 was submitted by VIgnesh2002 Hellbent
When Hellbent was in the 5th grade, during January, he told his friend that the world
was going to end soon.
He asked Hellbent when was it going to happen and he replied: on February 30.
He believed it, so Hellbent told him it's a secret and not to tell to anyone, knowing
word was going to spread around the school.
In February the lie even reached other classes.
Everyone was scared and a wimpy guy told a teacher about it.
They had to then convince everybody that there is no February 30.
That year Hellbent had his name in the school magazine as the ‘naughtiest boy in school.’
Number 4 was submitted by Checkerdstag Spinalpalm
When Spinalpalm was was in primary school, around eight years old, everyone in his class
noticed he had birthmarks covering most of the left side of my body.
Spinalpalm thought that everyone had the same birthmarks, but after all the questions he
realised he was different.
Not wanting to look stupid for not knowing what they were, he told everyone that the
marks came from bees stinging him after he took on an entire hive by himself.
He didn’t actually think anyone would believe him but to his surprise the story spread around
the school like wild fire.
Even the teachers believed his lie.
Students would ask to hear the story over and over again.
A few years passed and Spinalpalm had moved to a secondary school that no one from his
old school attended, until one day a new student started and recognised him.
During break he asked him how his bee stings were.
Not wanting to carry on the lie Spinalpalm I just told him the truth; the expression
on his face was similar to that of a child being told Santa’s not real.
Number 3 was submitted by flamingpenny SacredSnewpee
Once Snewpee was babysitting a six year old who was really into superheroes and wished
that he could fly.
The kid kept asking if he had superpowers, and Snewpee told him to believe and stay determined
- the usual little lessons we try to instil in children.
Now that the kid thought he could fly, he snuck up to the second floor while Snewpee
was getting a drink, and tried to jump off the roof.
He ended up crashing into a tree and was stuck there until the fire department came and got
him down.
Luckily for her, the kid escaped with only minor cuts and bruises.
Number 2 was submitted by Tris02 Cid
When Cid was in 5th grade he had younger neighbours who were in 1st and 2nd grade.
Across the street from them was a 10-foot cliff.
Cid convinced his neighbours that a very old man, named Charlie, lived in the rocks.
He imagined Charlie looked a bit like Gollum - had yellow eyes, pointy fangs, and was the
size of a baby or toddler.
Whenever the coyotes would howl at night, Cid told them it was Charlie singing a very
sad song because he was lonely.
(According to Cid, Charlie was also thousands of years old.)
The neighbours were TERRIFIED of the cliff.
He said: each full moon, Charlie kidnapped children to stay with him forever and ever,
because he was so lonely.
He even convinced them that Charlie took his cousin, too, and they were even more scared.
Once, Cid pretended to go missing, then ran out of the woods above the cliff screaming.
He told them Charlie tried to get him.
The neighbours then told their mom why they were afraid to go outside.
Their mom had a fun talk with Cid, and they still laugh about it today.
They even have their own fake currency - Charlie Bucks!
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