When these hoaxes spread on the internet many of us where fooled, once you've heard them
all let us know if you was fooled by any of these or maybe a different hoax
that wasn't listed?
Paracetamol Challenge Otherwise known as Tylenol in america this
challenge caused a panic within schools and parents.
this craze began in may of 2015 and the hashtag paracetamol challenge was even trending on
twitter for a while. it was believed that teens where taking as
many paracetamol tablets as they could and would try to survive.
the panic began after a school boy from Scotland was supposedly rushed into hospital after
taking one to many paracetamols, it was believed he attempted
the challenge. the incident lead to local police tweeting
about the lethal effects the challenge could have and to not attempt it.
from this the panic spread quickly as parents and schools believed that most of the students
would probably try it due to the pressure of social media.
U.K. newspapers ran several articles about the challenge one was from a mother who claimed that
her child died from attempting the challenge but it was found out he died from an overdose
in 2011. in the end it was found out that the challenge
was a hoax, there was no evidence that showed any teens had actually attempted the challenge,
also no evidence exists that anyone has engaged
in or been harmed in effect to the challenge. although it turned out to be a hoax, the police
once again tweeted saying hoax or not our advice remains the same do not do it.
Giant Camel Spiders in Iraq This picture started circulating in emails
in 2004, The email was asking for sympathy for a troop
stationed in baghdad because he was recently bitten by a camel spider.
the email claimed the spider was hiding in his sleeping bag, it included a picture of
two camel spiders which appeared to be giant. several rumors began to start spreading about
camel spiders which where claimed to have originated from the gulf war these included:
camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates, camel spiders can run at speeds up
to 25mph and make screaming noises while running, camel spiders can jump several feet in the
air, camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels and lay there eggs inside and camel spiders
are venomous and contain a powerful numbing venom
so they could eat peoples skin and they wouldn't feel it.
all these rumors are false. the picture is real though, it does show 2
camel spiders but they are not giant, they look large because they are close to the camera,
compare their size to the uniform sleeve in the upper right corner and you notice they're not
really giant.
Charge your iphone with ____ This hoax began in 2007 when a how to site
called household hacker.com uploaded a video about how its possible to charge an ipod
with an onion and a glass of gatorade. the video used a lot of scientific terms and
claimed the electrolytes in onion could charge the ipod.
Since this there have been many other videos uploaded on several different sites claiming
other things can charge devices such as potatoes can charge iphones to microwaves
can charge iphones. Many people tried to charge their phones
in several different stupid ways but none of them worked,
Mythbusters even tried the experiment but had no luck,
turns out the whole thing was a hoax.
Cutting for bieber This twisted hoax was originally created as
a joke but went too far. it started in january of 2013, a news story
had broke that justin bieber had been caught smoking marijuana
in response a troll decided to launch a fake campaign with the hashtag cutforbieber, the
idea was for his fans to cut themselves until he stops smoking.
the entire campaign was a hoax, many of his fans went through with it believing it was
real and uploaded photos on to twitter and facebook of their cut arms
and wrists. the trend made the news and several media
outlets made reports about it. it soon came out that the whole thing began
as a hoax but this didn't change the fact that people had already cut themselves
due to it.
Lonelygirl15 A girl under the username of lonelygirl15,
real name bree started uploading videos on YouTube in June of 2006,
at first they seemed like regular style vlogs, as she began to start uploading more videos
it seemed that the content shifted from her complaining about regular teenage drama to
reporting on a strange cult her family was involved
in. the videos went viral as people tuned in to
see what her creepy family where up to and what they were going
to do next within the cult. in september 2006 the entire series was outed
as a hoax and it turned out that the videos were scripted and all the
people in it were actors. turns out bree was actually an actress called
jessica rose. although it was outed as fake people still
tuned in and the series came to an end in 2008.
in total the videos had 110 million views combined.
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