Visiting www.thehungersite.com Will Help Fight World Hunger-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Emails and newsgroup messages suggest browsing to TheHungerSite.com, and that merely visiting there will help feed the hungry. The Truth: This one comes across looking like a rumor, but it is not. It feels to many people like the emails that say, …
Food distributed through clicking a web site-Truth! Read More »
“The Room,” the Touching Story Written By a 17-year-old Boy Just Before His Death–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This long email is in two parts. The first part describes 17-year-old-Brian Moore, a student who was a part of a group of Christian athletes. In preparation for leading a discussion at one of the meetings, he wrote …
The Story of Sujo & Mini, Husband and Wife Who Worked in Separate Towers at the World Trade Center-Truth! Summary of eRumor: Sujo worked in one of the twin towers and his wife, Mini, worked in the other. They both survived, but feared they would not see one another again. The Truth: This …
The Story of Mike, a Survivor at the Pentagon-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: This is an email from a man named Mike who wrote to his mother and others about his escape from the plane attack at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.. The Truth: If anyone has first-hand information on the validity of this …
The Story of Seth Castleman, a Chaplain Helping the Families of Victims at the World Trade Center-Truth! Summary of eRumor: This is an email said to be from a man named Seth Castleman. He’s not one of the survivors of the attacks in New York, but one of those who has been working with …
9/11 Survivor stories: Chaplain Seth Castleman-Truth! Read More »
Snowball-the 87 pound cat from Chalk River, Canada-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This eRumor is accompanied by a picture of a man holding an enormous cat. The story says it belongs to Rodger Degagne, a former worker at a nuclear research facility near Ottawa Canada. He found two cats years earlier that had been hanging …
U.S. Senate Bill S. 1618 Allows “Spam” to Come to Your Email Box As Long As The Email Complies With the Law-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An unsolicited commercial email comes to you with the message at the bottom that says: This message is sent in compliance with the new email bill section 301. …
According to a new law, email Spam is okay-Fiction! Read More »
Keep Your Car Windows Rolled Up Because Teens Playing “Spunkball” or “Sparkball” May Set You on Fire-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Teenagers drive up to a car and throw what they call a “Spunkball” into the open window of another car next to them. The SPUNKBALL is a gasoline soaked rag wrapped in aluminum foil …
Teens playing "Spunkball" or "Sparkball" may set you on fire-Fiction! Read More »
The Rejection That Led to the Founding of Stanford University- Fiction! Summary of eRumor:According to the story, two “country hicks” came to Harvard and wanted to talk with the president. A haughty secretary resisted the couple and made them wait for hours. In exasperation, she finally asked the president to see the visitors, …
The Rejection that led to the founding of Stanford University-Fiction! Read More »
The Survival Story of Usman Farman-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The survival story of a Pakastani Moslem who was helped at the World Trade Center by a Hasidic Jew. The Truth: Mr. Farman’s story has been widely published and he has confirmed with TruthOrFiction.com that it is true.
