This is a forwarded email with photos of what appears to be a train sculpted from chocolate on display at a train station in Brussels. The email alleges that this is the world’s longest chocolate structure.
This is a video posted on YouTube alleging that the first Air Force One, a Lockheed Constellation Columbine II, is decaying in an Arizona field and the owner is looking for a museum who is willing to restore the aircraft.
This is a forward email that contains an article that compares a group of American youths who recently graduated from the FEMA Corps program to Hitler Youth.
The Hospital Janitor Who Killed Patients By Unplugging Life Support Systems So He Could Vacuum the Floors-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The story claims that people were dying in a hospital intensive care unit on Sunday mornings at about 11 o’clock in the morning. It was so mysterious that some feared something supernatural going on. They …
Picture of a Great White Shark Attacking a Soldier Hanging From a Helicopter-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The picture is of a military helicopter hovering over the ocean with a soldier dangling from a ladder. A great white shark is leaping from the water at the soldier. Some versions say the picture is from England …
Picture of a great white shark attacking a soldier hanging from a helicopter-Fiction! Read More »
A List of Hard-to-Believe Court Awards That Have Inspired the “Stella Awards”-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This email lists seven alleged court decisions in various states in the U.S. that awarded large cash awards to people under apparently absurd circumstances, including occasions when they were responsible for their own injury or loss. Later versions say …
Arizona Man Preserves His Dead Wife in a Coffee Table-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Jeff Green couldn’t bear to part with his deceased wife, Lucy, so he had a special glass enclosure constructed that would preserve her body…and turned it into a coffee table for his front room. The eRumor says he got special permission …
Spectacular Forest Fire Picture in Montana-Truth! Summary of eRumor: A beautiful picture of a forest fire reflecting on a river in which two elk are standing. It is said to have been taken by a worker for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana. The Truth: This picture spread throughout the world shortly after it …
A Missing Child’s Body is Stuffed With Cocaine For Smuggling Across the Mexico-U.S. Border-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A two year old boy disappears while visiting Mexico with his parents. Forty five minutes later, at the border, the mother spots a man carrying the child but when the man realizes she is the boy’s mother, he …
Child's body used for smuggling drugs into the U.S.-Fiction! Read More »
If You Get a Call on Your Cell Phone With “!?UNAVAILABLE!?” on the Display…It’s a Virus–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This warning says that if your cell phone rings, if you have a display that allows you to see the caller ID of the person who is calling, and if “!?UNAVAILABLE!?” appears in that display, you …
