1 - Princess Caraboo

In 1817, suddenly appeared one by the name Princess Caraboo in Almondsbury, Glouchestershire, England. He came and spoke with a strange language and wear clothes that are not common among these dearah, the effect? Many people are interested and fascinated. No one who understands completely what he said, but when he finally accommodated in one of the inns in the city, he ate pineapple for dinner and slept on the floor, not the mattress disedakan.
After a while, there was someone he could speak Portuguese and claimed to understand the language used by the "Princess Caraboo 'and finally' translate 'the language of women had. According to the translation of this man, this woman is Princess Caraboo of Javasu island. He admitted kidnapped by the pirate gang, and eventually confessed that jumped from the boat used and swim to the shore, and finally stranded in Almondsbury.
Princess Caraboo story was published in newspapers, and finally one woman in Bristol to read about the story and recognize that this Caraboo Princess picture is a picture of women who had stayed in his inn. "Princess Caraboo" is playing with her children and Bristol had talked with the language of artificial nonsense "Princess Caraboo" was, only sekedarn to play. Another man recognized him, a few days before the "Princess Caraboo" had appeared in Almondsbury, "Princess Caraboo" had met and drank rum and ate steak (while in Almondsbury, the woman claiming to be vegetarian)
When finally pressed with this story, "Princess Caraboo" finally gave up and admitted that he actually is Mary Baker of Witheridge, Devon.

2 - Peri Cottingley


The story of this one really scandalous. Elsie Wright and Frances Griffith is a cousin. Elsie, 16 is an artist who works in the lab and in the company photo greeting card maker. At that time, Elsie's father borrowed a camera and take pictures, and when printed, the photos appeared the picture was a fairy. Soon his father told fairy was just a lie, while the mother Elsie said that the picture was real.
Images were finally spread quickly and make various statements from many people, one of whom was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes), who believed that the image is real. Until finally, after verification, summoned a psychic. Shaman had asked to see if there was a fairy in the photo had been made. The idea, if there are ordinary people who can see fairies, psychic certainly be able to see fairies, too. Perhaps because of fear of humiliation, finally admitted earlier psychic can see the fairies, altho ugh not able to take pictures.
This hoax lasted until 1981, when both are sepupun interviewed by the magazine "The Unexplained". They admitted that they had cut t he fairies and her display in such a way before it was photographed. They claimed that they had felt too far because until finally Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself deceived. But they were very embarrassed to admit dare not confess until finally after all this time, they were harassed and finally admitted their prank.
3 - The Lying Stones
A professor from the University of Wurzburg in Germany deceived by the co-worker at age 18. Professor colleagues are making a sculpture of stone shapes and even incised hewan2 Lord's name in a variety of character and hide in the rocks was Professor Beringer favorite places to hunt fossils. When the stones were found, Prof. Beringer thus believe that the sculptures were actually made by God. Even when many people show a former sculpture, he remained true to his theory and published a book on this theory.Finally, the co-worker confessed, but Prof. Beringer refused admission of their colleagues and calling that his colleagues do not believe in God. When finally the court two of her colleagues admitted that they deliberately do so to give lessons to Prof. Beringer as arrogant, Beringer gara2 finally nearly bankrupt trying to buy a book written almost circulated widely in the community. And finally this rocks known as "Lugensteine" or alias Liar Lying Stones Stones
4 - Brooklyn Bridge - SALE!

George Parker is a man who could "sell" anything, even all things! He opened an office in New York to open the sale of real estate. One was a "sale" is the Brooklyn Bridge, even the Statue of Liberty, Madison Square Garden, and even the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was so conv incing that even could make a very convincing document that the buyer of this property is "owner". Uniquely, of all sales are done, he w as found guilty only 3 times
5 - The Turk
Hoax this one was not as cool a computer now, but at that time, if there is a robot (or a mechanical doll) who can beat people at chess .. wah .. great great!
Wolfgang von Kempelen is the brain behind the "mechanical doll" is. Machine made to make people amazed, beginning in 1770 until 1854. Machine has made the human form of half body from the waist up, and given a robe and a turban to match this machine nicknamed "The Turk - Turkey Man". This doll was sitting on the cabinet that when opened will show a variety of gears and a variety of complex mechanical devices. Actually, this cabinet built to hide behind all the equipment seseoarng earlier. So that when opened, as if no one is hiding under the closet. People in the closet will move various equipment that would be as if the doll was alive and moving the seeds of chess, even shaking his head when his opponent cheated.
Unfortunately this made the machine ruined because of a fire on July 5, 1854. In 1857, the son of the last owner of "The Turk" was decided that "The Turk" is dead and time to open secret. He unpacked almost all of the secrets in the magazine "The Chess Monthly" in the year.

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