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The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by a humor writer under the pseudonym Lyle Zapato. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since its creation, the Pacific Northwest tree octopus website has been commonly referenced in Internet literacy classes in schools and has been used in multiple studies demonstrating children's gullibility ...
The Morristown UFO hoax of 2009. The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis), an amphibious octopus. Project Alpha, which was orchestrated by James Randi and exposed poor research into psychic phenomena. The Quadrant hoax involving historian Keith Windschuttle. Joey Skaggs's media pranks, including Cathouse for Dogs (1976).
In Part 1, students were directed to a seemingly credible website about the Pacific Northwest tree octopus and then asked three questions about the species (e.g., if it is real). For Part 2, students were shown a clearly satirical video debunking the species and then posed more detailed questions about its authenticity, believing sources, and ...
Clues to spotting a fake listing. First things first, check the time. If there’s no clear timestamp to the listing or an old one, the role is potentially like expired food— a little fishy. A ...
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office said a viral video spreading online that appears to show mail ballots being destroyed in the Philadelphia suburb is a hoax.
Fake news (5 C, 66 P) L. Lonelygirl15 ... Pacific Northwest tree octopus; Pizzagate conspiracy theory; ... Steve Jobs heart attack hoax; Strawberry Quik meth; T.
Pablo Picasso's Tete d'Arlequin was stolen from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago.
In 2008, Singapore's broadsheet newspaper, The Straits Times, surveyed a group of 35 local students (aged 13–19 years) [5] [6] about a rare species of octopus [7] in the Pacific Northwest that lived in trees. 97% of the students believed that the hoax was real with half believing the fake "expert" opinions posted on the hoax website.