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01-28-2004, 12:52 PM | #1 |
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1/28/2004: Antique hoax
This glass jar is 30 inches tall and its contents appear to be fake. Um you knew that, right? full story David Hart found this in his garage (in Oxfordshire, UK), and asked his friend to look into it, along with the tin box of documents that accompanied it. They think that it was created in the 1890s by German scientists and sent to Britain's Natural History Museum in an attempt to pull off a huge hoax. The museum sent it to be destroyed, but instead it was taken and hidden away, possibly by Hart's grandfather. The story notes that "At the time, scientists were the equivalent of today's pop stars." -- but it's a quickie statement that isn't made by an expert; is this really the case? Too much of an over-simplification? I can imagine it being true in a pre-leisure era, when discoveries are suddenly leading to big changes and improvements in medicine and life in general. So did the Germans want to claim that they had made this big discovery? Or did they want the Brits to announce it as important so the Germans could reveal it as a sham to show how stupid the Brit scientists were? |
01-28-2004, 12:57 PM | #2 |
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"The dragon is flawless, from the tiny teeth to the umbilical cord.
That's pretty intricate and detailed for ~1890! Maybe the idea of a previous hoax is, well, also a hoax? |
01-28-2004, 01:02 PM | #3 |
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The sexy creature so many sailors dreamed about -- "The Feejee Mermaid" hoax by PT Barnum, 1842. Sailors must be lonely people. |
01-28-2004, 01:11 PM | #4 |
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Kit, the "hoax of a hoax" was my first thought, but I figured I'd present it without that thought and see how long it took anyone else to point that out.
Five minutes, good work. So far the story of this thing has been written exactly once, by the Telegraph, and has been presented with the "expert" opinion of this guy's friend. |
01-28-2004, 01:33 PM | #5 |
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I vote for "hoax of a hoax". A friend of mine has a couple of similar (down to the color) objects which are sold by a novelty company. His are "aliens" and "brains", but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a dragon as well.
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01-28-2004, 01:34 PM | #6 |
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What an incredible piece of work, though! And a great pic, to boot. I want a reflection hologram of this.
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01-28-2004, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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I'm almost sure I've seen that at an anti-choice rally.
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01-28-2004, 04:40 PM | #8 | |
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01-28-2004, 04:50 PM | #9 |
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Why in the world does it have an umbilical cord? Don't we all know that dragons hatch form eggs?
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01-28-2004, 05:16 PM | #10 | |
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01-28-2004, 07:42 PM | #11 | |
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Warm blooded?!
Assuming dragons exist-ed (yes, a long shot) they would either be reptiles or be very closely related to reptiles. As we all know reptiles are cold blooded. If you look at Komodo "Dragons" they are huge cold blooded lizards. Anyway the fake looks pretty good, the umbilical cord is their only slip. Maybe the wings too. I guess the question is what did the Germans do with the (dead?) mother dragon? Quote:
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01-28-2004, 08:57 PM | #12 |
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Fake or not, I want one.
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