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Hoax Photos From The Internet

Some Common Samples of Doctored or Misrepresented Photos

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Special thanks to Urban Legends guide, David Emery, for doing so much legwork in researching and confirming these photos and stories.


800 Pound Razorback Hog?
 
 
 

Emailed photo shows a hunter posing beside a dead razorback hog purportedly 8 feet long and weighing 800 lbs.

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Iraqi Monster Camel Spiders?

 
 

Emailed photo taken by U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq show a pair of huge, scary-looking arachnids called camel spiders

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Urban Legends. 

 


Florida Crocodile Munches Golfer On The Green?

 
 

Emailed photo taken by supposed Florida photographer, displaying human remains of an alleged golfer.

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Urban Legends. 

 

 

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