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Real or Hoax?

Post by Pigman » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:16 pm

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Post by eddiecanuck » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:12 am

Man do I suck... 6 out of 10. :roll:
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Post by jc » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:54 am

8 of 10.
however:

The first photo IS real and NOT DOCTORED an any way and IS of real camel spiders, however due to an optical illusion caused by the angle of the photo it appears as if they are way larger than they really are. The emails about there size and jumping capability ARE greatly exaggerated though.
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Post by mmeowgrl » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:37 am

9 out of 10

I wish I could have an army of giant cats though, that would be so sweet! except for the litterbox, jeebus
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Post by Alliat » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:41 pm

Bah, 5/10... thought I've heard of those spiders somewhere before though... would have scored a lot less if it wouldn't have been for the awesome website: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com. If you don't want to be fooled by those nasty hoax emails, fake celebrity blogsites and photoshopped pictures, check this site regularly. ;)
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Post by bugfreezer » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:17 pm

Well I tried to do that and I got that wrong, but those were genuine camel spiders.

We talked about 'em a bit here.
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Post by Alliat » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:51 pm

yeah! I thought that thing was familiar. To get a better look at the spider and get it's real size, try to compare it to the soldier's sleve in the foreground rather than the pair of legs in the background.
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Post by bio » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:51 am

I got 8 outa 10.

I fell for the camel spider and Satan's face in the WTC (thought the spider was real and felt that the other photo looked like something straight from the pages of the World Weekly News)
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Post by bugfreezer » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:26 am

The spiders were real, they are scoring on the hoax associated with it (I think), else they don't entirely do their homework.
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Post by Moxie » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:49 pm

I only got 6, too. I'm okay with that. Being a bit gullible makes it easier to enjoy movies and books. :wink:
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