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The cat has been digitally enlarged. The cat
which served as the model for this photo actually
weighs 21 pounds.
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This picture was taken by fire investigator John
McColgan on Aug 6, 2000 in the Bitterroot Valley,
Montana. It is entirely real.
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This is a case in which truth is stranger than
fiction. The x-ray is quite real. It shows the
stomach of an Israeli woman who accidentally
swallowed a fork after inserting it down her
throat in order to remove a cockroach that had
somehow gotten down there (no joke!). The x-ray
was taken in July 2003.
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A plane crash captured by a National Geographic
photographer in Guatemala in 1976
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This was the cover of the Aug. 26, 1989 issue of
TV Guide. It looks like Oprah, but in reality
it's only Oprah's head. The body belongs to
Ann-Margret. The composite was created without
the permission of Oprah or Ann-Margret.
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And this one even has the behind shot
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A photo taken over the Pacific July 7, 1999 by
Ensign John Gay. The plane is an F/A-18 Hornet
assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One
(VFA-151). The image is available on a Navy
website.
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The book in President Bush's hand has been
digitally turned upside down.
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On March 6, 2003 a C-5 Galaxy (one of the largest
airplanes in the world) did get stuck on top of a
military runway that crosses over the I-564 in
Virginia. This photo was taken during the
incident.
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I hope no one fell for this obvious gag. The
man's finger has simply been digitally pasted
over his eye.
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This San Diego gym is testament to the fact that
Californians will happily work out for hours in a
gym, but refuse to walk up a few stairs. We'll
also get in our cars instead of walking one
block. I know this photo isn't a hoax because I
live in San Diego and I've seen this gym from my
car as I've driven by.
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An image created by nature photographer Ralph
Clevenger. It's actually a composite of four
different photographs taken in Alaska,
Antarctica, and California. The image is
available for purchase from a company called
Successories.
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The tall woman on the left in this picture is a
real woman. Her name is Heather Haven, and she
has her own website that includes many photos
showing off her above average height. But this
picture in particular shows evidence of having
been digitally altered. To the right of her legs
you can see a region where the shadows and light
don't match up with the rest of the picture,
evidence of a clumsy cut-and-paste job.
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The cat with the weird eyes is real, and her name
is Queeny. She lives in Bangalore, India. Her
picture was taken in September, 2003 for Reuters.
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It would be quite a shock to look out your window
and see a party of polar bears on your front
lawn, but it never happened. If you look closely
you can see that the section of the picture with
the bears in it was digitally inserted into a
scene of a suburban house.
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Sometimes cats get groomed like this if their fur
has become too matted. Without fur on their body,
their heads can look oversized in relation to
their body. The cat in this picture looks rather
embarrassed by the indignity of its new
appearance.
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The shark was digitally inserted into a U.S. Air
Force photo taken near San Francisco's Golden
Gate Bridge.
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The plane has been digitally inserted into this
picture of a tourist posing on the observation
deck of the World Trade Center. The plane is not
the same model as the ones that crashed into the
towers.
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This photo was taken on the Earlham Road in
Norwich. Underground chalk mines caused a massive
sink-hole to appear in the road. The bus fell
into the sink-hole.
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The owners of this car really did try to strap
all this lumber to their car and drive it away.
What can one say? They were idiots.
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It's hard to see how all the corn manages to stay
in the truck, but nevertheless this scene is
real. It was captured by Reuters photographer
Antony Njuguna in Somalia in September, 2003.
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The person has been pasted and flipped
horizontally. He is subtly brighter than the
other people in the picture.
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References Snopes.com Museum of Hoaxes.com