The 2nd century god, Glycon, was invented by the Greek magician Alexander of Abonoteichus, who fastened a puppet's head to a trained snake and told peoples' fortunes.
In 1613, the remains of an extinct deinotherium, like this one, were exhibited in Paris as the skeleton of a 25' giant - specifically,
king Teutobochus of the Teutons (d. circa 100 BCE).
Lake Fagua monster, 1784. A fabrication.
Great Moon Hoax, 1835. Another fabrication.
"Man from Mars," 1864. French fabrication.
Cardiff giant, 1869.
Lake George monster, 1904.
New York Times, April 25, 1934:
SEA SERPENT HOAX OF 1904 IS BARED; Mechanical Monster, Created by H.W. Watrous, Nearly Depopulated Lake George.
MANIPULATED BY PULLEY
Artist Thinks Scots Are Using a Similar Device to Play Joke Upon World.
"The story of a sea serpent hoax perpetrated upon the Summer colony at Lake George thirty years ago was revealed yesterday by Harry W. Watrous, 80-year-old president of the National Academy of Design. Mr. Watrous said his revelation was actuated by the many current tales of sea serpents and declared that, in his opinion, the Scots were 'spoofing' the world in like manner with a mechanical monster in Loch Ness in Scotland."
Loch Ness monster, 1934. The hoaxers confessed 60 years later.
Dead Martian, Atlanta GA, 1953: shaved monkey, dyed green & left on a road near saucer-shaped scorch marks (made with a blowtorch).
Patterson-Gimlin sasquatch film, 1967. A modified ape suit.
Billy Meier's "Plejarans" from the Pleiedes, 1981: members of The Golddiggers singing group from The Dean Martin Show.
According to HBO's
UFOs: What's Going On (1985), this chicken leg is "what some claim is an actual photo of
an ET's arm."
"Guardian" photo, 1991: appears to be a still from a movie or TV show, though it is just as likely to be a self-portrait of the hoaxer.
Alien Autopsy, 1995. Ray Santilli's infamous Roswell hoax.
Frozen Sasquatch, 2008. Just an ape suit on ice.
Atacama skeleton, Chile. Deformed human child presented as a "crashed alien" by Steven Greer, Don Schmitt and Jaime Maussan in 2013.
Li's dead alien, China, 2015. Made of latex.
Supposed
"Roswell alien" is a mummified child. Promoted in 2015 by Jaime Maussan, the George Knapp of Latin America.
"Demon fairy" created from sticks, glue and the remains of a bat. Promoted by Jaime Maussan in 2016.
Fake
Nazca "alien mummy," promoted by Maussan in 2017.
"Yaam Nai," Thailand, 2019: art project by Tori Wrånes featuring costumed actors. Not created as a hoax, but widely misrepresented on social media & "cryptid" websites.
Peruvian dolls with human & animal bones, presented as
aliens in Mexico in 2023 by prolific hoaxer Jaime Maussan.
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