whether its intent is to create mischief
controversy or to gain attention it’s no
secret that faked photography has
probably been around since the beginning
of photography itself not a good time to
lose one’s head welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten faked photos that went
viral
history future history I stopped in
Altered and this is the proof before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
photos that were digitally altered set
up to convey something different or
edited in some way and ended up fooling
a lot of people in the process
[Music]
number ten Irish castle island also
known as castle island house looking
like it could be a perfect fit in a
fantasy universe this hypothetical
wonder of the world looks too good to be
true
unfortunately the Irish Castle island is
actually a fantasy as a few sprinkles of
creativity and some Photoshop wizardry
are all it took to bring this
make-believe Monument into the world
despite all hopes and best wishes it’s
actually a combination of a photo of cow
peg an island in Thailand and the
Lichtenstein Castle located in Germany
seamlessly pasted over top however bonus
points need to be issued for that handy
entrance way that is committing to a
joke number 9 shark tank collapse in
Kuwait imagine you’re a student going on
a field trip to the Kuwait scientific
centre to learn more about the
environment but while taking the
escalator you’re suddenly greeted by the
second coming of Atlantis on your way
down well that’s what this image is
prophesying except it isn’t because it’s
fake
and to top it all off this photo wasn’t
even taken in coit sharks aside
everything in this photo is real and it
was taken during a flood of Union
Station in Toronto Ontario in 2012 a
crafty tweeter added the sharks to the
image for comedic effect but within
weeks the joke had morphed into
something else entirely
first I plan to soil myself
then I’m going to regroup and come up
with a new plan any tools number eight
moon melon at a glance one could say
that everything is more vibrant in Japan
whether its commercials TV or even fruit
advertised as a flavor altering rare
Japanese Wonder fruit the moon melon
scientifically known as a citizen as the
concept of a blue watermelon and weirdly
enough the internet ate the idea of a
blue watermelon up the true seeds of
this exotic fruit most likely grow via
the gardens of someone’s desktop as this
fake photo is just a simple Photoshop
job number seven the dead or mummified
fairy this photo actually belongs to a
rare breed of viral fake images that
have not had their phone enos birthed
through digital means instead the
Derbyshire fairy was crafted by prop
maker and illusion designer Dan Baynes
nobody would employ me forensics anymore
I was told healthy interest in the
supernatural on his website dan posted
his creation a few days before April
Fool’s Day claiming that he found the
remains of what looked like a fairy
perhaps under the influence of a bit too
much pixie dust the Internet fell for
the prank and some even asserted that
they’d also found dead fairies
[Music]
the only place to find this ferry
however was on eBay where Bane’s sold it
for nearly 300 pounds number six the
9/11 accidental tourist imagine having a
photo taken of you seconds before your
untimely demise well that’s the
situation the internet thought this
seemingly unlucky tourist found himself
in the 9/11 tourist hoax is a photograph
that features what looks like a tourist
on the World Trade Centers observation
deck as a plane approaches it many
thought this man who was later
identified as Peter gusli
actually died during the 9/11 terror
attacks which is a reasonable
supposition but it was later revealed
that the pic was taken in November of
1997 and that Gus Lee himself had added
in the plane and date as a joke between
friends number five
helicopter sharks looking as if it could
be a scene from the jaws franchise
helicopter shark features what seems to
be somebody’s last day on the job as the
person in the photo appears to be a
sharks next meal dating back to the
early 2000s helicopter shark is actually
a combination of two photos one of the
shark and the other of the soldier
climbing into the helicopter the photo
gained widespread popularity via mass
emailing and it was claimed to be the
National Geographic photo of the year of
course this claim was debunked by
National Geographic as a hoax number
four
Slender Man along with Bigfoot and the
Loch Ness monster Slender Man is
probably one of the most economically
viable characters birthed through a
series of viral fake photos as it’s
experienced a slew of profitable media
attention and love from all corners of
the world
however unlike Bigfoot and the Loch Ness
monster
Slender Man originated solely on the
Internet Eric Knudsen the creator of
Slender Man submitted his creation to a
Photoshop challenge the idea of the
challenge was that participants were to
give ordinary photos an element of
eeriness years later slender man’s
presence can still be felt as it’s
expanded to art literature and video
games
number three cheerleader poops give me a
give me an O give me another o give me
another P wait that doesn’t sound right
into any unsuspecting citizen of the
internet this image does not look right
either a cheerleaders job is to pump up
a crowd but this image had the world
wincing in disgust the photo which
appears to document this leader of
Cheers abrupt fall from grace while her
peers shield themselves from her
onslaught of diarrhea is thankfully fake
in the original you can see that she is
simply falling and that the fecal matter
was added in number two back to the
future today some people just wish their
lives away waiting for the future to
arrive instead of living in the moment
well that’s the message we get from this
fake photo in Back to the Future Part
two Marty McFly and Doc Brown actually
traveled to October 21st 2015 but the
internet hive mind swarmed around the
idea that the DeLorean was actually set
for June 27 to 2012 on that date in real
life this altered photo was in fact used
to promote the Back to the Future
blu-ray set and was even a word-for-word
do-over of an earlier version of the
same prank yet somehow the wrong date
and the sense of deja vu were lost on
many before we reveal our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one Bush reads book upside down
most would say that in order to be
president you have to have multiple
talents talents like speaking multiple
languages solving issues diplomatically
and maybe being able to read upside down
while this image may seem to show that
former President George W Bush is
reading his book upside down it’s
actually just another case of photo
manipulation the book cover has actually
been flipped with the tip-off being the
position of the child holding the US
well that and the original image had
been published by The Associated Press
before hands do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
[Music]
controversy or to gain attention it’s no
secret that faked photography has
probably been around since the beginning
of photography itself not a good time to
lose one’s head welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten faked photos that went
viral
history future history I stopped in
Altered and this is the proof before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
photos that were digitally altered set
up to convey something different or
edited in some way and ended up fooling
a lot of people in the process
[Music]
number ten Irish castle island also
known as castle island house looking
like it could be a perfect fit in a
fantasy universe this hypothetical
wonder of the world looks too good to be
true
unfortunately the Irish Castle island is
actually a fantasy as a few sprinkles of
creativity and some Photoshop wizardry
are all it took to bring this
make-believe Monument into the world
despite all hopes and best wishes it’s
actually a combination of a photo of cow
peg an island in Thailand and the
Lichtenstein Castle located in Germany
seamlessly pasted over top however bonus
points need to be issued for that handy
entrance way that is committing to a
joke number 9 shark tank collapse in
Kuwait imagine you’re a student going on
a field trip to the Kuwait scientific
centre to learn more about the
environment but while taking the
escalator you’re suddenly greeted by the
second coming of Atlantis on your way
down well that’s what this image is
prophesying except it isn’t because it’s
fake
and to top it all off this photo wasn’t
even taken in coit sharks aside
everything in this photo is real and it
was taken during a flood of Union
Station in Toronto Ontario in 2012 a
crafty tweeter added the sharks to the
image for comedic effect but within
weeks the joke had morphed into
something else entirely
first I plan to soil myself
then I’m going to regroup and come up
with a new plan any tools number eight
moon melon at a glance one could say
that everything is more vibrant in Japan
whether its commercials TV or even fruit
advertised as a flavor altering rare
Japanese Wonder fruit the moon melon
scientifically known as a citizen as the
concept of a blue watermelon and weirdly
enough the internet ate the idea of a
blue watermelon up the true seeds of
this exotic fruit most likely grow via
the gardens of someone’s desktop as this
fake photo is just a simple Photoshop
job number seven the dead or mummified
fairy this photo actually belongs to a
rare breed of viral fake images that
have not had their phone enos birthed
through digital means instead the
Derbyshire fairy was crafted by prop
maker and illusion designer Dan Baynes
nobody would employ me forensics anymore
I was told healthy interest in the
supernatural on his website dan posted
his creation a few days before April
Fool’s Day claiming that he found the
remains of what looked like a fairy
perhaps under the influence of a bit too
much pixie dust the Internet fell for
the prank and some even asserted that
they’d also found dead fairies
[Music]
the only place to find this ferry
however was on eBay where Bane’s sold it
for nearly 300 pounds number six the
9/11 accidental tourist imagine having a
photo taken of you seconds before your
untimely demise well that’s the
situation the internet thought this
seemingly unlucky tourist found himself
in the 9/11 tourist hoax is a photograph
that features what looks like a tourist
on the World Trade Centers observation
deck as a plane approaches it many
thought this man who was later
identified as Peter gusli
actually died during the 9/11 terror
attacks which is a reasonable
supposition but it was later revealed
that the pic was taken in November of
1997 and that Gus Lee himself had added
in the plane and date as a joke between
friends number five
helicopter sharks looking as if it could
be a scene from the jaws franchise
helicopter shark features what seems to
be somebody’s last day on the job as the
person in the photo appears to be a
sharks next meal dating back to the
early 2000s helicopter shark is actually
a combination of two photos one of the
shark and the other of the soldier
climbing into the helicopter the photo
gained widespread popularity via mass
emailing and it was claimed to be the
National Geographic photo of the year of
course this claim was debunked by
National Geographic as a hoax number
four
Slender Man along with Bigfoot and the
Loch Ness monster Slender Man is
probably one of the most economically
viable characters birthed through a
series of viral fake photos as it’s
experienced a slew of profitable media
attention and love from all corners of
the world
however unlike Bigfoot and the Loch Ness
monster
Slender Man originated solely on the
Internet Eric Knudsen the creator of
Slender Man submitted his creation to a
Photoshop challenge the idea of the
challenge was that participants were to
give ordinary photos an element of
eeriness years later slender man’s
presence can still be felt as it’s
expanded to art literature and video
games
number three cheerleader poops give me a
give me an O give me another o give me
another P wait that doesn’t sound right
into any unsuspecting citizen of the
internet this image does not look right
either a cheerleaders job is to pump up
a crowd but this image had the world
wincing in disgust the photo which
appears to document this leader of
Cheers abrupt fall from grace while her
peers shield themselves from her
onslaught of diarrhea is thankfully fake
in the original you can see that she is
simply falling and that the fecal matter
was added in number two back to the
future today some people just wish their
lives away waiting for the future to
arrive instead of living in the moment
well that’s the message we get from this
fake photo in Back to the Future Part
two Marty McFly and Doc Brown actually
traveled to October 21st 2015 but the
internet hive mind swarmed around the
idea that the DeLorean was actually set
for June 27 to 2012 on that date in real
life this altered photo was in fact used
to promote the Back to the Future
blu-ray set and was even a word-for-word
do-over of an earlier version of the
same prank yet somehow the wrong date
and the sense of deja vu were lost on
many before we reveal our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one Bush reads book upside down
most would say that in order to be
president you have to have multiple
talents talents like speaking multiple
languages solving issues diplomatically
and maybe being able to read upside down
while this image may seem to show that
former President George W Bush is
reading his book upside down it’s
actually just another case of photo
manipulation the book cover has actually
been flipped with the tip-off being the
position of the child holding the US
well that and the original image had
been published by The Associated Press
before hands do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
[Music]
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