Hoax Story Debunking

Commenters assert that the linked story or article is a known hoax, providing links to prior Hacker News discussions, Wikipedia, and other sources confirming it was debunked years earlier.

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mesozoic • Mar 15, 2013 • View on HN

Wasn't this shown to be a hoax a while back?

towaway1138 • Feb 18, 2019 • View on HN

Apparently it's a hoax. The mystery is why this is on HN.

bigwally • Jan 15, 2011 • View on HN

Wasn't this counterfeit story debunked some time ago?

milkmiruku • Aug 8, 2013 • View on HN

Googling shows this story to be a hoax.

toehead2000 • Jan 11, 2017 • View on HN

Do you have a link to something describing the hoax?

berm_ • Sep 9, 2025 • View on HN

It might be related to this [2015] but that was a hoax. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9374028

jdoliner • Oct 28, 2022 • View on HN

This story looks like it was a hoax, it has an editors note now.

wrp • May 15, 2022 • View on HN

Discussion at the time (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30796339). The article posted may have been a hoax.

Forge36 • Mar 12, 2020 • View on HN

Recent updates with information about who was behind the hoax?

paulhauggis • Jul 23, 2015 • View on HN

This was found out to be a hoax 5+ years ago. Did this site not get the message?