fictional Japanese ice hockey player selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1974 NHL amateur draft. The Sabres' general manager, Punch Imlach, made the selection as a protest against the NHL's draft procedures. The Turk, a chess-playing automaton that actually contained a person. Tuxissa, a computer virus hoax. Benjamin Vanderford's beheading video. Villejuif leaflet, a pamphlet distributed in Europe with claims of various food additives having carcinogenic effects. David Weiss, a fictitious person that was used by the Jerusalem Post as a source. Laurel Rose Willson's claims to be a survivor of Satanic ritual abuse (as Lauren Stratford), and of the Holocaust (as Laura Grabowski). Wolpertinger, a Bavarian cousin of the Jackalope. Yellowcake forgery, the false documents suggesting Iraq's Saddam Hussein was to purchase uranium from Niger. Zzxjoanw, a fictitious word that fooled logologists for 70 years. Proven hoaxes of exposure "Proven hoaxes of exposure" are semi-comical or private sting operations. They usually encourage people to act foolishly or credulously by falling for patent nonsense that the hoaxer deliberately presents as reality. See also culture jamming. The Amityville Horror – ghostly events reported by the buyers of a house where another family had been murdered. The Atlanta Nights hoax. The practice of growing Bonsai Kittens The British television series Brass Eye encouraged celebrities to pledge their support to nonexistent causes, to highlight their willingness to do anything for publicity. Dihydrogen monoxide hoax Disumbrationism Genpets, the bio-engineered pet creatures. Grunge speak, an alleged slang of the Seattle rock underground, concocted by a Sub Pop employee and profiled in The New York Times. The Canadian House Hippo hoax briefly perpetrated by Concerned Children's Advertisers in public service announcements designed to encourage children to view items in the media with a critical eye. ID Sniper rifle, a rifle that shoots GPS chips to mark and track suspects. Pacific Northwest tree octopus, by Lyle Zapato. Project Alpha – orchestrated by James Randi, exposed poor research into psychic phenomena. January 2009 Quadrant Hoax Media pranks of Joey Skaggs including Cathouse for Dogs (1976). SINA, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, the first media hoax of Alan Abel. The Sokal affair Nat Tate, an imaginary artist, about whom a biography was published in 1998 by William Boyd intended to temporarily fool the art world. The Taxil hoax by Léo Taxil, poking fun at the Roman Catholic Church's attitude toward Freemasonry. The avant-garde "music" of "Piotr