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The Quadrant hoax involving historian Keith Windschuttle. Joey Skaggs's media pranks, including Cathouse for Dogs (1976). SINA, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, the first media hoax of Alan Abel. The Sokal affair, which scrutinized an academic journal's intellectual rigor.
The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or SINA [pronounced "sinna"], was a satirical hoax concocted by serial prankster Alan Abel.The group used the language and rhetoric of conservative moralists for the ostensible aim of clothing "indecent" naked animals, including domestic pets, barnyard animals, and large wildlife.
The drop bear hoax, using a polar bear, was humorously referenced in an advertisement for Bundaberg Rum. [19] In the Discworld novel The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett, drop bears inhabit the continent of Fourecks, [a] a land portrayed as a parody of Australia. This version of the drop bear tale shows the animals with well-padded backsides ...
"A Florida woman says she was about to leave the house to pick up her kids from school when she captured this 'heart-stopping' encounter between her dog and a bear who decided to check out their ...
One of Abel's earliest pranks took place in the late 1950s; he posed as a golf professional who taught Westinghouse executives how to use ballet positions to improve their games. Beginning May 27, 1959, with a story on the Today Show, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA), was Abel's most elaborate hoax. SINA's mission was to clothe ...
This hoax was probably intended as a parody of Google's then invite-only email service called Gmail. Although ostensibly free, the company claimed the beverage could only be obtained by returning the cap of a Google Gulp bottle to a local grocery store: a Catch-22.
Two women walking their dogs found the dead bear and alerted authorities, touching off a mystery that captivated the city for a few days. Bears are not among the park's known wildlife population.
People in a New Jersey neighborhood are being warned to be cautious of bears.. A dog was attacked by a bear Saturday, Aug. 20, after it got too close to the bear’s cubs, the Butler Police ...