Hoaxes: Cardiff Giant And Cottingley Fairies

Hoaxes What is a Hoax? A hoax is something that is intended to deceive you or better described as a theory. They are many hoaxes in the world that have been developed over time. The two I have decided to tell you about are in the top 10 famous hoaxes in the world. These two are the Cardiff Giant and then the Cottingley Fairies. As you will out while you continue to read is both of these came out not to be completely true. George Hull who was a tobacconist created the hoax, Cardiff Giant. “He decided to create the giant after an argument at a Methodist meeting about a passage stating there were giants that once lived on the earth.” The men he hired to carve the man, were instructed to make it long out of gypsum. Edward Burghardt was hired