8. Giant Camel Spiders in Iraq
The hoax about the giant camel spiders in Iraq, the number 8 on our list of biggest internet hoaxes that fooled the world started in 2004, when an email started circling around asking people to be sympathetic to American troops in Iraq– not because of the war zones or being away from their families– but because of the absolutely horrifying prehistoric spiders, which could run 25 miles per hour, jump even several feet in the air, and grow up to a foot long. It was later revealed that the spider in the photo had simply been shot from an angle that made it appear to be incredibly large.
