THE BIGGEST TROLLS IN HISTORY

PABLO ESCOBAR

He took his son to see the White House while the DEA and

Interpol were looking for him

OLIVER "PORKY" BICKAR

A resident of Alaska, Oliver decided to “ignite” Mt. Edgecumbe, a

dormant volcano. He pulled it off on April Fool’s day 1974 by 

dropping 70 tyres on the summit and lighting them on fire.

The prank worked like a charm and news of the rumbling

volcano spread around the world.

COUNT VICTOR LUSTIG

One of the most successful con men in history, Victor tried

selling the Eiffel Tower twice by posing as a government

official and he actually managed to get some money for it!

Furthermore, “lustig” means “comical” in German!

DIOGENES OF SINOPE

When Plato once defended a man as being a “featherless biped”,

Diogenes left a plucked chicken on his doorstep with a note

“Behold! I have brought you a man!”. It is also said that

Diogenes died from holding his breath.

JOHN TITOR

John Titor was a name used on several forums in 2000 and 2001

by someone claiming to be a time traveller from 2036. He made

several “predictions” about the future and the crazy thing is

that lots of people believed him!

JONATHAN SWIFT

Jonathan is well known for publishing “A Modest Proposal” in

1729, a satirical piece in which he suggested for poor

Irish families to sell their children to rich families as a source

of food. It went over the heads of many people though, and

Jonathan was slammed in the press for suggesting that

babies would make a good source of food.

MARK GUBIN

A resident of Milwaukee that lives near the airport, wrote

“Welcome to Cleveland” in huge letters on the roof of his house.

AUSTRIA

That’s right, the entire country. Why? Because they managed

to convince the world that Hitler was German and

Beethoven was Austrian!

ZHUGE LIANG

A Chinese general nearly 2,000 years ago, Zhuge needed to defend

his village with only a ragtag army. He decided to sit outside the

gates sipping tea until the enemy arrived. Fearing an ambush,

the enemy retreated.