THE BIGGEST TROLLS IN HISTORY
Added on: 7th May 2016
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.
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