The Faking Hoaxer

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'''The Faking Hoaxer''' was a talented [[YouTube]]r who used video editing  software to create admittedly hoaxed footage of various unusual events, as an exercise in special effects. The Faking Hoaxer has now retired from Youtube and the internet.

TFH's videos include various [[UFO]]s (in space and on Earth),<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CFtzB7F4qU 2 UFO's fly past the ISS - by TFH - CGI - 2D], uploaded on February 01, 2009</ref> Space Shuttle disasters,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJgOdfuFdFs Shuttle Scenarios by TFH - CGI], uploaded May 31, 2010]</ref> news report of Air Force One being destroyed,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88SmvjzQ-eg Air Force One Down by TFH - CGI - 2D]</ref> and many others.  TFH generally pisses off [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorists]],<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CFtzB7F4qU 2 UFO's fly past the ISS - by TFH - CGI - 2D], uploaded on February 01, 2009</ref> who accuse him of being a "disinfo agent," or claim that this only proves that all video records are unreliable.  This hasn't stopped people from stealing (parts of) TFH's videos and presenting them as real.  For example, a video from "a manned expedition to Mars" was presented as "Proof!?" of a secret mission and posted to the [[Above Top Secret]] forum.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4rA5o04o4 Into Mars Orbit by TFH - CGI - 2D], uploaded July 16, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isc5cKwi3GU We have been to mars - Proof!?], uploaded on June 30, 2010 by user gmcandrew116</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100702152204/http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread589144/pg1 Mars... Does this prove we have already been!?,], AboveTopSecret, started 30 June 2010</ref>  Apparently, the ATS posters ignored a previous thread about TFH's work, which prompted TFH to declare {{wpl|The Wheels on the Bus|''The Wheels on the Bus''}} the official music theme of ATS.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlB8XJMh2ec AboveTopSecret.com by TFH. (Have we been to Mars video)]</ref>

==Blue Treason==

In 2010, TFH was working on a video called "Blue Treason" dealing with the [[9/11]] attacks and posted a few stills with request for feedback, being hesitant to continue.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omXA5P5zAhw Blue Treason by TFH - ( video stills ) - CGI], uploaded on May 09, 2010</ref>  Some people apparently used the stills as proof of a conspiracy, while others asked TFH to release the video as a "real proof," causing TFH to reconsider and drop the project.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-vpAwsOzhw Blue Treason by TFH ( Statement )], uploaded on May 21, 2010</ref>  Unfortunately, in the process it was revealed that TFH is a [[9/11 conspiracy theories|Truther]]. It seems that TFH didn't completely abandon the idea though, as he later released a pair of teaser videos for it, though it appears that the new "Blue Treason" may be a Truther "documentary".

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100128093930/http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFakingHoaxer The Faking Hoaxer's YouTube channel] (channel no longer available).
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120121014131/http://www.thefakinghoaxer.net/ The Faking Hoaxer's Website], Under construction, possibly never to be completed, now brought to you by the Internet Wayback Machine.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXYOTd3puU&t=546s Phone interview], Lawrence Leung's ''Unbelievable'', ABC1, (the interview was audio-only, the guy with the CGI mask is an actor - or at least TFH claims so :)

==References==

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