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Corona Beer Fears Update: WE GOT DUPED!

One of my past articles that seemed to have received a lot of love (Thanks guys!) has now made me look like a fool as it did with many other news outlets that reported it. As it turns out my article about 38% of Americans won’t be drinking Corona Beer due to the fear of Coronavirus, was an elaborate hoax…and I fell for it. Normally I would be kicking myself in the head for falling for something like this but I’m thankful to know the fact that other major news outlets and respectable journalists have fallen for it as well. So it’s my responsibility to give the facts and to correct my mistake. So what happened? In February the news spread far a wide like the Coronavirus itself after what appeared to be a coordinated effort by 5W Public Relations, and PR Newswire who withheld information pertaining to the questions asked on the survey and how they were asked, when

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Capt McNeely
Mar 7, 2020
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‘Momo’ Artist Speaks Out

Keisuke Aiso is an artist and the head of a special effects company called Link Factory, which makes props for Japanese TV shows. In 2016 he exhibited a some creepy looking sculptures in a series titled Onnen. One of the sculptures at the time was a three-foot-tall woman-bird hybrid that acted as the artist’s vision of the Japanese Yōkai Ubume, this creature takes on the form of either a woman who died at childbirth or a bird-like creature that mimics the sounds of babies and attacks children. The latex creature was simply called Ubume but it earned a new name, later on, Momo, the centerpiece of the latest internet urban legend and hoax. Momo is said to contact children through the internet and threaten them into completing challenges that usually involve self-harm or suicide as the story goes. This leads to great panic recently as parents took to the web and started to warn others of the supernatural threat. Aiso,

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Capt McNeely
Mar 6, 2019
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Murderous Creature On The Loose In Argentina?

Residents in Sante Fe, Argentina are on edge after a mysterious half-man half-wolf creature killed a Pitbull and a German Sheppard. The creature had its picture taken while it was leaving the scene. This is where things get weird…well more suspicious. After lurking around the dark web all signs seemed to point to a youtube channel called UFOMania. Before I decided to become a writer, I went to school studying Animal Management, learn about animals, the science behind studying them, and Animal Husbandry (taking care of them in a zoological setting), so my interest perked and I wanted to take a closer look at this “creature”. From looking at its limbs, head shape, and posture, I began to think that this creature looked like a hairless emaciated bear which would explain why it would attack two dogs. Most bear species, contrary to popular belief, are omnivores (eat both plants and meat) with the only true carnivore bear species being the

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Capt McNeely
Apr 17, 2018

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Corona Beer Fears Update: WE GOT DUPED!

One of my past articles that seemed to have received a lot of love (Thanks guys!) has now made me look like a fool as it did with many other news outlets that reported it. As it turns out my article about 38% of Americans won’t be drinking Corona Beer due to the fear of Coronavirus, was an elaborate hoax…and I fell for it. Normally I would be kicking myself in the head for falling for something like this but I’m thankful to know the fact that other major news outlets and respectable journalists have fallen for it as well. So it’s my responsibility to give the facts and to correct my mistake. So what happened? In February the news spread far a wide like the Coronavirus itself after what appeared to be a coordinated effort by 5W Public Relations, and PR Newswire who withheld information pertaining to the questions asked on the survey and how they were asked, when

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 7, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Momo’ Artist Speaks Out

Keisuke Aiso is an artist and the head of a special effects company called Link Factory, which makes props for Japanese TV shows. In 2016 he exhibited a some creepy looking sculptures in a series titled Onnen. One of the sculptures at the time was a three-foot-tall woman-bird hybrid that acted as the artist’s vision of the Japanese Yōkai Ubume, this creature takes on the form of either a woman who died at childbirth or a bird-like creature that mimics the sounds of babies and attacks children. The latex creature was simply called Ubume but it earned a new name, later on, Momo, the centerpiece of the latest internet urban legend and hoax. Momo is said to contact children through the internet and threaten them into completing challenges that usually involve self-harm or suicide as the story goes. This leads to great panic recently as parents took to the web and started to warn others of the supernatural threat. Aiso,

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 6, 2019
Horror Fuel

Murderous Creature On The Loose In Argentina?

Residents in Sante Fe, Argentina are on edge after a mysterious half-man half-wolf creature killed a Pitbull and a German Sheppard. The creature had its picture taken while it was leaving the scene. This is where things get weird…well more suspicious. After lurking around the dark web all signs seemed to point to a youtube channel called UFOMania. Before I decided to become a writer, I went to school studying Animal Management, learn about animals, the science behind studying them, and Animal Husbandry (taking care of them in a zoological setting), so my interest perked and I wanted to take a closer look at this “creature”. From looking at its limbs, head shape, and posture, I began to think that this creature looked like a hairless emaciated bear which would explain why it would attack two dogs. Most bear species, contrary to popular belief, are omnivores (eat both plants and meat) with the only true carnivore bear species being the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 17, 2018