10 Craziest Fake News Stories to Hit the Internet

The internet is home to some of the craziest stories and rumors out there. You can never trust what you read and can never be sure if what you are looking at is 100 percent true. With everything from alien sightings and celebrity gossip, you can never be too sure that what you are looking at is real or fake. It doesn't take long for rumors, conspiracy theories, and gossip to spread once they are put onto the internet, with viral videos and stories spiraling out of control once they are put out there. You will want to take a look at some of these crazy fake news stories that have hit the internet in the past. A conspiracy theory is when the explanation of an event or situation starts a conspiracy without warrant. Usually, conspiracy theories involve stories of an illegal or harmful act that is carried out by the government or other powerful actors. The conspiracy theory that the United States government has been hiding alien sightings for years is just one example of a conspiracy theory. Another example of fake news and how stories can get blown out of proportion are with urban legends. An urban legend, also known as a popular legend or urban myth is a type of modern folklore that consists of fictional stories, quite often with macabre elements that are rooted in local popular culture.

1. On the absurd news source The Onion they had a front page story claiming that President Barack Obama admitted to singing in the shower. It goes to show that no one if safe from the internet, not even the President of the United States and his family.

2. This is one hoax and conspiracy that will never completely go away. There have been conspiracy theories about the moon landing with Neil Armstrong for years. All over the internet, you will find photos that point to the reasons this event didn't happen, and that say the moon landing with Neil Armstrong was fake. So many conspiracy theories and people trying to reenact history. It does make you second guess the whole thing.

3. Another conspiracy theory is that the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) was going to spend $1 billion on jetpacks for their officers. Apparently, Fox News said that the police department was going to purchase 10,000 jet packs at the cost of $100,000 each.

4. This silly story talks about family lady Hillary Clinton and how she beat on Bill Clinton the night that she lost the election. This story according to a CNN reporter talks about how Hillary Clinton hit her husband Bill, silly gossip.

5. Another outlandish fake news story that started on the internet is that Cher is dead. Apparently, Kim Kardashian spearheaded this epic story. The story started that Cher was killed with a misunderstood hashtag that read #nowthatchersdead which was meant to read now that Thatcher is dead, and not that Cher was dead. Oops.

6. Another fake story said that actor Morgan Freeman had passed away at his Burbank home. CNN started the rumor all the way back in 2010, and people on social media began to leave RIP tributes for the active who was still alive.

7. You may have heard this rumor which said that KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) served a deep-fried rat to one of it's customers. Someone by the name of Devorise Dixon fooled social media into believing that KFC served him a dead rat. The story wasn't true after KFC carried out tests to prove it was chicken.

These are just a few of the fake news stories that you will find on the Trilln site. You will find all sorts of viral videos, fake news stories and so much more when you take a look at the site. **