Jammal Noah's Ark Hoax
- 1985 Evolution debate gets George Jammal thinking
- Jammal decides to execute a hoax
- Target: Sun International Pictures
- Purpose: Expose their credulity and sloppy research
- Jammal's story
- He went to Turkey in 1972, 1980 and 1984
- On last trip he and a friend found the Ark in an ice cave
- He brought home a chip of the wood
- He was (he said) assisted by:
- A "Mr. Asholian"
- "Allis Buls Hitian," son-in-law of Asholian
- A "Polish friend" of Mr. Hitian, "Vladimir Sobitchsky"
- The reality
- Jammal made up the whole thing
- He made the wood look old by cooking it in teriyaki sauce
- CBS ran Sun International's film on 20 February 1993
- Skeptic Society advisor LaRue reveals hoax at end of June
- More detail
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Sun Goes Down in Flames: The Jammal Ark Hoax