History Schmistory: August 25. Life on the Moon?
Friday, August 25, 2023 in History, History Schmistory, Learn! Tags: batman and, batman man bat, batman robin, great moon hoax, History, jokes, man bat batman, man bats, moon conspiracy, moon hoax, the moon
1835: The New York Sun begins to perpetuate what later became known as the Great Moon Hoax, six articles written by a fictitious doctor who claimed that he viewed the moon through “an immense telescope of an entirely new principle” and discovered it was inhabited by, among other things, bat-people…
The articles caused quite a stir, not seen again until another bat-like hoax hit the mainstream many moons later…