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🗓️ 6 September 2020
⏱️ 160 minutes
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0:00.0 | Estonishing legends will like to thank Better Help, Miller Highlife, Western Digital, |
0:06.1 | our contributors at patreon.com and you, our listeners, for making tonight's show possible. |
0:12.2 | Two weeks ago, we brought you part one of our two parts series on Alien on Topsy, possibly |
0:17.7 | one of the most successful paranormal hoax films ever created. |
0:22.0 | We sat down with British director producer, conceptual artist, and magician, Spiro Smalaris, |
0:27.5 | to hear as credible a detailed story about exactly how Alien on Topsy came to be. |
0:32.8 | Right down to the sheep's brains, used as a prop. |
0:36.2 | An interesting thing happened when we posted part one of the series, however. |
0:40.2 | Some people were so sure Alien on Topsy was a hoax that they didn't even bother to |
0:44.8 | listen to it. |
0:45.8 | Isn't that fascinating? |
0:48.2 | Even after all these years of listening to Estonishing legends, they thought they knew |
0:52.1 | what we were going to say about Alien on Topsy. |
0:55.3 | Unfortunately for them, they've missed a chance to explore just how much work goes into |
1:00.0 | a successful hoax like this and therefore a chance to recognize a similar one in the future. |
1:06.1 | Because even if you feel like you knew this wasn't real from the jump, someone out there |
1:10.8 | is going to try it again at some point, and Spiro Smalaris proves that if you're meticulous |
1:15.3 | enough, you can pull it off. |
1:17.9 | What we wanted to say about this particular Estonishing legend is that the legend is the |
1:22.8 | hoax itself. |
1:24.6 | The legend is also the hoaxer and the talented artist and sculptor he worked with. |
1:30.5 | This is the thing about this story. |
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