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Gollum 'found' in China: Other alien sightings that turned out to be hoaxes


After a Chinese tourist mistook an actor shooting an advert for the slippery villain from Lord of the Rings, here are some other 'close encounters'



Alien Nation: Other fake ETs over the years

The truth is out there - but disappointingly it's not as exciting as we first thought.

And one Chinese tourist has learnt that this week.

The man was camping with friends when he spotted a 'Gollum' like creature in the mountains of Beijing.

It sparked rumours it could be a creature from outer space and the photos went viral.

But an actor has now come forward to say it was him dressed up in a suit shooting an advert.

And it's not the only alien encounter to have turned out to be a big, fat fake...
Stale bread and chicken skin
Youtube Alien found near Irkutsk, Siberia
ET phoney home: Made out of manky food

With plenty of time on their hands, most students like to spend it in the pub - but not friends Timur Hilall, 18, and Kirill Vlasov, 19.

After reportings of a UFO spaceship crash Irkutsk, Siberia in 2011, the pair claimed to have found a dead alien and shot a video of the mangled corpse before posting it on YouTube.

The footage was seen by 700,000 people but they later admitted it was a hoax – and the 'alien' was made out stale bread and chicken skin.

Youtube Alien found near Irkutsk, Siberia
Viral: Video was seen by 700,000 people

The prank even landed them in trouble with the police.

Sergei Zvedzin, a police spokesman, said: “We will be looking to see if a crime has been committed in connection with the use of animal skin.

"If they have committed an offence they will have to pay for it.”
Alien autopsy

A video purporting to be footage of an autopsy on an alien killed in the 1947 Roswell Crash caused a sensation when it was released in the 1990s.

But in a 2006 documentary, London-based entrepreneur Ray Santilli admitted it was actually a reconstruction of a real alien autopsy he claimed to have seen.