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09-22-2016, 04:31 PM
This landmine internet mystery turned into one of the greatest trolls of all time
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The internet is filled with trolls and liars who find joy in deceiving others. But it's also home to plenty of truth-seeking sleuths, ready to call out those who spread lies and pranks.*
On Dec. 31, 2015, Redditor KnightofSunlight posted a photo of a man holding an object (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/3yyet6/i_found_this_weird_objectcontainer_at_a/) to the subreddit r/WhatsThisThing, a forum which asks the help of the internet to identify random objects.*
In the thread it was quickly determined that the object was actually a land mine, sending Reddit into full-blown freakout mode as many feared for KnightofSunlight's life.
SEE ALSO: How Lonelygirl15 taught us to doubt everything on the internet (http://mashable.com/2016/06/16/lonelygirl15-ten-years-later/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/knightofsunlight-reddit-land-mine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The internet is filled with trolls and liars who find joy in deceiving others. But it's also home to plenty of truth-seeking sleuths, ready to call out those who spread lies and pranks.*
On Dec. 31, 2015, Redditor KnightofSunlight posted a photo of a man holding an object (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/3yyet6/i_found_this_weird_objectcontainer_at_a/) to the subreddit r/WhatsThisThing, a forum which asks the help of the internet to identify random objects.*
In the thread it was quickly determined that the object was actually a land mine, sending Reddit into full-blown freakout mode as many feared for KnightofSunlight's life.
SEE ALSO: How Lonelygirl15 taught us to doubt everything on the internet (http://mashable.com/2016/06/16/lonelygirl15-ten-years-later/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/knightofsunlight-reddit-land-mine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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