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George Jammal tells the Los Angeles Times his CBS Ark story was a hoax

· by George Jammal

Jammal told the Los Angeles Times he made up the story; he said the "ark wood" came from railroad tracks in Long Beach and that he had never been to Turkey. The Times reported he hardened the wood by cooking it in an oven.

Oblique view of Mount Ararat from the International Space Station, 2021 (site photo, not of this event)
Site photo, not of this event. NASA Johnson Space Center / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source

Details

Jammal told the Times he did it to expose what he called poorly researched religious propaganda; it reported that USC professor emeritus Gerald Larue was in on it. Sun's president called it a "well-planned and well-thought-out deception".

Claimant
George Jammal
Site
Mount Ararat

Sources (2)

  1. Admitting 'Noah's Ark' Hoax
    Los Angeles Times · published
  2. Searches for Noah's Ark
    Wikipedia · published

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