George McCullagh Reed

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New Zealand Herald columnist ("Pollex") who wrote the 1883 April Fools' story of the Ark's discovery.

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    New Zealand Herald April Fools' story says avalanche revealed the Ark

    According to Wikipedia and the New Zealand Herald, columnist George McCullagh Reed ("Pollex") wrote an April Fools' report that Turkish commissioners had found the Ark; it was reprinted worldwide and he apologised for the hoax on 24 November 1883.

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