4 April jokes that went horribly wrong

Today's April Fool's Day and trusting people that day is risky, TBH! Jokes are fun, especially when it is you who run it. But often, they can be wrong terribly. And what happens when an official organization jokes at the level of the mbad? Well, continue reading to find some of the craziest pranks that have elicited a serious and negative reaction.

1. Free your favorite criminal by voting for him

This joke took place in 2015 in the UK. The Manchester Police Department tweeted a rather offensive tweet that they thought was funny, and it was read,

Do you know someone in jail? You can have them released earlier by voting for them here. Prisoners with the most votes also win holidays.

Well, let's just say that this joke did not get the answer she had expected, for obvious reasons. Some of the parents had children murdered by imprisoned prisoners in Manchester. The father of one of these victims even called it a "slap".

2. Don & # 39; t Drink The Water

In 2002, Kansas City DJs Johnny Dare and Murphy Wells warned their listeners that their drinking water had been tested to contain high levels of & quot; hydrogen monoxide & quot ;. But if you read it and understand it, dihydrogen monoxide is just the chemical term for H2O. So we think they were not really lying. But this farce had a huge effect on the population and more than 150 listeners called the water department to file a complaint. This prompted one of the water managers to call the joke a terrorist act.

3. The extraterrestrials arrived

When a newspaper publishes a false news in the form of a joke, many people tend to crack, no matter how ridiculous the news seems. And that is exactly what happened in Al-Jafr, a small town in Jordan. The newspaper Al Ghad published a shocking article that an alien spacecraft had landed nearby and that people were really taking it seriously.

The mayor spoke of this joke and said:

The students did not leave. at school, their parents were scared and I almost evacuated the 13,000 inhabitants of the city. People were afraid that extraterrestrials would attack them.

4. The end is coming

What's worse than a newspaper joking? A science museum to make fun of you! William Castellini, spokesperson for the famous Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, published in 1940 a rather ridiculous and frightening statement that would read as follows:

Your worst fears of the end of the world are confirmed by astronomers at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Scientists predict that the world will end at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time tomorrow. It's not an April joke.

The spokesman was fired for this joke that caused panic in the area. The farce was actually only a promotion for an upcoming planetarium show on cosmic apocalypses.

Which of these pranks was, according to you, the craziest? Let us know in the comments below.