The Louisville Purge hoax failed to incite any bad behavior in Louisville, Ky., on Friday night.
A Louisville teen, inspired by the horror film The Purge, started the hoax on social media, creating and then sharing a fake flyer declaring the Louisville Purge, Friday, Aug. 15, from 8 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The flier quickly went viral, causing the FBI and local police to worry that some citizens may actually go on a crime spree.
In The Purge, and the sequel The Purge: Anarchy, a totalitarian government suspends all laws for one night every year, called ‘the purge,’ in which all crimes are legal.
Social media quickly latched onto the hoax, with ‘Louisville Purge’ trending worldwide over the weekend. People also began tweeting made up stories about a giraffe let loose on the city, or of violence and robberies, and 80,000 people reportedly tuned in to an online police scanner to keep tabs on the Louisville Purge.
#LouisvillePurge bruh even the giraffes are turning up, this is crazy
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