The Louisville Purge hoax failed to incite any bad behavior in Louisville, Ky., on Friday night.

Louisville Purge Hoax

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.

These posters were hung up all over Louisville #LouisvillePurge pic.twitter.com/NL58X0e9My

— Jeremy Daugherty (@JDOGdaugherty58) August 15, 2014

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.

#LouisvillePurge Goes Viral

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.

Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I'm home bound. #LouisvillePurge #LouisvillePoliceScanner pic.twitter.com/Cj2E6KH4v5

— no lanes (@xGilinslut) August 16, 2014

not sure if #louisville is still standing after the #louisvillepurge. early pictures show horrible devastation. pic.twitter.com/qEsZVWU6Xo

— Sean Callahan (@poetsoup) August 16, 2014

#LouisvillePurge bruh even the giraffes are turning up, this is crazy