15 More True Stories That Sound Completely Made Up

15 true stories that sound completely made up, but every one of them really happened. On Christmas morning in 1950, four Scottish students carried the Stone of Destiny out of Westminster Abbey. On April Fools' Day in 1974, the people of Sitka, Alaska, watched a dormant volcano start smoking over their town. In 1848, Niagara Falls almost stopped flowing for a whole day. And those are only the beginning. In this two-hour collection, you'll hear 15 documented stories about audacious heists, military deceptions, forgotten micro-nations, bizarre animals, strange accidents and moments in history when reality became harder to believe than fiction. A giraffe walked roughly 550 miles across France to meet the King. A dead man carrying fake secret plans fooled German intelligence. A surveying mistake created a tiny republic that lasted almost four centuries. American families sent their children through the mail. A dolphin guided ships through a New Zealand strait and was protected by law. A king penguin rose to the rank of general in the Norwegian army. London ran a railway just for the dead. A monkey bite changed the history of Greece. A man lived inside a Paris airport terminal for eighteen years. Australian soldiers with machine guns went to war against emus, and lost. An outlaw's mummified body turned up inside a funhouse ride. And thieves stole more than 18 million dollars' worth of maple syrup, one barrel at a time. 0:00 The theft of the stone 1:23 Stone recovery and legacy 8:04 The fake volcano eruption 15:39 A royal giraffe's journey 23:28 Operation mincemeat 32:12 The Republic of Cospaia 40:04 Mailing children by post 47:20 The legend of Pelorus Jack 54:39 When Niagara Falls stopped 1:01:57 The penguin brigadier 1:08:59 The funeral railway 1:17:10 The king and the monkey 1:24:26 Living at the airport 1:31:22 The Great Emu War 1:38:23 The body of Elmer McCurdy 1:44:57 The maple syrup heist Every story has real names, dates and places behind it. Whenever the famous version is disputed, exaggerated or simply too perfect to trust, I'll tell you. This is TRUE, SOMEHOW: real stories that sound made up. Subscribe for more long-form collections of unbelievable true stories, strange history and incredible real events. Which story was the hardest to believe? Tell me in the comments. #TrueStories #StrangeHistory #Documentary