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| '''The Prophet Hen of Leeds''' was a ] hoax involving the ] in 1806. | |||
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| In ] in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" written on the eggs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33622934/ns/technology_and_science-science/?pg=2#Tech_Doomsday |title=10 failed doomsday predictions |accessdate=2009-11-12 |quote=History has countless examples of people who have proclaimed that the return of Jesus Christ is imminent, but perhaps there has never been a stranger messenger than a hen in the English town of Leeds in 1806. It seems that a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was written. As news of this miracle spread, many people became convinced that doomsday was at hand — until a curious local actually watched the hen laying one of the prophetic eggs and discovered someone had hatched a hoax. |publisher= }}</ref> Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The hoaxster had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen.<ref>{{cite book |author=] |coauthors= |title=Extraordinary popular delusions & the madness of crowds |year=1980 |publisher=] |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W7iCvY91pxIC&pg=PA269&dq=The+Prophet+Hen+of+Leeds&ei=qTz8SpekA5vwNLGb7NcO&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=The%20Prophet%20Hen%20of%20Leeds&f=false |isbn=051788433X }}</ref> | |||
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