I always enjoy reading the comments people leave on my videos... but I have to say, this particular comments section is unusually brilliant. Thanks for watching, everyone!
"Was so ghoulishly spectacular that it seemed more like something from a Hollywood movie than anything that could have happened in real life." Well played, sir.
Man, you got me almost the whole damn video. I’m sitting here thinking, “holy crap, I had no idea Jaws was based on a true story!” Then once I remembered that Jaws was in fact inspired by shark attacks that happened in Matawan Creek, NJ in 1916, I looked at the date the video was published and felt extremely stupid lol. Epic troll, sir, epic troll.
This is almost perfect... Unfortunately you missed 1 additional victim... A local veteran fisherman named "Ben Gardner". It is reported that in his wrecked hull, a shark tooth was pulled. The tooth in question was estimated to be the size of a shot glass.
Jaws IS based on a true story. He could've made a video about the real story instead of this sick attempt at a joke. 😡 Real people died. I thought at first he was covering the true story behind Jaws, but the dates were wrong.
Except Jaws wasn’t solely based on a true story, it was mostly based on a novel that was made out of the author’s fascination with sharks after seeing one get captured. Also, the dates were within the month and year Jaws was released in theaters; June 1975
I watched most of the video, thinking "Hmm, I guess Jaws was based on a true story, and they really made an accurate movie adaptation..." And then I realised.
I can’t believe he forgot to mention one of the more disturbing parts of the story, that a theme park would later make a ride based on these attacks in a sickening attempt to profit off a real life tragedy
First thought: "Wait, Amity Bay is a real place? Interesting." Second thought: "Amity Island? That's fishy." Third thought: "First of April. Of course."
Or the funny turn of a 12yr old young girl in Georgetown, Washington DC, or the American ambassador to London and “problems” surrounding his adopted son. FH should do one every halloween too!
okay, I'm not gonna mention I spent the entire 8 minutes wondering how Spielberg managed to shoot a movie about the incident so soon after it had happened.
For the first couple minutes, I was thinking "Wait- Peter Benchley wrote about a true incident?" Actually googled Amity Bay shark attacks before coming back and seeing the posting date. Maybe next April 1st, he'll tell us about Horton, and his astonishment upon hearing a voice issuing from a speck of dust.
I spent the whole time thinking, "I can't believe I never heard before that Jaws was based on a true story." Gradually , I was astonished that it didn't even change the names. Finally, when you claimed this was an incident little remembered, I realized that at the time you posted it, it was already the 1st where you were.
@@unclewatermelons5376 This is true, based on several shark attacks around New England/Jersey shore areas. They just made it 1 shark instead of several different ones
I was thinking the same thing until he showed the picture of Roy Schneider. That’s when my brain went “wait a minute....” I didn’t clue in that it’s April 1st until I read the comments, lol. (In my defense, I’m sick and a little out of it.)
For everyone talking about the particular day, this is an absolutely true story. I was born that year, and spoke to the shark myself. He had a vendetta with humans over mainstream exploitation.
It actually is loosely based off a true story but it took place off the jersey shore in 1916 And the fisherman was based off a real person in more recent history who caught the largest great white ever and largest fish to ever be caught by rod and reel off the shore Frank Mundas
"It was so ghoulishly spectacular that it seemed more like something that would happen in a hollywood movie than in real life" This line right here is right on the money.
I'm genuinely curious how many times he had to rehearse this to keep himself from laughing when recording. And if there are bloopers where he slipped up, how many are there?
My jaws dropped when I heard this tragic story. I've never heard it before from any other source! Your ability to find these obscure historical anecdotes is astounding! If you keep this up, you're gonna need a bigger platform. You deserve it.
The complete dedication to the regular channel formatting is what makes this so great, hearing the serious eerie music in the background of a plot synopsis of Jaws really made my day
Hi. I'm rewatching all the April 1 docs. Yeah your comment..excellent😅 . All his docs are so well done but these few are a super fun refresher from true horror. Plus a lot of younger folks don't realize what's happening..nudge nudge..wink wink ..say no more.😊✌
While this is certainly an April fools joke, Jaws is loosely based on real shark attacks that happened on the Jersey Shore in 1916. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916
Next could you do that story about that team of mercenaries that were sent to recover another team from the South American jungles only to (supposedly) encounter an alien life form?
Okay, I know this is a prank, but you ABSOLUTELY should do a side series where you treat the plots of horror/disaster movies the same way you do your usual documentaries.
The thing is, Jaws was inspired by a real string of shark attacks off the coast of NJ which I've watched several documentaries about so I didn't think anything odd until halfway through, thinking like "oh, probably another place claiming to have their shark attacks be the inspiration."
Exactly my thoughts... only found this video 12th May so it took 4 minutes, some googling and then reading comments to confirm I’d been duped. Hilarious 🤣
I remember the 1975 Amity incident, you described it brilliantly. I hope, one day, you'll have time to cover the notorious Deep Blue Sea incident of 1999 where six people were killed by bioengineered Mako sharks, more people need to know about that.
Hahaha it took me a while to realize this wasn’t about the story that inspired the Jaws movie lol I kept thinking “I really thought this happened in New Jersey or Long Island?” Hahahah
I honestly listened for about 7 minutes enthralled thinking this was the event that inspired jaws before I pieced together that I wasted 7 minutes of my life to hear the best april fool's joke ever.
It got me too! I’m not really a big movie buff. Eventually I could tell this was the plot for Jaws but then I just thought Jaws was based on a true story 😂 It took until the air canister for me to be like - oh. This is a joke. Got it. 👍
I sure hope that shark didn’t have any offspring. It might come looking for it’s parent and end up terrorizing the island again like some sort of sequel.
@@unropednope4644 some of us were too caught up in the date and place sounding familiar in the first 20 seconds that we didn’t even watch the video before scrolling to check the comments 😂
Even less known fact: Years later Chief Brody went to work as an helicopter pilot for the LAPD aerial support division in which for reasons later revealed in the met took command of a experimental attack helicopter wreaking havoc in civilian airspace engaging in combat with several police helicopters and even two F16 fighters.
dude... saaammmeee. I heard the name Amity Island and immediately thought of Jaws but was like "I didn't think Jaws was based on a true story." Looks at upload date... oh.
Just discovered your channel and have been so impressed by how you handle truly heartbreaking disasters…. And now I find out for April Fools you pick a disaster movie and give it the History Channel “Seconds From Disaster” treatment! Excellent!! I hope you’ll consider doing those 1960s-1970s era disaster movie classics: “Airport”, “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Earthquake,” etc. Your retelling of “The Towering Inferno” would be fantastic! Heck, for Christmas you could even cover the terrorist incident at Nakatomi Plaza back in the late 1980s! It’s a serious channel done well, but it’s good you’ve found an appropriate way to have fun too.
Awesome 😅. Hi its 2023 & I'm rewatching these fun vids wishing it came twice a year.. seeing your comment.. Your wish is granted sir. I swear when i first glanced at the title in 2023 i wasn't paying enough attention & thought to myself..' who would EVER name their ship after that?" Wait.. Was it a true story?? Duh Immediately paying attention then laughing.. but ah-haaa there are young folks who perhaps unaware of this channels devious nature in April..that will be glued. And i love the thought of that.😅
I could see the link to Jaws from the start but thought he was telling the story of what inspired the movie. I was busy google maps searching Amity Island looking in the Amityville area and then something he said just twigged a fair few mins in.
All morning I’ve been brushing off April Fools things like a boss. Then you upload and I’m like “oh wow, that was based on a true story after all”. Fully had me for a moment there. Bravo 👏
Same! My trust in FH is a tad unflappable so I was settling in to hear the true story, when I started recognizing screenshots I began to giggle a little madly. This is how do a you a top tier April Fool’s joke. Mad props.
He got me until the Amity island sign @ 1.00 when I smelt something fishy, I then looked at the date and correlated the two and deduced this was a non serious episode. But bravo its the most original april fools I've seen in years.
A couple years ago I held a 1970’s movie night and JAWS was the flick of the night. We had snacks from the 70’s. We all screamed at the appropriate moments. We were all teens in the 70’s so remember this clearly! Great job fascinating horror!!
@@RaccoonKCD The fact that someone making a simple and legit correction is "really annoying" to you shows that you must be bothered and mad a lot, and life is going to continue to be very difficult for you to live. If being corrected or if gaining knowledge is annoying to you, be prepared to be a dumb idiot for life... lol.
I love how there were no images from the Orca and everything that happened out there was described as a fantastical tale relayed by Hooper and Brody, making it far more believable and an effective 4/1 video than it would have been if you had showed scenes from, for instance, Brody shooting the oxygen tank.
You got me so good, I was like "holy shit - Jaws was practically a documentary" to a handful of people. I am still overflowing with embarrassment. Well done.
It says a lot about the quality and nuance of narration and presentation that the channel has accustomed us to, that a lot of us fell for it! Even a Hollywood plot can come off as real with a good, somber narrator running you through them. Well done!
Precisely - the one and only reason why I was fooled / conned. The fact I had also read the book before the movie had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It was watching another 8 or 10 real tragedies unfold on this superb channel beforehand. So there. I wouldn't have fallen fo ....... OK! he got me too :(
I've seen Jaws enough times that I caught on pretty quickly, but hearing the events of a movie being described like it actually happened was amusing anyway. It makes me want to hear other movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre described as though they were actual news instead of a fictitious event.
@@berenicemarchese1593 It's actually not. It's inspired by the crimes of murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein. The events depicted in the story itself are not even remotely anything that ever happened in real life.
I was confused at first because I’m not watching this on April 1st and Jaws was based on a true story (Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916). I wasn’t paying full attention and I wasn’t really listening to names and dates.
Yeah, unfortunately I'm not as perfect as Jenny. I thought maybe the movie was based on this, for way longer than I should have. XD But this is a joke I'm happy to have been a victim of. :P
I knew something was up from the words “shark attack” and “amity island” but I thought it looked interesting. We’ll done, old boy!! What a great way to make a summary of an enormous 1970’s blockbuster!
The 5 stages of being pranked: 1 Initial Encounter: "Oh there's a new video, I'll watch it later." 2 Mild Interest: "Oh, it's about a series of shark attacks. Certainly a suitable subject matter for Mr. FH." 3 Dim Recognition: "Amity.... Oh. THAT Amity. Amity?" 4 DOUBT "That wasn't real, was it. No! No? It's based on a book but that novel wasn't based on something... right?" 5 REALIZATION. "Damn it, it's 4/1. You got me."
I just found this channel and when I saw this video I was like WOW ! Until I saw the date it was uploaded and some of the other comments, great video and I love your channel, keep up the good work !
Ah, yes. This was such a tragedy! I certainly remember the lasting Fallout as a child, where folks were afraid to go back into the water until at least 1987. Thanks for covering this horrific series of events. That poor Kintner boy!
I wasn't watching the video and half had my mind on something else when I heard the name. I thought, "Wow. They used the real boy's name in the movie?" Best April Fool's joke ever!
Me who’s never seen jaws: *watches video without looking at the comments* “hmm another nice fascinating horror video” then I come to the comments and like damn he got me good
Glad this was an April Fool's joke. I was about to 'write you off' as another hack. Jaws the movie is based on a fictional novel written by Peter Benchley. Som argue, however, that Benchley's novel was inspired by the true story of shark attacks off the New Jersery shore during the summer of 1916. Five people were attacked, four of which died from their injuries. People at the time said the shark was a great white, but only bull sharks are known to travel up stream into fresh water (to give birth), which is where three of the attacks occurred. Also, bull sharks don't mind human flesh, whereas great whites usually release (although damage is often severe due to their size) once they realize they've snatched something other than ordinary prey. Even so, it's still a fascinating horror story.
@@arianebolt1575 no the Jaws novel wasn’t based upon those real life events in 1916, it was just part of the inspiration behind writing a “killer shark” horror story
You magnificent bastard. I like to listen to your videos at work so I didnt process the title. Had me going for a minute there, not going to lie. Bravo.
Politicians in general. They do not have your welfare in mind. It’s all about money. Note how business making money was placed before many lives in the US over the past year...with one leading politician insisting the waters were safe and we should go out and enjoy ourselves.
train of thought was like this "that really sounds like jaws" "maybe this story was the inspiration for jaws" "hold up he just said 1975. jaws was definitely filmed before that" *remembers it's april 1st* "ohhhhh! well done good sir"
At first, I thought maybe there was some actual story behind the movie. A lot of horror movies are loosely based on an actual event. As the video started, I started a Google search and found there is an actual Amity Harbor. But as the video continued to be essentially a summary of the movie plot, I knew he was playing a trick on us.
@@ressljs Actually, Jaws *was* (loosely) based on a real life incident with a shark in New Jersey that killed four people- One of only two known times in history a single shark killed multiple people.
It was the exploding cannister that made me say WTF. (Along with pics of Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfus) Mythbusters proved that the tank of just compressed air would not explode. So, I was duped like everyone else. :/
When watching this I literally said out loud "This police chief and everyone in the town are idiots. That guy's story is literally the ending to Jaws! He's full of s$!t!" Since I'm watching this 6 months later and watched it on my TV which doesn't readily show the date or the comments, I was super confused. I double-checked the Wikipedia page for Jaws and saw the plot was literally the same as this episode, down to the names and everything. I then, finally noticed the word documentary in quotes in the title and realized that I had been had. Sweet April fools joke, works even better when not watched on April qst.
I always enjoy reading the comments people leave on my videos... but I have to say, this particular comments section is unusually brilliant. Thanks for watching, everyone!
Always a pleasure
My sister and I love your videos.
No, Thank you, Fascinating Horror dude. Thank you.
Good April fools joke
Bravo. *slow clap*
"Was so ghoulishly spectacular that it seemed more like something from a Hollywood movie than anything that could have happened in real life."
Well played, sir.
I can't with this video. Lol. I was rolling on the floor when he said that. 🤣
If you watch it with subtitles on, the Hollywood Movie bit is all-caps. As was the word JAWS, earlier. This was such a hoot :D
What is crazy is that JAWS was released in 1975
@@fsdfgasgfisd 🤣🤣🤣
@@AmandaGeyerSnobahr Great catch! 👌🏻🙌🏻😂
I don't know how Papa Horror read this with a completely straight face. This is the best April Fool's prank on TH-cam.
Well, we never see is face... but the vocal delivery was completely, comfortingly deadpan. It was beautiful.
As someone who listens only, I could definitely hear a small smile in his voice. One of my favorite things about it, actually. 🌟🍍
Watch lockpicking lawyer's. It's up there, too. ha
I don't care if it's an April's fools video, we were blessed with two videos in one week and that's all that counts
ikr that blew my mind
Same
@@ChristelVinot yeah
Literally my same thought
Agreed
Not watching this on April 1st, but I love the idea: Retelling a movie as if it were a real event, in a factual, unemotional way. Well done!
Still can't believe that they got Stephen Spielberg to shoot the documentary
I hope he covers the other shark that actually followed a family on a plane.
@@GanguroKonata But I've had enough of those m****er-f****ng sharks on that m****er-f****ng plane! (Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll get my coat!) :-)
😂🤣😂
Bahahahaha 😂🤣😂
This really was a slow realization of "hey that's messed up" "hey that's familiar" "hey that's jaws". Good april fools joke, 10/10
Same here, like his content is so good I thought it was a genuine story 😅
Same...same
Amity local here. Thank you so much for covering this; few people on the mainland have heard of the tragedy.
It's only an island if you look at it from the water.
That makes a lot of sense.
Are you joking?
@@RaccoonKCD Obviously.
Man, you got me almost the whole damn video. I’m sitting here thinking, “holy crap, I had no idea Jaws was based on a true story!” Then once I remembered that Jaws was in fact inspired by shark attacks that happened in Matawan Creek, NJ in 1916, I looked at the date the video was published and felt extremely stupid lol. Epic troll, sir, epic troll.
Me too 😂
Well ya got me
2 years later a few days after April fools
Well done 😂
This is probably the most unique April Fools joke I’ve seen in a decade or so.
In at least a year
The Lockpickinglawyer had a funny one last year about his ex girlfriends backdoor needing his assistance lmao.
I like it - unusual for April Fools (they’re usually lame). Well done FH!
Agreed. Took a second to realize oh hey he's just describing the movie!
Surprise spoiled
This is the last channel I expected to see an April Fool's joke on. Well done!
Spielberg made an excellent documentary about this incident. It won an Oscar for editing.
This is almost perfect... Unfortunately you missed 1 additional victim... A local veteran fisherman named "Ben Gardner". It is reported that in his wrecked hull, a shark tooth was pulled. The tooth in question was estimated to be the size of a shot glass.
Well, we can’t be sure the tooth ever existed. He could have made it up.
Great save!
Wow, there ought to be a movie based on this, I think Steven Spielberg would be perfect to direct it.
Jaws IS based on a true story. He could've made a video about the real story instead of this sick attempt at a joke. 😡 Real people died. I thought at first he was covering the true story behind Jaws, but the dates were wrong.
Except Jaws wasn’t solely based on a true story, it was mostly based on a novel that was made out of the author’s fascination with sharks after seeing one get captured.
Also, the dates were within the month and year Jaws was released in theaters; June 1975
I loved that film. This is silly 🌞❤️
@@stephencoldbear butt hurt much?
Boy do I have news for you
"Hey, that sounds a lot like the plot for Jaws-"
*Checks Today's Date*
"HEY, WAIT A MINUTE."
I did the same thing!!! LOL
I watched most of the video, thinking "Hmm, I guess Jaws was based on a true story, and they really made an accurate movie adaptation..." And then I realised.
Ditto LOL
It took me a minute to realize this hahaha
It took me far too long (about 4 minutes) to realize. Great April Fool’s joke!
I can’t believe he forgot to mention one of the more disturbing parts of the story, that a theme park would later make a ride based on these attacks in a sickening attempt to profit off a real life tragedy
😂🙄
Rip jaws the ride
Lol I love it
Boo hoo 😭
lol I went on that shitty ride, I shit you not the shark actually "roared"
First thought: "Wait, Amity Bay is a real place? Interesting."
Second thought: "Amity Island? That's fishy."
Third thought: "First of April. Of course."
Haha same here!!
*Fishy*
I know I thought oh no there is a real place named amity, 3 seconds later, doh !
Next you should do a video about those three teenagers who went missing in the Burkitsville woods.
Or the funny turn of a 12yr old young girl in Georgetown, Washington DC, or the American ambassador to London and “problems” surrounding his adopted son. FH should do one every halloween too!
Or the day of Humpty Dumptys terrible accident!
How april fools should be done. No harm, entertaining and extremely well created.
And super self-aware.
@Dick Johnson Whilst I'm sure a lot have suffered physical harm I was referring more to the emotional side, public humiliation, panic, heartbreak etc.
But what about that innocent tiger shark? The poor guy didnt even do anything
okay, I'm not gonna mention I spent the entire 8 minutes wondering how Spielberg managed to shoot a movie about the incident so soon after it had happened.
I only took 4 minutes
I was thinking the same thing until I saw the "Welcome to Amity" sign. It's like "Did that town really have a sign just like in the Jaws movie?!" 😅
For the first couple minutes, I was thinking "Wait- Peter Benchley wrote about a true incident?" Actually googled Amity Bay shark attacks before coming back and seeing the posting date.
Maybe next April 1st, he'll tell us about Horton, and his astonishment upon hearing a voice issuing from a speck of dust.
@@LindaB651 ahhaha yeah
The billboard and description of first victim, Chrissy, I knew it.
You’re going to need a bigger channel.
Love all of your videos. This was extremely well done. Had me going for a minute.
This has to be the classiest April Fool's prank I've ever fallen for. Bravo. Bravo.
I spent the whole time thinking, "I can't believe I never heard before that Jaws was based on a true story." Gradually , I was astonished that it didn't even change the names. Finally, when you claimed this was an incident little remembered, I realized that at the time you posted it, it was already the 1st where you were.
there were a string of real shark attacks in the 20s i believe that were the inspiration
@@unclewatermelons5376 This is true, based on several shark attacks around New England/Jersey shore areas. They just made it 1 shark instead of several different ones
this was my exact experience too. oh my god
I was thinking the same thing until he showed the picture of Roy Schneider. That’s when my brain went “wait a minute....”
I didn’t clue in that it’s April 1st until I read the comments, lol. (In my defense, I’m sick and a little out of it.)
@@unclewatermelons5376 1916 in New Jersey. However the specifics are different from JAWS.
For everyone talking about the particular day, this is an absolutely true story. I was born that year, and spoke to the shark myself. He had a vendetta with humans over mainstream exploitation.
Did you say “hallo Bruce “ 🤣
Ah, yes, I remember that day vividly. Sad that shark got killed by them dirty poachers.
It actually is loosely based off a true story but it took place off the jersey shore in 1916
And the fisherman was based off a real person in more recent history who caught the largest great white ever and largest fish to ever be caught by rod and reel off the shore Frank Mundas
"It was so ghoulishly spectacular that it seemed more like something that would happen in a hollywood movie than in real life"
This line right here is right on the money.
How you narrated this without breaking into hysterics is impressive. Cheers to you mate. 🍻
I saw this pop up and I was like woo hoo 2 videos in a week and then realized it sounded really familiar
Same
I think we need to hear to bloopers for this one XD
I'm genuinely curious how many times he had to rehearse this to keep himself from laughing when recording. And if there are bloopers where he slipped up, how many are there?
My jaws dropped when I heard this tragic story. I've never heard it before from any other source! Your ability to find these obscure historical anecdotes is astounding! If you keep this up, you're gonna need a bigger platform. You deserve it.
I see what you did there
I see it too, and I approve
Top comment!
🤔🤔🤔hold on-
😏
Ever seen the movie "JAWS"? This is nothing more than the movie.
The complete dedication to the regular channel formatting is what makes this so great, hearing the serious eerie music in the background of a plot synopsis of Jaws really made my day
Love the music
Aww man, I think I remember hearing about this incident. Those guys definitely needed a bigger boat.
Hi. I'm rewatching all the April 1 docs. Yeah your comment..excellent😅 . All his docs are so well done but these few are a super fun refresher from true horror. Plus a lot of younger folks don't realize what's happening..nudge nudge..wink wink ..say no more.😊✌
😂😂
"Oh, so it was based on a real- ... HANG ON"
Same lol
Sameeeee
LOL!
Got my ass
While this is certainly an April fools joke, Jaws is loosely based on real shark attacks that happened on the Jersey Shore in 1916.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916
Next could you do that story about that team of mercenaries that were sent to recover another team from the South American jungles only to (supposedly) encounter an alien life form?
Okay, I know this is a prank, but you ABSOLUTELY should do a side series where you treat the plots of horror/disaster movies the same way you do your usual documentaries.
I vote for Towering Inferno
Yes!! I would love a vid like this but with the Alien movies
@@vimfuego1 Poseidon Adventure
I'd watch that!
Thinking the same thing!! I'd do Halloween.
I love how you capitalized JAWS and SOMETHING FROM A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE in the closed captions
I was originally surprised that a movie was based off of real events. Then I realised what day it is
Me too! Glad I'm not the only one!
Same. I even told my husband. I feel like a dumbass.
It actually was based several different shark attacks that happened around New Jersey over a century ago
Same! I was like, "Oh, wow, I didn't realize Jaws was based off a real event - wait a minute, what's today?" XD
Me too!
"Wow, Jaws must have been inspired by this story, it's so similar."
*Looks at date*
*Facepalm*
its the second of april where im from so I didn't think anything of it omg
@@madiannc Yeah, it seriously got me too. April 2nd here.
I. Feel. Dumb. It took me an embarrassingly long time before realizing. I watched Jaws a million times as a kid in the 80s, too, so no excuse
The thing is, Jaws was inspired by a real string of shark attacks off the coast of NJ which I've watched several documentaries about so I didn't think anything odd until halfway through, thinking like "oh, probably another place claiming to have their shark attacks be the inspiration."
Same here.
I was thinking man this sounds like jaws.
*Looks at the screen
Cute he's using jaws pics to help with visuals.
*brain turns on.
OH wait...
You and me both, sir!!!!
Exactly my thoughts... only found this video 12th May so it took 4 minutes, some googling and then reading comments to confirm I’d been duped. Hilarious 🤣
I remember the 1975 Amity incident, you described it brilliantly. I hope, one day, you'll have time to cover the notorious Deep Blue Sea incident of 1999 where six people were killed by bioengineered Mako sharks, more people need to know about that.
*checks the date*
This is the most gravely serious channel I'm subbed to and I really didn't expect any pranks. Well played sir, well played.
This deserves an award....
for most thoughtfully crafted April Fool's joke
Dang, I forgot about the first of july thing. He really got me.
I’d actually like more film plots done like this as though they were real events. Nicely done!
I feel so stupid. Of course it's an April fools joke! Thank you pointing that out for airheads such as I. Lol
Hahaha it took me a while to realize this wasn’t about the story that inspired the Jaws movie lol I kept thinking “I really thought this happened in New Jersey or Long Island?” Hahahah
Sucks that this comment is seen without clicking on the comments because it ruined it for me right away
"The boy was dragged under, and died in the vicious creatures' JAWS."
I see what you did there.
I honestly listened for about 7 minutes enthralled thinking this was the event that inspired jaws before I pieced together that I wasted 7 minutes of my life to hear the best april fool's joke ever.
You're so gullible. I was only conned for 1.5 minutes because I could glance at my pc screen and the date while casting to a TV. :)
It wasn’t a waste if it’s one of the best 😁
It got me too! I’m not really a big movie buff. Eventually I could tell this was the plot for Jaws but then I just thought Jaws was based on a true story 😂
It took until the air canister for me to be like - oh. This is a joke. Got it. 👍
So... That _wasn't_ a waste of 7 minutes of your life then...
I highly entertaining Fascinating Horror story, One of the best on the channel!
I sure hope that shark didn’t have any offspring. It might come looking for it’s parent and end up terrorizing the island again like some sort of sequel.
That would be a horrible mess.
:D this vid and the comments made my day lmao
That would be shocking!
you mean you didn't hear about the incident at Sea World!?
Multiple sequels.
I sat here for four minutes asking my husband, "Isn't this JAWS? Isn't this the plot to JAWS?" I have been made a fool lmfao
There literally showing scenes from the movie.🙄
@@unropednope4644 some of us were too caught up in the date and place sounding familiar in the first 20 seconds that we didn’t even watch the video before scrolling to check the comments 😂
Took me 3:30.
Me too! 😂😂😂
At first I was like, "This must have been the inspiration for the movie." Then I saw the mayor. :D
Little known fact: the shark expert on the boat was later taken away by aliens.
😂😂😂
Even less known fact: Years later Chief Brody went to work as an helicopter pilot for the LAPD aerial support division in which for reasons later revealed in the met took command of a experimental attack helicopter wreaking havoc in civilian airspace engaging in combat with several police helicopters and even two F16 fighters.
"At the time, many people considered *Brody's quest* to be a bizarre flight of fancy."
Gooooooodamnit.
;)
Lmao that part played at the exact moment I was reading this comment, that was a super weird coincidence lol
*DU DU DU DUDUDU*
*DUDUDU*
"oh was Jaws based on a real-event shark attack?"
*sees date*
nevermind
lol
Jaws actually was loosely based on a real event, a series of shark attacks in New Jersey in 1912, but this is still a great video.
@@bryandeanmartin5848 I did see a History's Mysteries on that. It was extremely interesting.
dude... saaammmeee. I heard the name Amity Island and immediately thought of Jaws but was like "I didn't think Jaws was based on a true story." Looks at upload date... oh.
🤣
Really was like 'damn this must be the event that Jaws was based on' right until you started showing pictures of the fishermen . I mean you never know
Same lol
I had the same thought!
I'm tired, I've been drinking and I'm an idiot. Me too.
Yup...same thing I thought, then I remembered what day it is...lol
Hey, sorry I'm late. Yes, i also thought this
Just discovered your channel and have been so impressed by how you handle truly heartbreaking disasters…. And now I find out for April Fools you pick a disaster movie and give it the History Channel “Seconds From Disaster” treatment! Excellent!! I hope you’ll consider doing those 1960s-1970s era disaster movie classics: “Airport”, “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Earthquake,” etc. Your retelling of “The Towering Inferno” would be fantastic! Heck, for Christmas you could even cover the terrorist incident at Nakatomi Plaza back in the late 1980s! It’s a serious channel done well, but it’s good you’ve found an appropriate way to have fun too.
Awesome 😅. Hi its 2023 & I'm rewatching these fun vids wishing it came twice a year.. seeing your comment.. Your wish is granted sir. I swear when i first glanced at the title in 2023 i wasn't paying enough attention & thought to myself..' who would EVER name their ship after that?" Wait.. Was it a true story?? Duh Immediately paying attention then laughing.. but ah-haaa there are young folks who perhaps unaware of this channels devious nature in April..that will be glued. And i love the thought of that.😅
He did The Towering Inferno this year ( 2024)
Petition for you to completey rebrand your channel to be retellings of horror movies. This was brilliant
Not just horror movies. Let's see "The Tragic Life of Anakin Skywalker", lol...
@@Backroad_Junkie This will be next year's April Fools
He should do the Haddonfield murders. In 1978 an escaped inmate went on a killing spree on Halloween night.
Or the crazy woman who avenged her son's death by killing all the camp counselors at Crystal Lake
This is actually an amazing idea for a series
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise what was going on
4 minutes. Took me 4 minutes. It's the voice I swear.
@@tabytastick You were not the only one! I had a good laugh when I realized it rather late in the video!
About 4 minutes in I just had this realisation like "😐" great stuff!
Same, I was like oh cool, the case that inspired "Jaws" then felt like an idiot as he kept talking
I could see the link to Jaws from the start but thought he was telling the story of what inspired the movie. I was busy google maps searching Amity Island looking in the Amityville area and then something he said just twigged a fair few mins in.
All morning I’ve been brushing off April Fools things like a boss.
Then you upload and I’m like “oh wow, that was based on a true story after all”.
Fully had me for a moment there. Bravo 👏
Same
Same! My trust in FH is a tad unflappable so I was settling in to hear the true story, when I started recognizing screenshots I began to giggle a little madly. This is how do a you a top tier April Fool’s joke. Mad props.
He got me until the Amity island sign @ 1.00 when I smelt something fishy, I then looked at the date and correlated the two and deduced this was a non serious episode. But bravo its the most original april fools I've seen in years.
A couple years ago I held a 1970’s movie night and JAWS was the flick of the night. We had snacks from the 70’s. We all screamed at the appropriate moments. We were all teens in the 70’s so remember this clearly! Great job fascinating horror!!
"Died in the vicious creatures jaws?" Jaws would make a great title for this story in history.
Great idea! The new movie: _Vicious Creature_
IDK, seems a bit over dramatic
Your videos are pure gold, don't ever leave us.
*Your
@@PaleHorseShabuShabu Ah my bad, you're is you are. After a glass or two it can slip the mind lol.
@@PaleHorseShabuShabu You're really annoying*
@@RaccoonKCD The fact that someone making a simple and legit correction is "really annoying" to you shows that you must be bothered and mad a lot, and life is going to continue to be very difficult for you to live. If being corrected or if gaining knowledge is annoying to you, be prepared to be a dumb idiot for life... lol.
@@ChristelVinot ok Karen
You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
Same
I love how there were no images from the Orca and everything that happened out there was described as a fantastical tale relayed by Hooper and Brody, making it far more believable and an effective 4/1 video than it would have been if you had showed scenes from, for instance, Brody shooting the oxygen tank.
Brody … “Smile you sonofabitch!!!”
Orca is a whale
literally took me until the “compressed air canister detonation” to realize something seemed a bit familiar about this tale. VERY well done.
Haha 😂🤣😂
OMG me too! I was like ‘that sounds familiar...’. Hahahaha
How old are you? I imagine zoomers would only have a cursory knowledge of Jaws.
Ditto
The photos he used didn’t do it? 😂
Terrifying! On an unrelated subject, you should do an episode about the murders at the campground near Crystal Lake that happened in the early 80s.
And the bizarre sleep related deaths of those kids who's parents killed a child molester.
Don't forget about the Haddonfield, Illinois murders of October 31, 1978.
Y'all worried about them, they're ancient history. What about the jigsaw killings that are still going on to this day?
@@angelmoore2588 I know it just keeps happening like an endless spiral of murder!
absolutely love this thread
🤣🤣🤣
Took me a while to realise there's something 'fishy' about this episode... Good one ;)
Teeeeeeecchnically sharks aren't fishes. 🤓🤓
It admittedly took me until they got to the mayor not closing the beaches
@@masterimbecile why?
@@pandosham me too that's when I was like wait a second this is jaws
@@masterimbecile how would you know the difference
I love it when fictional stories are told as if they were real events! This should be an April fools tradition for the channel.
You got me so good, I was like "holy shit - Jaws was practically a documentary" to a handful of people. I am still overflowing with embarrassment. Well done.
Yeah they even had the real people play the parts. What luck every single one was an actor.
It’s okay he got me too! 😂
it took me a full five minutes to realise this was an April Fools ffs, i was thinking oh this must be a series of real events Jaws was based on
Yeah, when I saw the title I thought, “Amity Bay is actually a place?”. I’m too much of a Jaws fan to get sucked in further.
I got caught on that one also. Lol
It says a lot about the quality and nuance of narration and presentation that the channel has accustomed us to, that a lot of us fell for it! Even a Hollywood plot can come off as real with a good, somber narrator running you through them. Well done!
Precisely - the one and only reason why I was fooled / conned. The fact I had also read the book before the movie had nothing to do with it whatsoever.
It was watching another 8 or 10 real tragedies unfold on this superb channel beforehand. So there. I wouldn't have fallen fo ....... OK! he got me too :(
Agree 100%
3 years later, and I almost fell for it. Well done, you!
"you had me in the first half, not gonna lie"
Im asian. Didnt watch Jaws growing up. He had me in all the halfs! Good thing I read comments after watching. Felt like total idiot.
i mean, there WAS a similar incident in 1916
@@minerdalta
Shit I laughed at myself realizing this too, thanks Comment section!
I've seen Jaws enough times that I caught on pretty quickly, but hearing the events of a movie being described like it actually happened was amusing anyway. It makes me want to hear other movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre described as though they were actual news instead of a fictitious event.
Hysteria was rampant when War of the Worlds was announced as real
Actually, the Texas chainsaw massacre is based on a real story.
@@berenicemarchese1593 It's actually not. It's inspired by the crimes of murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein. The events depicted in the story itself are not even remotely anything that ever happened in real life.
I was confused at first because I’m not watching this on April 1st and Jaws was based on a true story (Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916). I wasn’t paying full attention and I wasn’t really listening to names and dates.
On April 1st 2022, he released a video about a petting zoo accident
"It seemed like something from a Hollywood movie rather than something that occurred in real life" ... just hilarious!! Well played sir!
What a crazy story! I would honestly love a movie about this event…
He got me, He 100% got me, I thought this was all real, I've never seen Jaws so it never twigged, until I read the comments and saw the date. lol.
You're kidding? Not seen Jaws? Do it. Watch the 1st one but don't bother about the sequels.
@@suzannelindsay2247 people tell me I live under a rock lol, I will add it to the list.
@@UnicornPastelPrincess In this day and age, living under a rock is probably the best place to be!😁🌼
@@suzannelindsay2247 very true 😊 it's much safer 😂
@@suzannelindsay2247 If you’re in for a laugh and with the right group of people, the sequels can be fun, too. Some alcohol might also help. 😊
I've never watched jaws before so watching this, I legitimately believed it was all true until I read the comments.....
...brilliant
Time you got off TH-cam and watched one of the greatest movies of all time.
@@mikehunt4986 I couldn't agree more 👍It's definitely my favorite Steven Spielberg movie.
Saaaaame. :0 I was aware of Jaws, but this video was so legit! I fell for it 😂
It really is all that. A must watch.
I hope you've watched it since you saw this video!
Brooo i watched half of it before realizing what I was listening to lmao
Same
Really? I knew from seeing the title.
@@jenewok hoorah for Jenny .
Yep.
Yeah, unfortunately I'm not as perfect as Jenny. I thought maybe the movie was based on this, for way longer than I should have. XD But this is a joke I'm happy to have been a victim of. :P
Here I am 2 years after this video was posted, binge watching your channel and running across this video! Pretty keen idea you have here! 😂
Me: Wow I didn't know Jaws was so accurate to the original story.
Me 3/4 way through video: Hang on a minute 👀
my first thought was "wow i didn't know Jaws was a true story"
Same here! Until I see Roy Scheider in a picture. And even then, I am thinking it interesting to see he used a picture of Jaws ;-)
I also thought "wow it's based on true story, the movie" not watching this on April, so...
That's exactly what I was thinking! I was sitting here wondering if this was the story of Jaws
Same!!! LOL
It kind of was inspired by true events... New Jersey like in 1916 ish...
This is one of my favorite April Fools Day pranks anyone has done in a LONG time. PLEASE make this a yearly thing!
I knew something was up from the words “shark attack” and “amity island” but I thought it looked interesting.
We’ll done, old boy!! What a great way to make a summary of an enormous 1970’s blockbuster!
Very subtle for the captions put the quote *"something from a Hollywood movie"* in all caps.
(Cough- cough) JAWS (cough- cough)
I caught that too! I’d caught on by then but that sent me back into the giggles.
Hmm... I wonder what famous Steven Speilberg movie THAT is.^^
April fools!
Oh fuck ur here too?
The 5 stages of being pranked:
1 Initial Encounter: "Oh there's a new video, I'll watch it later."
2 Mild Interest: "Oh, it's about a series of shark attacks. Certainly a suitable subject matter for Mr. FH."
3 Dim Recognition: "Amity.... Oh. THAT Amity. Amity?"
4 DOUBT "That wasn't real, was it. No! No? It's based on a book but that novel wasn't based on something... right?"
5 REALIZATION. "Damn it, it's 4/1. You got me."
There was a series of shark attacks in New Jersey that the book was based on. But other than that, yeah.
@@SadisticSenpai61 yes, but it was way before 1975 - which is what lead to my initial confusion. Then I realized we were being "pranked."
Pretty much my exact thought process. 😂
Same thought process. Oh I didn't know this was based on a real story. I read the book as a teenager and was like...wait...
Yep..me too.
Also known as the Amityville Horror, where the shark actually comes back to haunt a family home.
If a place has the word “Amity” in the name u know to avoid it
@@70zcowboy So true. Even if you see "Amity" in the same sentence as puppies and babies...RUN.
Hahahahaha 😂🤣😂
@@70zcowboy I work on amity rd..
Ok LMAO tho
I just found this channel and when I saw this video I was like WOW ! Until I saw the date it was uploaded and some of the other comments, great video and I love your channel, keep up the good work !
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." -Abraham Lincoln
Lol, and don't believe everything you see and hear.
@@bonnerscott5374 Was that a quote by Helen Keller?
@@Backroad_Junkie No, Jimi Hendrix "Bold as Love" Lol...
😂😂😂
Lincoln definitely did not say any such thing. There was no internet in his time. Jesus christ.
Ah, yes. This was such a tragedy! I certainly remember the lasting Fallout as a child, where folks were afraid to go back into the water until at least 1987. Thanks for covering this horrific series of events. That poor Kintner boy!
I wasn't watching the video and half had my mind on something else when I heard the name. I thought, "Wow. They used the real boy's name in the movie?" Best April Fool's joke ever!
Me who’s never seen jaws: *watches video without looking at the comments* “hmm another nice fascinating horror video” then I come to the comments and like damn he got me good
Same
You've never seen Jaws?!
You’re in for a treat. Greatest shark attack/horror movie ever made
Dude, you need to watch Jaws.
@@AHAGSA I know lol I’ve just never gotten around to it
Clicked on this thinking, "Whoa, Jaws was real?"
About 90 seconds in, I noticed the date. Well done!
You could make narrating movie plots like this a whole thing. I love it
Me watching this in May: "This must be what the movie Jaws was based on."
That happened to me too 😭
Same, except I'm watching in June.
@@TheMusicalFruit me going wait .. I thought Jaws was pure fiction .. in 70s .. ok I'll bite 🤣
July
Same 🤣!
They should totally make this into a movie! It would be a big hit!
Glad this was an April Fool's joke. I was about to 'write you off' as another hack.
Jaws the movie is based on a fictional novel written by Peter Benchley. Som argue, however, that Benchley's novel was inspired by the true story of shark attacks off the New Jersery shore during the summer of 1916. Five people were attacked, four of which died from their injuries. People at the time said the shark was a great white, but only bull sharks are known to travel up stream into fresh water (to give birth), which is where three of the attacks occurred. Also, bull sharks don't mind human flesh, whereas great whites usually release (although damage is often severe due to their size) once they realize they've snatched something other than ordinary prey. Even so, it's still a fascinating horror story.
Chrissie was my aunt. We were all horrified by her death and she is still very sorely missed.
RIP auntie Chrissie.
You win the comment section award in my mind. 🏆
I'm going to assume this is some sort of Jaws inside joke and move on
@@RaccoonKCD look at the date, sir
So sorry for your loss (😆)
Savage.
Bruhhhhhh it took me til I saw the “eccentric fisherman” when i realized Jaws isn’t based on a true story and it’s April fools day. Got me good
Uh, this was very much a true story. But it was back in 1912(?) and they're pretty sure it was a bull shark.
@@arianebolt1575 no the Jaws novel wasn’t based upon those real life events in 1916, it was just part of the inspiration behind writing a “killer shark” horror story
Man, crazy that a book written in 1974 and a movie made in this same year so closely parallel these actual events.
I sat there the whole time thinking "wow, I had no idea that Jaws was based on a true story!"
(In my defense, the algorithm gave this to me in July.)
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat!” -Chief Brody
Dam you beat me too it.lol
@@aces-ww8zl great minds think alike! 👍🏻
You even said "You're" instead of "We're".
You magnificent bastard. I like to listen to your videos at work so I didnt process the title. Had me going for a minute there, not going to lie. Bravo.
Everyone was afraid of sharks after jaws, but it was really a cautionary tale about mayors.
This comment is very underrated
Best comment so far 👏
A tale of greed.
Politicians in general. They do not have your welfare in mind. It’s all about money. Note how business making money was placed before many lives in the US over the past year...with one leading politician insisting the waters were safe and we should go out and enjoy ourselves.
Haha so true!
Some future "documentary" ideas:
"The 1988 Nakatomi Plaza Incident"
"The Wreck of the S.S. Poseidon"
"The Disappearance of Oceanic Flight 815"
train of thought was like this
"that really sounds like jaws"
"maybe this story was the inspiration for jaws"
"hold up he just said 1975. jaws was definitely filmed before that"
*remembers it's april 1st*
"ohhhhh! well done good sir"
"maybe this story was the inspiration for jaws" me too
I was like “Did this inspire Jaws? Wait, didn’t Jaws come out in 1975?” Lmao
Yep same lmao
That's what I thought at first as well. 😂
That’s what I was thinking to and then I realise it’s April fools
You had me. Hook, line, sinker, and exploding gas cannister.
At first, I thought maybe there was some actual story behind the movie. A lot of horror movies are loosely based on an actual event. As the video started, I started a Google search and found there is an actual Amity Harbor. But as the video continued to be essentially a summary of the movie plot, I knew he was playing a trick on us.
I was thinking like wait... Sharks don't actually act like that...
@@ressljs Actually, Jaws *was* (loosely) based on a real life incident with a shark in New Jersey that killed four people- One of only two known times in history a single shark killed multiple people.
It was the exploding cannister that made me say WTF. (Along with pics of Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfus) Mythbusters proved that the tank of just compressed air would not explode. So, I was duped like everyone else. :/
He had me too. Hook, line, sinker, exploding gas cannister, exposed electrical wire, hand grenade, sailing ship bow sprit.
When watching this I literally said out loud "This police chief and everyone in the town are idiots. That guy's story is literally the ending to Jaws! He's full of s$!t!"
Since I'm watching this 6 months later and watched it on my TV which doesn't readily show the date or the comments, I was super confused. I double-checked the Wikipedia page for Jaws and saw the plot was literally the same as this episode, down to the names and everything. I then, finally noticed the word documentary in quotes in the title and realized that I had been had.
Sweet April fools joke, works even better when not watched on April qst.