From pretending to be a real life Iron Man
to convincing your sister she got into Howgwarts,
the Planet Dolan crew re-enact some of the
best true stories from our subreddit about
the best lie you’ve ever convinced a kid
is true. I’m Doopie and today I’ll be
your narrator.
Number 10 was submitted by DingDongDoomguy
SacredSnewpee
One day, Andie was feeling creative, and decided
to prank her little sister, who was really
into Harry Potter and always wanted to go
to Hogwarts. Snewpee got out her pens and
pencils, and started drawing an Official Hogwarts
Invitation. It had a stamp and everything!
Andie finally finished the letter and she
had to admit: it looked good. She snuck outside
and put the letter into the letterbox, and
waited. Later on her sister was told to get
the mail. She was gone for 2 minutes then
she ran up screaming for her mum. She was
shaking the letter and yelling at the top
of her voice, "MUM, MUM I KNEW I WAS A WITCH!"
Andie will never forget the look on her face,
how happy and thrilled she was to have her
dream come true. Her sister rushed into her
room to pack while Andie’s mum just looked
at her. "Go tell her now, and then you’re
doing all the chores for a week." Andie told
her sister but she still hasn't forgiven her.
Number 9 was submitted by HipsterCicero Zaraganba
When Zaraganba was a kid he had a heart condition
and he had to wear a holter monitor sometimes.
It was a grey box taped to his chest that
had a bunch of wires coming out of it. When
he was at school, some kids his age and younger
saw some of the wires near his collarbone
and asked what they were for. Zaraganba managed
to convince the kids that he was the real
life Iron Man: the monitor was like Jarvis,
and if the monitor came out of his chest,
he would die. He also told them that the wires
gave him super strength. Since everyone knew
he wanted to be a medical student, they thought
Zaraganba was being legit. He still hasn’t
told them the truth so let’s hope they aren’t
watching this!
Number 8 was submitted by GGGGGGGingerbread
Danger Dolan
When Dolan was thirteen and his brother was
six or seven he watched a lot of the ‘Nightmare
on Elm Street' films. One of Freddy Krueger's
favourite words was, of course, “whore.”
One day, Dolan was in his room watching one
of the movies, and his little brother walked
in and watched some with him (thankfully,
the ending was pretty tame.) Once the movie
ended, he turned to Dolan and asked, "What's
a whore?" Not really sure if a six-year-old
could comprehend the topic, Dolan hastily
said, "It's a type of British cookie." He
went on asking questions and Dolan kept supplying
answers, finally convincing him that a whore
was, in fact, a cookie.
He thought he had just dodged a bullet until,
one day, as they were walking into Wal-Mart,
Dolan’s little brother asked their mom very
casually, "Can we get some whores?"
Number 7 was submitted by SpoofDaWombat Pringle
When Pringle was at school there was a kid
they called ‘the Aura’ due to his bad
smell. Pringle and his friends kept talking
about “the aura” around this kid and he
asked what ‘the aura’ was. To quickly
cover up what he’d said, Pringle answered
that it was the final boss in a game called
Beast Hunting Squad. Of course, this game
didn't exist. He started asking questions
like - how many levels the game has, what
the bosses were, and what some character moves
were. He even asked what console it was on.
Out of haste, Pringle said, the Atari. The
Aura didn't believe him and wanted a picture
of the game. Pringle said that if you took
a picture of the game or tried to tape it,
the camera would shatter. He kept asking more
questions and in the end, he fell for it.
Pringle felt so bad about it that he wrote
a 16-page long instruction book on how to
play it, and gave it to the kid. The book
included gameplay, controls, secret rooms,
bosses, move sets, items, AI dialog, and even
Easter eggs. Even when “the aura” couldn’t
find it online he believed Pringle. To this
day, he still asks how his play through is
going.
Number 6 was submitted by Marcostheking13
Nixxiom
One day, Nixxiom’s cousin and his little
brother came around to his house to play.
They watched one of the “Chucky” movies
– with a doll that comes alive and kills
people. His little cousin got so scared he
didn't stop following them around. Nixxiom
and his cousin took one of his sister’s
dolls and changed it to look like the Chucky
doll, and placed it at the window by the kitchen.
Before they let his little cousin go to the
kitchen they told him that Chucky was real,
and he had called Nixxiom saying that he was
coming for him. The little cousin was so scared
he went to the kitchen to get a knife; then
saw the chucky doll at the window, and screamed
until he fainted. He never liked dolls until
eventually they told him it was a prank.
Number 5 was submitted by VIgnesh2002 Hellbent
When Hellbent was in the 5th grade, during
January, he told his friend that the world
was going to end soon. He asked Hellbent when
was it going to happen and he replied: on
February 30. He believed it, so Hellbent told
him it's a secret and not to tell to anyone,
knowing word was going to spread around the
school. In February the lie even reached other
classes. Everyone was scared and a wimpy guy
told a teacher about it. They had to then
convince everybody that there is no February
30. That year Hellbent had his name in the
school magazine as the ‘naughtiest boy in
school.’
Number 4 was submitted by Checkerdstag Spinalpalm
When Spinalpalm was was in primary school,
around eight years old, everyone in his class
noticed he had birthmarks covering most of
the left side of my body. Spinalpalm thought
that everyone had the same birthmarks, but
after all the questions he realised he was
different. Not wanting to look stupid for
not knowing what they were, he told everyone
that the marks came from bees stinging him
after he took on an entire hive by himself.
He didn’t actually think anyone would believe
him but to his surprise the story spread around
the school like wild fire. Even the teachers
believed his lie. Students would ask to hear
the story over and over again. A few years
passed and Spinalpalm had moved to a secondary
school that no one from his old school attended,
until one day a new student started and recognised
him. During break he asked him how his bee
stings were. Not wanting to carry on the lie
Spinalpalm I just told him the truth; the
expression on his face was similar to that
of a child being told Santa’s not real.
Number 3 was submitted by flamingpenny SacredSnewpee
Once Snewpee was babysitting a six year old
who was really into superheroes and wished
that he could fly. The kid kept asking if
he had superpowers, and Snewpee told him to
believe and stay determined - the usual little
lessons we try to instil in children. Now
that the kid thought he could fly, he snuck
up to the second floor while Snewpee was getting
a drink, and tried to jump off the roof. He
ended up crashing into a tree and was stuck
there until the fire department came and got
him down. Luckily for her, the kid escaped
with only minor cuts and bruises.
Number 2 was submitted by Tris02 Cid
When Cid was in 5th grade he had younger neighbours
who were in 1st and 2nd grade. Across the
street from them was a 10-foot cliff. Cid
convinced his neighbours that a very old man,
named Charlie, lived in the rocks. He imagined
Charlie looked a bit like Gollum - had yellow
eyes, pointy fangs, and was the size of a
baby or toddler. Whenever the coyotes would
howl at night, Cid told them it was Charlie
singing a very sad song because he was lonely.
(According to Cid, Charlie was also thousands
of years old.) The neighbours were TERRIFIED
of the cliff. He said: each full moon, Charlie
kidnapped children to stay with him forever
and ever, because he was so lonely. He even
convinced them that Charlie took his cousin,
too, and they were even more scared. Once,
Cid pretended to go missing, then ran out
of the woods above the cliff screaming. He
told them Charlie tried to get him. The neighbours
then told their mom why they were afraid to
go outside. Their mom had a fun talk with
Cid, and they still laugh about it today.
They even have their own fake currency - Charlie
Bucks!
Number 1 – What’s the best lie I’ve
ever convinced a kid is true?
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Dolan subreddit for submitting their stories.
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