• more about #alieninvasions
    Sabbatai: So one day I am in school... high school and I am slightly inebriated (read: very fuxed up) sitting on the sidewalk outside of the cafeteria when a va... more »
    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I remember reading in the news about a guy in the UK who got slightly sloshed. And watched an Independance Day fake broadcast on BBC2. He panicked, gr... more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Maybe the kids could get back at them if they all stop dead in their tracks at the exact same moment and start speaking in unison. more »
    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: Didn't the same thing happen during Orson Wells' broadcast of The War of the Worlds, except in America and with over a million adults? more »
    Grey_Area: Of course next week the school will catch fire. Alarms will go off and the teachers will be yelling, "Everybody queue up and walk out to the yard. the... more »
    Mortimer Gray: Next simulation: Zombie outbreak! The school refuses to be held liable for any beheaded faculty members. more »
    acrobatic rabbit: BAH!! hahaha. ah... this is great. Superb, really. Kids are wusses. Scare the snot out of them then cough it up to inspiration. Awesome. more »
    Hamslicer: With the help of a tape recorder and over-active imaginations, my cousin and I convinced the neighbor kids he was possessed by the devil. One of them ... more »
    RavenNemain: The parents should be happy; I am a teacher, and one of the worst things about the school system is the way many schools fall into a routine, and the ... more »
    Random434: Would anyone else have cheered at this when they were in school? I, having seen and loved both Close Encounters and the original Day the earth Stood ... more »
    Lassus: Whomever thought this idea up deserves some kind of medal. Or enobling to Knighthood by the Queen. Or maybe a Gawker starring. Nah, I guess Knighth... more »
    draculatrophy: ...and I, for one, welcome our new educational faculty overlords. more »
    Belabras: That is the most awesome thing I've ever heard of a school doing. I seriously hope they don't get punished for it, because that's one of the most int... more »
    JodaThongnopnua: Whatever, I don't get people complaining about this. If only my school put this much effort in. These kids will never ever complain about a lack of LA... more »
    Chip Overclock: Reminds me of that (true?) story on the radio show THIS AMERICAN LIFE where parents staged a halloween party for the young ones, telling them that a p... more »
    NerD: Blattella: Ashley Tisdale is 24 years old. I have no other response to this. more »
    Plague: Damn, does everybody have to rip off the Ghoulies bit? more »
    BullfightsOnAcid: If this is related to 'Flowers in the Attic' in any way and Ashley Tisdale has sex with aliens then you can count me in. more »
    goldfarb: this should be used as an example of the great leaps that have been made in CG animation in the last 30 years... the digital characters here have achi... more »
    TemporalSword: There's Sparks, the friendly one, Skip, the mean one, Spike, the dumb one, and Razor, the female one. Apparently, being a female is considered a descr... more »
  • #waroftheworldsredux

    British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion

    Hoping to spark their students' imaginations, a junior school in England staged an alien invasion, complete with a crash landing and the "abduction" of one of their faculty members while the children watched. What could possibly go wrong? More »