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2016 art installation commemorating a fake event
The Staten Island Ferry Disaster Memorial Museum was a 2016 art installation
hoax created by artist Joe Reginella purporting to commemorate an
attack by a
gigantic octopus on the
Staten Island Ferry at 4am on November 22, 1963.
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References
^ Kay, Mary (September 19, 2016).
"Artist fools tourists with monument to giant-octopus attack on Staten Island Ferry" .
New York Post . Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
^ Liotta, Paul (September 25, 2016).
"Artist fools tourists with mythical 'Staten Island Ferry Disaster' " . SILive.com . Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
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"Man Plays Joke With Fake Staten Island Ferry Octopus Attack Story" . CBS New York . September 26, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2021 .
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"New York monument honors victims of giant octopus attack that never occurred" . The Guardian . Associated Press. October 1, 2016.
ISSN
0261-3077 .
Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
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"Man Plays Joke On New York With Fake Staten Island Ferry Octopus Attack Story" . CBS New York . September 26, 2016.
Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
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