What is the Avi Ben Stella internet prayer hoax?
For those who stopped praying for Avi Ben Stella to start praying for Hayden Wybron, you can stop praying for either one now. It seems that not only is Hayden Wybron another hoax, it is actually the same hoax as Avi Ben Stella. Snopes.com, which previously listed the Avi Ben Stella story as “undetermined,” has now classified both Avi Ben Stella and Hyden Wybron as one and the same “false” story. The Hayden Wybron variation of the scam launched on August 25, 2009, while the Avi Ben Stella version began about two weeks earlier. In either version of the story, readers are asked to post prayer requests on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The story also has been widely circulated by email. Perhaps not coincidentally, Avi Ben Stella is also the name of the 1960s conspiracy theory which claimed that the Apollo moon landing was actually filmed in a Hollywood film studio. In an earlier article, it was noted that a child named Avi Amenov was kil
Beginning on August 17, 2009 an email began circulating the internet in which recipients were requested to pray for Avi Ben Stella, a 12 year old who had been injured in a car accident and was in a coma. As of August 25, 2009 no person with that name that has been in a car accident has been located. Also on August 25 a new email began circulating requesting people to pray for a person named Hayden Wybron. In either version of the story, readers are asked to post prayer requests on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Perhaps not coincidentally, Avi Ben Stella is also the name of the 1960s conspiracy theory which claimed that the Apollo moon landing was actually filmed in a Hollywood film studio. Sources: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/stella.asp, http://
