Iran Skeleton

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The Iran Skeleton is the first of five hoax sites used in the viral marketing campaign for Shadow of the Colossus. First linked to by hub site Giantology on October 5, 2005 (nearly two weeks before the game was first released), this hoax focused on Dutch archaeologist Casper Shilling, and his "discoveries" in the Iranian mountains: the remains of Phalanx.

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[edit] Casper Shilling's Website

Amazingly, though the other viral marketing sites were taken down in the summer of 2006, Shilling's site remains online even today. Exactly why remains a mystery. It is possible that Sony simply forgot, but a few have also pointed out that they could have also left the site running in hopes that it might "separate" the site from the others and lend a slight air of legitimacy.

Shilling's site is much like the others, designed as if by a casual user, with an abundance of clip art, awkward buttons, and the like.

[edit] External Links

• Shilling's site (archived version)

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