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I couldn't help but wonder if Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was chosen intentionally as a fake source. WHOI can be pronounced "hooey", which is slang for a fake assertion.

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Sure, and there can be a lot of confusion surrounding the name Woods Hole which makes it easier to hand wave questions away.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is an affiliate of MIT. Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory is an affiliate of UChicago.

If someone says "that didn't happen there!" you can always say "oh sorry, I meant the other one"

Funny idea but I don't think Atlas Obscura was in on it. Pretty sure they thought the boulder was real.

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