10 Pre-Internet Video Game Secrets Everyone Fell For

10. Ambulance Ending - Silent Hill

In principle, it should be easy to debunk a video game hoax. If the rumour in question sounds absurd or vague, it's reasonable to dismiss it.

However, Silent Hill's non-existent Ambulance Ending successfully misled the masses because of how detailed it was. After beating the main campaign on Hard Mode, certain elements will supposedly change upon the next playthrough. 

In this playthrough, you need to collect glucose and distilled water at the school to create an explosive. By blowing up the traffic gate, you can find an oil can on the other side, which can be used on the engine at the gas station. After attaching the functioning engine to the ambulance beside the hospital, you will unlock a new ending where you rampage through the town before escaping. 

Considering Silent Hill has a joke ending involving aliens zapping the protagonist with a ray gun, this climax sounded pretty feasible by comparison. Also, the explanation given to unlock the Ambulance Ending is so elaborate and descriptive, it seemed unlikely that anyone would make it up.

Sadly, that's exactly what happened, since there's nothing to substantiate this claim.