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Now, could this be a secret ancient dinosaur?
这可能是一只神秘的古代恐龙？
Or a bit of memorabilia from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
又或者是《哈利波特与火焰杯》中的一个纪念品？
Well, it's neither. In fact, it's a souvenir of a fake news story.
额，都不是。实际上它是一篇假新闻报道的纪念品。
20 years ago, author Allistair Mitchell tricked newspapers around the world into reporting that a model dragon he had made was a real pickle dragon.
20年前，作家阿利斯泰尔·米切尔欺骗了全世界的媒体，让他们报道称自己制作的一个龙模型，是一条泡在水里的真龙。
"I went to Crawly Creatures who made all the dinosaurs for the Natural History Museum, and I commissioned them to make me a dragon in secret.
“我前往拜访给自然史博物馆制作恐龙模型的Crawly Creatures，并委托他们秘密给我制作一条龙的模型。
The dragon looked so good. I tested it on friends, and everyone went, 'Wow! So believable!'"
龙模型看起来很棒。我拿我的朋友们测试了一下，每个人都说：“哇！绝对可信！’”
The author was trying to sell his fantasy book by pretending the dragon wasn't actually made of rubber.
这位作家想要通过“假装这条龙不是乳胶制作的”，来推销他的奇幻小说。
But in the end, experts spotted it was a fake, and the truth came out.
但最终，专家发现这是一只假龙，真相随之大白于天下。
The model was thought to have been destroyed, but has now been donated to Southampton Story Museum.
人们一度认为该模型已被销毁，但现在被捐赠给了南安普顿故事博物馆。
Oh, it's super spooky. I wouldn't like to see that at Halloween. Yikes!
哦，它真的是令人毛骨悚然。我可不想在万圣节看到它。呀！
