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'Chainsaw Massacre' Prank Slays YouTube Audience

'Chainsaw Massacre' Prank Slays Huge YouTube Audience
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Can't get to a haunted house before Halloween? This very graphic video is probably far more frightening.

The video show notorious YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy made up to look like a chainsaw-wielding maniac, with a blood-soaked apron, bloody jeans and a mask similar to the "Leatherface" character in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," according to the Broward/Palm Beach New Times.

Set in a parking garage, Zdorovetskiy appears to disembowel another man, who looks like he's been sawed in half.

The faux victim is actually Nick Santonastasso, an actor with Hanhart syndrome, a genetic disorder with symptoms that include missing limbs.

Unsuspecting bystanders scream as Santonastasso moves quickly across the parking lot floor, leaving a stream of fake blood.

The witnesses become more freaked out when Zdorovetskiy chases them with his chainsaw.

Since debuting last week on YouTube, the video's been viewed almost two million times.

Take a look at how Zdorovetskiy and his crew filmed the prank on this behind-the-scenes video.

Zdorovetskiy's previous pranks include the time he dressed as a zombie to frighten people in Miami's poorest neighborhoods and one featuring a woman who repeatedly turns him down for a date until she thinks he drives a Lamborghini sports car.

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Before You Go

Biggest April Fools Pranks
The Taco Liberty Bell(01 of08)
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Taco Bell attempted a different kind of advertising for April Fools Day 1996 when they purchased full page ads in seven major newspapers across the U.S. In these ads Taco Bell announced that they had purchased the Liberty Bell and were renaming it the "Taco Liberty Bell." They claimed that the purchase was to "help alleviate national debt." Thousands of people picked up their phones and protested until Taco Bell revealed the hoax at noon that day. It is believed that Taco Bell's strategy paid off and earned them millions of dollars in free publicity.
Man Runs 26 Day Marathon(02 of08)
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The "Daily Mail" in London reported that a Japanese man had entered the 1981 London Marathon and due to a mistranslation thought he had to run for 26 days, not miles. A man was spotted running outside of London and wouldn't stop when people tried to get his attention. The whole story turned out to be a hoax and the man that people saw was just another piece to the elaborate prank by The "Daily Mail".
Left-Handed Whopper(03 of08)
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The April 1st 1998 edition of the USA Today featured a full page ad by Burger King announcing the creation of their latest twist on their most popular sandwich, The Left Handed Whopper. The ad stated that the condiments on the burger were rotated 180 degrees for easier consumption by people who were left handed. The following day Burger King released a press release that confirmed that the Left-Handed Whopper was not real and that thousands of people went into various Burger Kings asking for both left and right-handed Whoppers.
Wisconsin Capitol Building Collapses(04 of08)
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In 1933, the "Madison Capital-Times" reported that the capitol building had collapsed due to a build-up of gases from the debating that was going on in the building. After it was discovered that the building was intact, the "Capital-Times" was met with a reaction of both outrage and laughter.
Whistling Carrots(05 of08)
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British Supermarket chain Tesco ran an ad in "The Sun" that announced that they had developed genetically modified carrots that grew with tapered air holes in their sides. When the carrot was fully cooked the carrot would use these air holes and "whistle." Unfortunately for many disappointed customers, Tesco made the whole thing up, but most likely sold more carrots than usual.
Google: Mentalplex(06 of08)
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The first time Google pulled a prank on its faithful users was for April Fools Day in 2000. Google announced its new "Mentalplex Technology" which claimed to be able to read a user's mind so they didn't have to enter their search query. A person using "Mentalplex" would have to stare at a revolving shape and then would be treated to a Google Results page for "April Fools Day". This was the first time Google surprised its users and it certainly wasn't the last. There is an entire Wikipedia article dedicated to Google's various hoaxes.
Thomas Edison's Food Machine(07 of08)
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Thomas Edison was renowned as a genius in his day and in 1878 New York "Graphic" announced that the New Jersey dweller had invented a machine that could turn water into wine and soil into cereal. This of course was a hoax, but other newspapers around the country didn't get the joke and published the article with tons of editorial praise. The next day the "Graphic" re-published some of the praise with the headline, "They Bite!"
Alabama Changes The Value Of Pi(08 of08)
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The "New Mexicans for Science and Reason" newsletter played a huge prank on its number crunching readers. For their April 1998 issue, the newsletter ran an article claiming that Alabama State legislature had legally changed the value of Pi from 3.141 to the more biblically important 3. This article spread like wildfire and was reported by other news outlets. The result was Alabama's State Legislature being flooded with phone calls in protest of a law that they weren't even aware of. The perpetrator of the prank was physicist Mark Boslough. Who knew that a physicist could be such a prankster?
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