The 'Urban Myths Run Wild' article on the Liberty Tree website was designed to mock past GTA myths, but its original joke entries — Bigfoot of Bohan, Middle Park Whale, and Alligators in the Sewers — became actual player-hunted myths in GTA IV. The game literally mythologized its own satire.
Source: Liberty Tree myth article (GTA IV) — CC BY-SA
The Liberty Tree site in GTA IV — its satirical myth article backfired so hard it became the source of actual player myths.
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