A fake story has been circulating online wherein the Earth is headed for 'Six Days of Total Darkness.' Rest assured, this is a hoax, which was started by Satirical news site Huzlers.com.
The fake story has been spreading online, which encouraged social media users to post about what they would be doing during the six days of darkness in December.
The story originally surfaced with the title 'Nasa Confirms Earth Will Experience 6 Days of Total Darkness in December 2014!' The fake story claimed that the darkness will be caused by an incoming solar storm which would bring about dust and space debris that will block out 90 percent of the sunlight.
Although solar storms do exist, they do not block out electricity from Earth and most certainly do not block out the sunlight.
The hoax story also sources Nasa chief Charles Bolden, taking excerpts from a recorded video about what people should do in an event of an earthquake or hurricane to apply it to the fake story.
Nearly 1 million people shared the hoax story, which stated that the phenomenon would happen between Dec. 16 to 22 this year.
Among fake internet hoaxes to spread online this week was another death hoax. Judd Nelson fell victim to a death hoax as he was 'reportedly' found dead in his Los Angeles condo. The news was quickly debunked by Nelson's agent, who confirmed on Twitter that the actor is alive and well.
There were also reports that New Jersey banned trick-or-treating because of Ebola fears. This hoax was also reported on a fake-news site called Daily Currant, which reported on the State's so-called Halloween quarantine.
