I started reading The Book of Alien Races, which is supposedly this old Russian book of alien races translated into English by Dante Santori. Each alien is given maybe half a page of explanation, and it's full of low-quality pictures. The whole thing gives a low-effort creepypasta vibe.
I also found a video with audio where the Santori talks about how he supposedly got the book and what supposedly came of it, and it's got all the cliches. He and a friend supposedly found it while going through the friend's grandfather's old things. Santori claims he made a video about the book on YouTube, but the account was deleted within two hours. And then he claims that his friend was in a car accident, and when he looked inside the car to see if the original book was still there, it was mysteriously missing.
Like it's an incredibly obvious hoax; in fact, it's so obvious that I actually find it kinda entertaining.
Also I'm sorta getting tempted to make a conspiracy hoax trope bingo card.
