About
Karin Snipe refers to a Grand Theft Auto V hoax that concerned gamers attempting to persuade others of existence of an exceptionally uncommon automobile within the sport named “Karen Snipe”. Spawned on a Grand Theft Auto discussion board, the hoax noticed unfold in the neighborhood in late 2013 and in 2014 and has been sometimes referenced since.
Origin
Karin Snipe is purportedly named after “snipe hunt”, a tupe of sensible joke that existed n North America since mid-1800s. The joke entails duping an unsuspecting sufferer into attempting to catch a nonexistent animal known as a snipe, with the pranksters leaving the sufferer at the hours of darkness and having them make animal noises to draw this snipe. Karin is a model of automobiles within the Grand Theft Auto universe.
On November thirtieth, 2013, GTA Boards person WBaker wrote in a thread about rarest automobiles in Grand Theft Auto V that the rarest automobile within the sport was Karin Snipe, a automobile that had no common spawn however may very well be encountered randomly on uncommon events. In a follow-up publish, WBaker clarified that the automobile was so uncommon that it was not talked about on the sport’s Wiki and that information about it was encrypted within the sport recordsdata (posts proven under).
Unfold
In early December 2013, person WBaker made extra posts spreading the hoax on the discussion board. On December 1st, 2023, GTA Boards person Mr Tiddler made a publish inquiring concerning the automobile and asking others to publish photos of it (proven under, left). On December third, 2013, person AlienTwo wrote about seeing the automobile within the sport (publish proven under, proper).
The hoax noticed additional unfold on the GTA Boards in December 2013, with some customers sharing faux pictures of the automobile (instance proven under). In 2014, the hoax noticed additional unfold on-line, with inquiries concerning the automobile showing on Reddit and different websites.
On July twenty second, 2022, YouTuber InControlAgain posted a video titled “30 Minutes of Ineffective Details about GTA V”, which talked about the Karin Snipe hoax. The video (proven under, left; 2:38 mark) garnered over 4.8 million views in two years and revitalized public curiosity within the hoax, with posts about Karin Snipe showing on Reddit. On August fifth, 2023, YouTuber and TikToker Syrup made a video concerning the hoax that garnered over 7.7 million views on YouTube and 217,000 likes on TikTok in ten months (proven under, proper).
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