Image:Accidental_Tourist.jpg The '''tourist guy''', also known as the '''accidental tourist''' (a joking reference to the novel and film ''The_Accidental_Tourist''), '''Waldo''' (a reference to the ''Where's_Waldo?'' franchise) or '''tourist of death''', is an Internet_phenomenon consisting of a photograph of a Tourist that has appeared in many Photoshopped pictures after the September_11,_2001_attacks. ==9/11== Soon after 9/11 an image showing a tourist on an observation deck of the World_Trade_Center while an Airliner was about to hit the building beneath him circulated on the Internet. For a short while it was claimed that the picture came from a Camera found in the debris at Ground_Zero, but this proved to be untrue. First of all, the weather on the image did not match the real weather on September_11, 2001. Secondly, he is standing on the south tower, but the first tower to be hit was the north tower. Thirdly, the observation deck of the WTC was not open when the planes hit. Finally, the plane on the picture is an American Boeing_757, while the planes that hit the WTC were Boeing_767s. The picture won a best 9/11 Photoshopped picture contest. ==Later appearances== The picture became one of the most widely known examples of Internet_humor. As its fame spread, other people started to use the same tourist for other pictures. They included the tourist present at the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', at the Assassination of John_F._Kennedy and at the ''Hindenburg'' disaster. Other pictures show him present at disastrous events in movies, like the destruction of the White_House in ''Independence Day'' or as the bus driver in ''Speed''. There are also pictures of him together with people from other famous photoshopped pictures, such as Bert or a man holding a huge Cat. There even appeared a picture of the Yalta_conference where Stalin is replaced by the man with the cat, with the tourist and Bert on the background. ==The real tourist== The first one who claimed to be the tourist was the Brazilian businessman Jose Roberto Penteado (see pic http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/photos/wtcphoto.html). When Penteado started to get media attention, including an offer to be in a Volkswagen commercial, a 25 year old Hungarian man named Péter Guzli came forward as the real tourist. Péter says, however, that he does not want publicity and did not originally release his last name. Guzli took the photo on November_28, 1997, and was also responsible for the initial edit. He edited the image for a few friends, not realizing it would spread so quickly across the Internet. He first provided the original undoctored photo and several other photos from the same series as proof to a Hungarian newspaper (http://index.hu/tech/net/realtouristg/). Later on, Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/print/0%2C1294%2C48397%2C00.html examined the evidence and confirmed that Guzli was the real tourist guy. ==See also== *Bert_is_Evil *Internet_phenomenon *Photo_manipulation *Photoshop_contest ==External links== * Snopes.com article debunking picture * News article from ''Wired'' * 'Tourist guy revealed' from museumofhoaxes ===Pictures=== *Dunciad.com *GreaterThings.com *TouristOfDeath.com Category:Internet_memes Category:September_11,_2001_attacks Category:Web_humor Category:Hungarian_people Category:Urban_legends