7th
I definitely did. I even played Lemmings as a child. It’s an awesome game. But, I learned the truth a while ago (at seventeen?)
WHAT?!!! okay, so who thought Lemmings actually ran off cliffs?? …. I did.
“Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. It’s a myth, but it’s remarkable how many people believe it. Ask a few.
‘It’s a complete urban legend,’ said state wildlife biologist Thomas McDonough. ‘I think it blew out of proportion based on a Disney documentary in the ’50s, and that brought it to the mainstream…’
…According to a 1983 investigation by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Brian Vallee, the lemming scenes were faked. The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers. The epic “lemming migration” was staged using careful editing, tight camera angles and a few dozen lemmings running on snow covered lazy-Susan style turntable.”
