real or no real???

i think i am starting a new contest that i may periodically have on this blog now just to get the creative juices flowing out there... now many of you have heard of the game show deal or no deal, but mine is called real or no real...

the object of this game is for all you witty, ingenious types to tell me if the picture that you see is real or no real and give me a totally creative reason why... bonus points for the person who tells me a the funniest story of how this person place or thing got the way that it is...