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A man pretended to be hit by a golf ball in his backyard in Thornton, Colorado. When the golfer went to retrieve the ball he hit off the course, he noticed the man laying on the ground. The man got up and threw the golf ball back and walked off, leaving the confused golfer to continue his round.

Grace Capati looks at a UFO display outside of the Little A'Le'Inn, in Rachel, Nev., the closest town to Area 51. The U.S. Air Force has warned people against participating in an internet joke suggesting a large crowd of people 'storm Area 51,' the top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Pranks on April Fools' Day have a longstanding history and some BYU students go to great lengths to honor the tradition.

Fake skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if they were sitting together with their lawn chairs bound to large rocks in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border near Parker, Ariz. (La Paz County Sheriff's Office via AP)

BYU molecular biology professor Paul Evans set up his office inside an LSB elevator Wednesday, April 1. (Jenna Koford)