faking the snake

Jim: "So he broke into her apartment, jumped her, tied her up, and kidnapped her. Oh, he also stole a pet snake."
Tim: "Hm, this story must be completely credible because a random, unnecessary detail was added in. Wait a second... he must've been faking the snake!"

"I think he's faking the snake. The stolen snake is the only thing that seems to make his story credible, the rest sounds like bullshit."

An example of how to fake the snake:
"...Apparently he reconnected with an ex-GF (not the girl he threatened me over) and broke into her apartment, stole her pet snake, CAME BACK, jumped her and tied her up all the while wearing a fake cop outfit. No clue how he got caught or WTF actually happened. Dude had priors and was locked up for some time for that."

- /u/DrDisastor

"The stolen pet snake makes this story completely credible because it’s such an unnecessary and random detail in the story.
From now on whenever I make up a story, I’m adding a stolen pet snake."

- /u/Duke_Leto

Person 1: After some light digging we find he has been arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment, and theft of a snake.

Person 2: Dude, I know that's not true, you're just faking the snake!

(DrDisastor) I worked with a guy who was down on his luck. He was really a strange guy but was nice enough that I didn't think anything of him. The poor bastard would walk several miles to work but never missed a shift. A few of us would pick him up/drop him off when the weather was bad or we felt like it. One night dropping him off we got to talking about the ladies at work and who we thought were attractive. He mentions he only really likes this one girl and with a cold realistic tone and stare tells me "And if you say anything I WILL kill you.". Riiiiight, NP man your secret is safe with me.

Fast forward a few months and creep just stops showing up to work. After some light digging we find he has been arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment, and theft of a snake. Apparently he reconnected with an ex-GF and broke into her apartment, stole her pet snake, CAME BACK, jumped her and tied her up all the while wearing a fake cop outfit. No clue how he got caught or WTF actually happened. Dude had priors and was locked up for some time for that.

(Duke__Leto) The stolen pet snake makes this story completely credible because it’s such an unnecessary and random detail in the story.

(A_Voe) I officially coin the term faking the snake. Fake the snake: to add in a small specific detail in order to make your lie seem more convincing.

(Comments from Reddit thread: reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7a3tfn/what_is_the_creepiest_nsfw_thing_you_have/dp73931/)

Pubert loved to Fake the Snake to make his lies more convincing.

“...and so he grabbed her pet snake, ran home, then JUMPED her later on in the night - all whist wearing a cop uniform...” He exclaimed.

“You used a fake the snake, didn’t you mate,” I remarked.