that one was cute but the best ever was in Sitka, ALaska in 1974.
Residents awoke to see that the long dormant volcano in the distance was smoking and was possibly erupting. No one would have thought that a local car dealer and well-known prankster flew a few helicopter loads of old tires to the top and lit them on fire overnight.
Police and Fire departments had advance notice of the stunt, but he forgot to call the Coast Guard who immediately overflew the volcano. Oops.
That mountain in Sitka looks like Mt. Fuji!!