Here's an Outback Steakhouse Billboard That's Really on Fire

But once again, don't call 911

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The motorists in Georgia who called 911 after seeing a little smoke coming out of that Outback Steakhouse billboard will feel a little foolish after seeing this Outback board, which goes spectacularly up in flames. It looks like a home movie, complete with bleeped-out F-bombs and some serious-looking damage. But this August story from the Los Angeles Times, reporting on plans for a commercial shoot in Glendale, would seem to confirm it as a hoax.

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