How could an event of this magnitude be a lie? In order to pull that off a large number of people must be involved with the plan. All of the staff and students, the families, the government, the law enforcement, and local officials. Considering this is an elementary school, there is no way that every child in that school could keep that a secret. They are too young and would not understand. The families would either all be willing to give up their children, or willing to pretend that they had a nonexistent child. This would then extend to the extended families to go along with them having a fake child. The numbers of people that are willing to go along with the plan are simply too high. In pictures of the event you can see the effects of the event on the children’s faces. The plan is simply to intricate to pull off, especially when working with such young kids.