I have been wondering the same...
Some stories actually seem as if they might be part of the hoax...it's hard to tell cause as we have learnt, anything is possible with the hoax!
I'm sure some of the stories are just there to make the people that tell them the centre of attention. Everyone wants to be in the spotlight, I suppose. Then it goes to show who are real friends of MJ and who'd been false all the way back. But again, who knows...some of them might just as well be in on the hoax??
The paternity claims seem pretty ridiculous, as a matter of fact so ridiculous that might be part of the hoax too. For example the bodyguard...I can smell a rat there. Either it's hoax related or he's gone nuts, really. I don't see a reason why he would want to benefit from Michael's "death" like that. We have discussed that on another forum...
I wish all the weird stories were part of the hoax, otherwise, if Mike's watching he must be sickened to the guts. :x