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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Giant Snake in the Red Sea. Real or Hoax?
Images of a giant snake loaded onto a truck are making their rounds,
with a story of a massive snake that killed 320 tourists and 125 divers
in Egypt. It has been reported on several websites, but are the images
and the story real?
We believe it is a hoax.
The story being circulated reads:
AMAZING GIANT SNAKE . Found in the Red Sea that killed 320 tourists and 125 Egyptian diver, and has been the killed by a professional team of elite Egyptian scientists and qualified divers in Egypt. Names of scientists who participated in the process of catching the huge snake were: D. Karim Mohammed, d. Mohammed Sharif, d. Mr. Sea, d. Mahmoud students, d. Mazen Al-Rashidi. And the names of divers who participated in the process of catching the huge snake were: Ahmed leader, Abdullah Karim, fisherman Knight, Wael Mohammed, Mohammed Haridi, spears Alvajuma, Mahmoud Shafik, a full-Sharif. The Snake body has been transferred to in the Egypt morgue at Sharm El Sheikh international animal.
The images appear to be either Photoshopped, or that of a real snake on a toy truck and photographed at close range giving the appearance of a large snake. The only available images are the 4 included in this article, and all of them are low resolution, making scrutiny of the photos difficult. Many believe the “soldier”
Such a discovery would be headline news around the world, yet no major news organization has reported this snake or the associated killings as reported in the story. The only sites reporting this story are merely repeating the single report, without corroboration. Those who believe the photo point to the fact that Google will return several sites reporting this story. The problem is that all of these sites are merely referencing the lone story about the snake, and none of them are major, reputable news services. A few bloggers repeating a story verbatim is not sufficient proof as to the reliability of the report.
Finally, not a single Egyptian news organization has reported this supposed massive creature and loss of life.
There have been no follow-up stories or photos.
A snake with a size as impossible as this.. is almost certainly impossible.
We believe it is a hoax.
The story being circulated reads:
AMAZING GIANT SNAKE . Found in the Red Sea that killed 320 tourists and 125 Egyptian diver, and has been the killed by a professional team of elite Egyptian scientists and qualified divers in Egypt. Names of scientists who participated in the process of catching the huge snake were: D. Karim Mohammed, d. Mohammed Sharif, d. Mr. Sea, d. Mahmoud students, d. Mazen Al-Rashidi. And the names of divers who participated in the process of catching the huge snake were: Ahmed leader, Abdullah Karim, fisherman Knight, Wael Mohammed, Mohammed Haridi, spears Alvajuma, Mahmoud Shafik, a full-Sharif. The Snake body has been transferred to in the Egypt morgue at Sharm El Sheikh international animal.
The images appear to be either Photoshopped, or that of a real snake on a toy truck and photographed at close range giving the appearance of a large snake. The only available images are the 4 included in this article, and all of them are low resolution, making scrutiny of the photos difficult. Many believe the “soldier”
Such a discovery would be headline news around the world, yet no major news organization has reported this snake or the associated killings as reported in the story. The only sites reporting this story are merely repeating the single report, without corroboration. Those who believe the photo point to the fact that Google will return several sites reporting this story. The problem is that all of these sites are merely referencing the lone story about the snake, and none of them are major, reputable news services. A few bloggers repeating a story verbatim is not sufficient proof as to the reliability of the report.
Finally, not a single Egyptian news organization has reported this supposed massive creature and loss of life.
There have been no follow-up stories or photos.
A snake with a size as impossible as this.. is almost certainly impossible.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Photo of Huge (55ft) snake shocks World
Photograph purporting to show a 55ft snake found in a forest in Malasia has become an internet sensation.
The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by workers clearing forest for a new road. They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth.
“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared,” said the post.
“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.”
The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.
The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post.
The thread claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by workers clearing forest for a new road. They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth.
“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared,” said the post.
“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.”
The post claimed that the digger driver was so traumatised that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.
The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old, according to the post.
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