Not all photos on the internet are real. More often than not, they have been Photoshopped so many times for viral and attention-seeking purposes that before’s and after’s are so different that you can’t help but say “can I trust anything anymore?”.
These are eleven viral photos that have been debunked as fakes by kind people of the Internet. Let’s get started! Also, don’t forget to follow our website for more articles like this and it would be great to share this one on your social media outlets.
#1 “What happened to a rainforest over the course of 10 years.”
#2 A photographer captures a perfectly timed photo of a man cooking rice.
#3 A graffiti scene perfectly reflected in the water
This photo became a hit on many websites. But the truth is, it was edited. Yes, this graffiti really exists and the building is located in Mariampol, Lithuania. And the author of the picture is a street artist named Ray Bartkus who drew the picture upside-down on purpose — for it to be reflected in the water. But the best time to see the picture is when there is no wind and the surface is perfectly smooth. Otherwise, the picture looks like this. See how the reflection in the first photograph was edited?
#4 A lynx and a deer were found in an office under a table. They were hiding from fires in California
“A fawn and a bobcat cub found under a desk in an office building after the California forest fire rolled through” is what the caption for the viral photo said on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media sites. Yes, the photo is real but it’s posted every time a forest fire breaks out somewhere in the US. And the caption is different every time. The picture was taken in May 2009 in a building that is owned by a non-commercial team of animal rescuers. During a fire in Santa Barbara, California, these cute animals were found not far from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ranch. And because there were no cages, the fawn and the lynx had to be put in an office. The lynx just ran toward the deer and lied down next to it. By the way, one of the rescuers took the animals home because he was worried they would not survive in the wild. Later, he even shared a video with the grown-up lynx — he turned out to be very cute!
#5 The New Year in Paris
#6 A dog sleeping on the grave of its owner every night for 7 years
#7 “A typical day in Russia”
#8 A goose frozen to a pipe warmed a puppy with its wing
These pictures have been shared on Chinese websites since 2017. The earliest post we were able to find was made in March 2017 on NetEase — it’s is a Chinese news platform. The text under these photos says that the puppy was sitting at the side of the road, freezing. Ducks were passing by and the puppy ran toward one of them and it covered it with its wing. NetEase actually allows users to post their own content. So that means that they give their own description to the photos and there is no way to find out if the photo is real or not.
#9 A mountain shaped like a turtle’s head
In January 2019, Amazing Nature on Facebook posted a photo that shows a mountain that looks like a turtle. The post went viral but this mountain doesn’t actually exist — the photo was made by combining several pictures. For example, here are 2 of them.
#10 A megalodon’s tooth in a whale vertebrae
The photo above shows fossils that look like a megalodon’s tooth and a whale’s bone but they were found in different places at different times. But one talented seller just combined them into one sculpture.
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