Giant Squid on the Beach?? Seriously!

I woke up this morning on the sound of several messages, tweets & Notifications from all over the world about a finding a Giant Squid on the Santa Monica Beach... Seriously?? Do you think it is a Hoax? My friends ask, OF Course it is a Hoax, Who finds a Giant Squid like that on a beach??? 


If you spend much time on social networks, you may have came across a viral photo of a giant squid that allegedly washed ashore along the Santa Monica coast line. The photo shows a huge squid and several people standing on the beach staring at the monster. At first glance the photo looks pretty believable but unfortunately, it is a hoax.

The article that accompanies the photos claims that the beast was 160 feet from the head to tentacle tip. It goes on to say “Scientists believe that following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant an unknown number of sea creatures suffered genetic mutations that triggered uncontrolled growth – or ‘radioactive gigantism,’”

Many people have fallen for the fake news article and millions have shared the photo on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The fake photo and article first appeared on the website, The Lightly Braised Turnip.The site is known for fake news stories but does not add disclaimers to them. The fake photo was made using Photoshop.

Over 500,000 People tweeted and viewed the image of an alleged 160 foot squid on Facebook after it was published yesterday on The Lightly Braised Turnip.

Did you fall for that Hoax?? well, a lot of us did!