idoubtit

A rundown of the week's weird news stories from a rational lens.

Eyes deceive us and people see what they are told to see.

Marine experts say it is remains of a dolphin, probably an Atlantic white-sided species

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1901864

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1900897

A hoaxed Facebook post sparked concern from some extremely gullible Hoosiers who believed a man-eating turtle was in Bloomington’s Lake Monroe. The article by a wannabe screenplay writer Kevin Goodman said that a 9ft long and 300-year-old snapping turtle had killed a person in the lake according to “forensic scientists at Purdue University”. The piece said decapitated human remains were found recently. The post contained additional false details and was easy to fact-check with Purdue U. and the coroner.

For a previous version of a giant turtle in Indiana, see Beast of Busco. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2015/09/unsolved-histories-a-giant-turtle-a-stubborn-man-and-dredging-up-a-myth/

A hoaxed Facebook post sparked concern from some extremely gullible Hoosiers who believed a man-eating turtle was in Bloomington’s Lake Monroe. The article by a wannabe screenplay writer Kevin Goodman said that a 9ft long and 300-year-old snapping turtle had killed a person in the lake according to “forensic scientists at Purdue University”. The piece said decapitated human remains were found recently. The post contained additional false details and was easy to fact-check with Purdue U. and the coroner.

For a previous version of a giant turtle in Indiana, see Beast of Busco. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2015/09/unsolved-histories-a-giant-turtle-a-stubborn-man-and-dredging-up-a-myth/

Here we go again. This seems no more convincing than the rest of the dozens of half-baked theories.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1865689

Typically, you get no credible view of the "lion" or big cat but this is extremely convincing, IF it is in the time and location specified. #lion #news Video available at this link: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23103349/lion-loose-german-capital-berlin-cops-people-stay-inside/

Typically, you get no credible view of the "lion" or big cat but this is extremely convincing, IF it is in the time and location specified. #lion #news Video available at this link: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23103349/lion-loose-german-capital-berlin-cops-people-stay-inside/