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34 Fake Photos That Went Viral & Had Us Fooled


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Remember when Ganeshji's murtis all over India started drinking milk? So many of us fell for it. The thing about some myths is that they are so fascinating that we somehow hope that they are true. The Internet abounds with such myths. And photos in particular can really tickle our fancy. Here are 34 fake photos that went viral and made us look like fools:

 

1. I don't know whether Obama smokes, but I'm sure he wouldn't want to be clicked like he's smoking with his bros on a Sunday. 162119227.jpg

 

2. As yummy as this looks, this isn't a real watermelon. 192332118.jpg

 

3. This went really viral, but sadly India does not look like this on Diwali. If anything, the festival of lights often turns into a day of air pollution. 587753053.jpg

 

4. Although the 'James Bond Rock' does exist and so does this castle, they are situated miles apart and not on top of one another. The rock is in Thailand and the castle is in Germany.  340574751.jpg

 

5. You probably have to be super drunk or all coked up to see something like this. Once you sober down, you will realise that the snake has only one head. This image went viral like crazy. 203926023.jpg

 

6. This tourist was not present on the day of the 9/11 attacks. He took a photo atop the WTC towers and photoshopped the plane into the pic to fool his friends. 890079270.jpg

 

7. You can probably sit in water as long as you want to, but your computer will eventually give out. They forgot to show the CPUs, which are probably kept under the table, or like the photograph shows, probably swimming underwater. 945065656.jpg

 

8. How we wish this selfie would be possible. It would be raining selfie sticks and raining people-who-try-to-take-this-selfie. 927364837.jpg

 

 
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9. There are bhakts but she isn't one. In fact, she doesn't even look like she's from India. 526729867.jpg

 

10. This is not what happens when you have double vision after getting drunk. Scientifically, it's not possible for your eyes to be like this. 357911934.jpg

 

11. No that's not Princess Diana showing the finger. The photographer clicked this for a look alike category in a competition. 694280473.jpg

 

12. And this would only happen if dinosaurs had human heads. 952945676.jpg

 

13. Great Mantas do exist, but this one is fake. 282815428.jpg

 

14. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a real alien nor is it the one Will Smith punched in 'Independence Day'. 305209066.jpg

 

15. This fake photo was posted within hours of the tsunami hitting Japan. 83375915.jpg

 

16. No matter how cool the clouds may look, they will never take that shape. 354900398.jpg

 

17. This photo shows a Nat Geo crew running for their lives, but the bear has been taken from a stock photo. 712323842.jpg

 

 
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18. A floating chair in space! I mean you can literally see the strings. 720592902.jpg

 

19. It was believed that a girl threw a Quran to the floor and she was turned into this creature. This is however a picture of a statue created by an artist called Patricia Piccinini. 779584321.jpg

 

20. There were claims that this was the final photo of APJ Abdul Kalam after he suffered a heart attack. But this was actually taken during an award function at the Sangeet Natak Academy where he unfortunately slipped and was assisted by others. 665060892.jpg

 

21. It was said that a couple went for a romantic getaway where the husband clicked this before being bitten to pieces by the shark in the background. The guy was actually in a swimming pool. 980340852.jpg

 

22. A black lion, as magnificent as it looks, does not exist. This was a white one originally. 816580391.jpg

 

23. It was believed that this Syrian kid slept between the graves of his parents. In reality, he is the nephew of the photographer and these graves aren't real. The photo was clicked in Saudi Arabia as part of a conceptual art project. 618428416.jpg

 

24. First, you will never see a whale in such shallow waters and second, I don't think it will attack a bear while it's figuring out how to get to deeper waters. 622890143.jpg

 

25. This photo was part of a series that depicted winters in Venice. But the weather was never so severe that it could freeze the rivers. 636039507.jpg

 

26. What looks like the sphinx covered in snow is actually a miniature set. It was part of a series that showed monuments in Egypt covered with snow after a freak storm. 232261870.jpg

 

27. Portrayed as the Fairy Isles of Scotland with beautiful pink surroundings, this is actually a photoshopped image of Shotover River in New Zealand that has regular green surroundings. 526771551.jpg

 

 

 

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28. I assure you, lightening does not strike a tree like that. And it's never so colourful and beautiful when it does.

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29. Yes, that car is real sturdy and the cow is amazingly flexible and apparently feeling really cold so it just jumped up onto the hood. 445189589.jpg

 

30. A Koala with the jaw of a wolf. Fake level = Jaw dropping. 203647058.jpg

 

31. This looks more like a shot from those movies that show apocalypses. 833794116.jpg

 

32. This one really did the rounds and looks as phenomenal as it gets. But is also as fake as it gets.  568108840.jpg

 

33. That's how you combine two different icebergs and scare/fool people. 327009552.jpg

 

34. Giant squid spotted in Santa Monica. What next? The Kraken? 123779039.jpg

 

Wasn't that an eye opener?

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