{"id":1987,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Hoax:-Picture-of-Shark-Swimming-in-Flooded-Street-After-Hurricane-Irene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"Hoax: Picture of Shark Swimming in Flooded Street After Hurricane Irene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Message claims that an attached image depicts a shark swimming down a flooded street in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of August 2011&#8217;s Hurricane Irene. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The image is fake. The image is the result of digital manipulation. The shark was taken from a famous photograph of a shark following a kayaker and incorporated into the &#8220;flooded street&#8221; photograph.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>Wow is all I have to say&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Shark in the Streets of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irene<\/p>\n<p>This picture was taken in Puerto Rico shortly after Hurricane Irene ravaged the island. Yes, that&#8217;s a shark swimming down the street next to a car, and this is exactly why authorities in NYC are warning not to go swimming in flood waters after a hurricane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/irene-shark-hoax\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"606,455\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"irene-shark-hoax\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Hurricane Fake Shark Post\" width=\"606\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/irene-shark-hoax-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>This rather striking image is currently circulating rapidly via social media websites, blogs and email. According to the caption accompanying the image, it depicts a shark swimming along a flooded street in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irene battered the island in August 2011.<\/p>\n<p>For a time, the image was even published as &#8220;news&#8221; by various media outlets in the United States and elsewhere. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> However, the image is not what it seems. In fact, the image is the result of some clever digital tomfoolery and certainly does not show a shark swimming along a flooded Puerto Rican street. The very same shark appears in an \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Shark Following Kayaker Photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/shark-following-kayaker.shtml\">iconic photograph of a shark following closely behind a kayaker<\/a>. The original shark behind kayaker photograph has circulated since September 2006 after it was published in Africa Geographic as part of an article by biologists Michael C. Scholl and Thomas P. Peschak. The photograph was \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"THE WHITE SHARK KAYAK STORY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomaspeschak.com\/kayak-great-white-sharks-\/\">taken by Michael C. Scholl<\/a> \u00a0in 2003:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21684\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/shark-kayak\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"613,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shark-kayak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak-300x201.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak.jpg\" alt=\"Shark Behind Kayak\" width=\"613\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-kayak-585x391.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The following side by side comparison reveals that the shark in both pictures is one and the same, right down to the shadow near the shark&#8217;s right side and the bubbles on the surface of the water:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/shark-irene-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"271,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shark-irene-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shark Irene 1\" width=\"271\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/shark-irene-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"271,118\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shark-irene-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shark-irene-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shark Irene 2\" width=\"271\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Clearly, the shark has been extracted from the original photograph using digital manipulation software and placed into the second image of the &#8220;flooded street&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear where or when the &#8220;flooded street&#8221; photograph used in the manipulation was snapped.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-shark-swimming-in-flooded-street-after-hurricane-irene\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Message claims that an attached image depicts a shark swimming down a flooded street in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of August 2011&#8217;s Hurricane Irene. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The image is fake. The image is the result of digital manipulation. The shark was taken from a famous photograph of a shark following a kayaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}