{"id":1826,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1826"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Hoax---'Giant-Skeleton-Discovered-In-Bulgaria'","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1826","title":{"rendered":"Hoax &#8211; &#8216;Giant Skeleton Discovered In Bulgaria&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>This story was first published on March 30, 2015<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Circulating &#8216;news&#8217; report claims that archaeologists have unearthed a giant human skeleton in Bulgaria. The report features a picture depicting the skeleton with the archaeologists. \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 claims in the report are nonsense. No such giant skeleton has been found. The image is fake and was created by combining a photograph of archaeologists excavating the remains of a dinosaur with a photograph depicting a very old, but normal sized human skeleton. This is just one among a number of similar &#8216;giant skeleton&#8217; hoaxes that have circulated for many years.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><strong>ANOTHER GIANT SKELETON DISCOVERED IN BULGARIA?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A team of archaeologists have uncovered the skeletal remains of a giant in the Bulgarian city of Varna.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-in-bulgaria\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,463\" 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=\"hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1-300x232.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1.jpg\" alt=\"Giant skeleton hoax\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1-500x386.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-bulgaria-1-585x451.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to a \u00a0report \u00a0that is being passed around via various &#8216;alternative news&#8217; websites, social media posts, and the blogosphere, a giant human skeleton has been unearthed at Varna in Bulgaria. The report claims that the giant human is estimated to have lived and died during the 5th century AD.<\/p>\n<p>The report features an image of the giant skeleton with a row of archaeologists crouched down beside the bones.<\/p>\n<p>But, not surprisingly, the claims in the report are utter nonsense. No such giant human skeleton has been found, in Bulgaria or anywhere else. \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> The story is a work of fiction and the image is fake. The picture was created by combining two unrelated images to make it appear that the skeleton was gigantic.<\/p>\n<p>The part of the image depicting the row of archaeologists has been \u00a0<a title=\"Dinosaur tail fossil five metres long found in Mexico\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/23423938\">extracted from a photograph of a dinosaur excavation<\/a> \u00a0and added into a \u00a0<a title=\"Skeleton of a female warrior\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/farrokhi\/5036250540\/\">photograph of a very old, but normal sized<\/a> \u00a0human skeleton.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if such a giant skeleton had really been discovered, it would have been extensively covered by the mainstream news media as well as archaeology and other scientific publications.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this silly hoax is just one among several \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/giant-skeleton-hoax\/\">giant skeleton hoaxes<\/a> \u00a0that have circulated in various forms for years on end. The other hoaxes also feature fake giant skeleton images.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-in-bulgaria\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-giant-skeleton-discovered-in-bulgaria\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was first published on March 30, 2015 Outline Circulating &#8216;news&#8217; report claims that archaeologists have unearthed a giant human skeleton in Bulgaria. The report features a picture depicting the skeleton with the archaeologists. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The claims in the report are nonsense. No such giant skeleton has been found. 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