{"id":2430,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"No,-a-Circulating-X-Ray-Image-Does-NOT-Show-a-Live-Cockroach-in-a-Human-Chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"No, a Circulating X-Ray Image Does NOT Show a Live Cockroach in a Human Chest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At first glance, this image, which is currently circulating the Interwebs via social media,  \u00a0might make you do a double-take. It appears to show a very large cockroach right inside a person&#8217;s chest,  \u00a0captured via x-ray.<\/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<p>The description that travels with the image claims that it depicts a chest x-ray of a man in \u00a0Zimbabwe who went to a hospital \u00a0suffering chest pain. Supposedly, after taking and examining an x-ray, doctors \u00a0discovered that the man had a live cockroach in his chest. The man went abroad to seek further medical aid at great expense, but a second x-ray revealed that there was no cockroach in his chest after all. Alas, claims the story, the cockroach must have been inside the \u00a0Zimbabwean x-ray machine, not the man&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<h2>An Example of the Message<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A patient in Zimbabwe had serious chest pains, after taking x-ray at Rusape General hospital the image showed that he had a live cockroach in his chest moving about. Doctors recommended that he goes abroad preferably India.So patient had to sale his house and a few contributions from relatives. When he got to India another x-ray was taken and was told there was no cockroach in his chest but the cockroach was in the x-ray machine they used in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-a-circulating-x-ray-image-does-not-show-a-live-cockroach-in-a-human-chest\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,719\" 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=\"cockroach-x-ray-machine-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1-300x270.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7621\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cockroach In Chest X-Ray Image\" width=\"800\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1-768x690.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1-500x449.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-1-585x526.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Surprise, Surprise &#8212; The Story is Just A Prank and The Image is Fake<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, the story is just a joke aided and abetted with a bit of fairly dodgy \u00a0photoshopping.<\/p>\n<p>How do I know? Because a quick Google image search pulls up the source picture used in the fake image. Unsurprisingly, the source image is missing the massive cockroach and, in fact, it depicts a chest x-ray of a woman, not a man. And, not just any woman&#8217;s chest but that of \u00a0an iconic and much loved US actress.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>X-Ray Actually Depicts \u00a0Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s chest<\/h2>\n<p>The image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/picturegalleries\/celebritynews\/7582801\/An-x-ray-of-Marilyn-Monroes-chest-is-going-under-the-auctioneers-hammer-along-with-other-memorabilia.html\">reportedly shows an x-ray of Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s chest<\/a> taken by a doctor at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in 1954.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-a-circulating-x-ray-image-does-not-show-a-live-cockroach-in-a-human-chest\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,761\" 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=\"cockroach-x-ray-machine-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2-300x285.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7623\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2.jpg\" alt=\"Marilyn Monroe's chest x-ray\" width=\"800\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2-768x731.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2-500x476.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cockroach-x-ray-machine-2-585x556.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Other Versions of the Story Are Also Circulating<\/h3>\n<p>While this story and manipulated x-ray image no doubt began life as just a prank, at least a few people have \u00a0apparently believed it to be true.  \u00a0In fact, the same tall tale, set in different locations and minus the photoshopped picture, has been published via <a href=\"https:\/\/blogjob.com\/crazyworldtimes\/2016\/05\/01\/surgery-to-remove-a-live-cockroach-from-the-ailing-ministers-chest-turns-out-as-a-nigligence-act\/\">other websites<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WbsTvUganda\/posts\/1067251579980079\">social media posts<\/a> since at least April 2016.<\/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\/no-a-circulating-x-ray-image-does-not-show-a-live-cockroach-in-a-human-chest\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-a-circulating-x-ray-image-does-not-show-a-live-cockroach-in-a-human-chest\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, this image, which is currently circulating the Interwebs via social media, \u00a0might make you do a double-take. It appears to show a very large cockroach right inside a person&#8217;s chest, \u00a0captured via x-ray. The description that travels with the image claims that it depicts a chest x-ray of a man in \u00a0Zimbabwe [&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-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}