{"id":3088,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Was-an-image-of-a-Weird-'Half-Cat'-Captured-by-Google-Street-View?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3088","title":{"rendered":"Was an image of a Weird &#8216;Half Cat&#8217; Captured by Google Street View?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This story was first published on May 9, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>An image circulating via social media supposedly depicts a strange half cat creature with only two legs and no ears caught in action by Google Street View cameras. \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>Half cat is no mystery. The strange looking puss is the result of some digital tomfoolery. And the image was not captured via Google Street View. The source image used in the manipulation was snapped in 2003 &#8211; well before Google Street View was launched &#8211; and depicts &#8220;Thumbelina&#8221;, a perfectly normal cat, strolling along a street in Ottawa (See original image below).<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>Spotted On Google Street View: Half A Cat A new species, perhaps?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/was-an-image-of-a-weird-half-cat-captured-by-google-street-view\/half-cat-google-street-view-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,469\" 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=\"half-cat-google-street-view-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1-300x238.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1.jpg\" alt=\"Half Cat Prank Image\" width=\"590\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1-500x397.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-1-585x465.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>This picture of what appears to be a bizarre two-legged, no-eared cat has been \u00a0circulating via social media since 2013. Descriptions of the strange creature claim that it was captured via Google Street View images.<\/p>\n<p>The image has generated a lot of tongue-in-cheek speculation with commentators suggesting that it could depict a new species, an alien visitor or a mutant puss. \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>But, the truth is little more down to earth. Half Cat is the result of digital manipulation. As the following image shows, Half Cat was created by photoshopping a picture of the beautiful Thumbelina, most probably without her permission or knowledge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21723\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/was-an-image-of-a-weird-half-cat-captured-by-google-street-view\/half-cat-google-street-view-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,443\" 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=\"half-cat-google-street-view-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2.jpg\" alt=\"Original Half Cat Image\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/half-cat-google-street-view-2-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The source picture was reportedly taken back in 2003 and was \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Thumbelina on imgur\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/7imGZ7o\">posted to picture sharing website imgur<\/a>. The image is said to show Thumbelina walking near Parliament Hill, Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>And, given that \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Street_View\">Google Street View<\/a> \u00a0was not launched until 2007, it is clear that Thumbelina&#8217;s picture was \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Revealed: The 'half-cat' not created by Google Street View\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/revealed-the-halfcat-not-created-by-google-street-view-8607550.html\">not snapped by Street View cameras<\/a> \u00a0as suggested in the circulating messages.<\/p>\n<p>Thumbelina&#8217;s thoughts on the unauthorized use of her picture have so far gone unrecorded.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/was-an-image-of-a-weird-half-cat-captured-by-google-street-view\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/was-an-image-of-a-weird-half-cat-captured-by-google-street-view\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was first published on May 9, 2013 Outline An image circulating via social media supposedly depicts a strange half cat creature with only two legs and no ears caught in action by Google Street View cameras. \u00a0 Brief Analysis Half cat is no mystery. The strange looking puss is the result of some [&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-3088","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\/3088"}],"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=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/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=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}