Posted on 02/06/2017 9:19:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
A viral photo of a "demon" from Arizona has people around the world wondering about the mysteries of our universe.
Are you freaking kidding?
Reportedly, Phoenix resident Richard Christianson snapped the picture while in Tucson, then loaded it to his Facebook account on New Year's Day.
"What the hell do you see in this picture for reals ??? Anybody," he wrote in the caption. He has since deleted the post.
This is what passes for "for reals" news in an age when "fake news" gets so much attention. While people ponder whether Breitbart.com or DailyKos.com should be considered fake news sites, so-called legitimate news sites continue to run bogus stories like this one. Nearly all news outlets covering this scoop pose the question breathlessly to their readers or viewers: Is it real?
To give but one recent example, The Christian Post, a popular Evangelical Christian news site, ran the story on Sunday with the headline: "Angel or Demon? Social Media Users Debate Winged Figure in Arizona Photo.
The photo has been shared thousands of times over the past few days, the "news" covered by local and international sites including various Phoenix TV news stations, KTAR (92.3 FM), and many others.
"Whether someone actually opened the gates of Hell or if its photoshop we may never know," blared a January 4 USA Today story.
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
Do they have palm trees in Tucson?
It might be a new planted palm tree with a stake for support.
The Mothman Prophecies - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXcpwJbXT7o
Excellent, very scary, based on a true story, movie
/Idiots watch those ghost shows on TV and believe that nonsense so this is not surprising.
I’ve watched parts of a few of these shows. If they want to convince me, they have to stop going in these places at night and go in the middle of the day. Be bold. : )
New Times publications have to find something to drive clickbait traffic since they lost the prostitution traffic of Backpage...
The object has the appearance of a winged being in the distance.
It could actually be a bird, close to the camera to create the appearance of being large, at such an angle in flight to give it’s body the shape depicted in the picture.
I say it’s real, but just a bird.
Just wow! No human would trim a palm tree like that!
Hillary without her makeup?
Arizona Demon
I remember a tree in NE New Mexico that, in summer, looked like a big rooster. We always joked about seeing the “rooster” near the Oklahoma line.
Dated a young lady whose family had moved from rural Mexico to L A, and she told me of some peculiar things.
ROFL!!! LOL!!!!
FReepers are on a roll today with the jokes :)
Moth Man is a snowbird? Can’t blame him.
It’s moth man! Guard your stored clothing!
I tol’ you: statue.
:-D
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