Fake “Fukushima” Giant Squid Photo Actually a Doctored Beached Whale Image

An image circulating shows a massive squid that allegedly washed ashore in California. The creature is said to have attained its size due to radiation from the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Is the photo real or fake?

The original photo, however, does not include the image of a giant squid, but that of a normal-sized whale which washed up on a beach in Chile in 2011. In an article entitled“Whale found dead in Chile,” 4thmedia.org (citing China Daily) in a report of the beached whale at the gulf of Arauco, in November 2011. The original image was included in the story.




Another Mysterious Giant Squid Discovered on Spanish Beach.
Is this the carcass of the mysterious and fabled giant skid Architeuthis Dux carcass? Who knows! But one thing is clear: beachgoers stumbled upon a huge, almost intact, and scary squid body on a beach of Cantabria, Spain on october 1, 2013.




According to newspapers, this ocean monster was about 30 feet and weighed nearly 400 pounds. It is now stored at the Maritime Museum of Cantabria.

Source: Wafflesatnoon , 4thmedia , Eldiariomontanes

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