No, a Shark Isn’t Swimming Down a Houston Freeway
This Internet hoax needs to swim away.
REUTERS/Hugh Gentry / Reuters
There are two things one can expect every time a hurricane hits the United States: lots of water and people tweeting this dumb photo of a shark “swimming” on a freeway.
As Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston over the weekend, leaving millions trapped as floods overtook the Texas metropolis, people on the Internet began re-circulating a poorly photoshopped image of a “shark” swimming alongside cars.
Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6
— Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017
The photo made its debut back in 2011 when Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico.
WOW!!! Amazing RT @DamoneRoberts: THERE'S A SHARK IN THE STREET. Hurricane Irene. Puerto Rico http://t.co/ldjoPvf #bcXI
— Jillian Barberie (@askjillian) August 28, 2011
Then resurfaced in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy.
shark on the highway in #jersey.... #hurricane #sandy pic.twitter.com/mT6IK2Ty
— MAN® (@MinhajNazeer) October 30, 2012
And once again in 2015, when Houston experienced severe flooding and when Hurricane Joaquin hit South Carolina.
Just a shark swimming on the streets in Houston 😳 pic.twitter.com/PWfaZfHixw
— Jake Schlager (@schlager_jake) May 30, 2015
Okay guys, there's literally a shark swimming on Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. This flood ain't playing. pic.twitter.com/kqm11o6g3x
— Krislynne Stowe (@krislynnestowe) October 4, 2015
The Washington Post reported in 2011, Reddit users found the mysterious photo had similarities to a photo of a shark lurking behind a kayak in a 2005 issue of Africa Geographic.
Thus proving Landshark is not real.
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