Stories of massive sea monsters lurking beneath oceans have enamored mankind for ages, and stories of such creatures often hog the internet and social media. The Loch Ness monster, Yeti, Godzilla, aliens, and the latest to grab headlines on the internet is the legendary Leviathan!
A viral video has sent the internet into a frenzy, claiming to show the legendary Leviathan sea monster lurking beneath the ocean. The clip soon became viral and has been shared on multiple social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
The supposed video is touted to be Google Earth imagery and shows the huge and gargantuan creature swimming near tourist boats. The video has evoked curiosity, awe, and fear in equal measure. So, is it the first confirmed visual of the gigantic creature? Has the mystery of the legendary Leviathan monster finally been solved? Read on to know the truth about this story.
Internet sleuths went on an overdrive to solve the mystery of the sightings of the Leviathan monster. A reverse image search of the footage finally led to the discovery that the satellite images were genuine, but the sea monster featured in the footage was completely fabricated.
The footage was linked to viral accounts notorious for sharing digitally altered content to create unnecessary hype. Mapping specialists quickly debunked the claims and uncovered the fact that the sea monster was a product of clever editing techniques, with clips from Godzilla movies cleverly amalgamated onto real Google Earth data, creating a chimera of a terrifying deep-sea predator.
This is not the first time that viewers have been misled into believing something fake and fictitious.
In the past, several videos were posted on social media featuring the fictitious Godzilla, giant squids, and mysterious deep-sea creatures.
The gullible public had been led to believe these stories, only to learn later that they were doctored videos.
The oceans do hide innumerable mysteries in their depths, and it is often stated that we know more about the surface of the moon than about the ocean depths.
Such fake content creators often make use of the paucity of knowledge about the oceans to lead the public to believe in these fake narratives.
Having said that, mankind is indeed trying to fathom the depths of the oceans and learn more about the creatures that prowl in its depths.
U.S. deep-sea researchers are investigating new reports of the sighting of the Leviathan sea monster, and scientists are exploring whether the ocean depths conceal undiscovered species of this size.
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