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'Borneo Monster' Photos Proven Fake

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(March 14) - Suspicious images that emerged last month showing what some believed to be a legendary giant snake in Borneo have been proven to be fakes.
The Daily Mail reported that the image below had sparked local villagers' fears that the mythical Nabau, a 100-foot-long serpent, had returned. But online investigators tracked down the real photo, identical to the image that created a frenzy but without the serpent figure.
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Scientific American talked to a Kansas librarian who was one of many to reveal the hoax. Nathan Chadwick explained that by using the reverse search engine TinEye, which crawls the Web for pixels that match an uploaded image, he was able to locate the original photo. According to many Web sites, the original image shows the Congo River in Africa, not the Baleh River in Borneo.
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A second photo that the Daily Mail included in its story was actually found to be an image that was entered in a 2002 hoax contest.
When AOL posted an earlier story about the photos and questions over their authenticity, 55 percent of those answering a poll said they believed the images did in fact show a 100-foot-long snake.
It would appear the Borneo monster is just a myth, but there are some giant creatures who share our world. Click through the photos below to see some of the recent ones discovered.
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2009-03-14 12:54:29
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PBond3

06:53 PMMar 14 2009

NoShoremn says: "One hoax doesn't mean that the snake doesn't exist." So I have a few questions for you, NoShoremn: 1) Do you believe in the tooth fairy? 2) Would you believe the image of the Virgin Mary appears on the inside of my garage door if I show you a photo depicting such? 3) Back in late Dec. 1999, did you stock up on 3-4 days of food and water because the "Y2K Bug" was going to prevent you from shopping for groceries and turning on your water faucets? and 4) Do you rent furniture to own? My personal opinion is you will answer yes to at least 3 of those. "With all thy getting, get understanding."

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NewInterlocutor

06:50 PMMar 14 2009

Every time I try to be light hearted and make a joke CrossMark. One of you fringies punch me in the head. Call me a "fag" or a "hater" or any other number of middle school antics. I have tried to be funny. I have tried to speak common sense. I have tried to see things within perspective and have just had my brain and self confidence ripped to shreads every time. I am a walking joke to you and something to sweep under the rug to them.

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katicic414

06:47 PMMar 14 2009

its so fake get eyes!

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Smeagol5555

06:47 PMMar 14 2009

Loyaltv06:31 PMMar 14 2009THE FAKE US CITIZEN THAT WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, now that`s what I call a HOAX.----------------------------------------------yet again, the mindless conservative is able to find a way to drag Obama into a topic that he has nothing to do with.

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Snookhookr

06:45 PMMar 14 2009

55% of you thought that faked photo was real? Isn't that about the number that were fooled by Obama too?Idiots...........

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katicic414

06:45 PMMar 14 2009

wow that looooks really fake!

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dcc10n

06:45 PMMar 14 2009

Just as we said in the first release of this article by AOL, It is a fake because the creature would be about half a mile long. AOL should check before posting!!!!!

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FuiFk

06:42 PMMar 14 2009

EES ANY ONE HERE OVER 12 YEERS OLE ?

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NewInterlocutor

06:41 PMMar 14 2009

CrosMark5775 06:30 PMMar 14 2009 Newinter idiot. The blue kool aid refrennce has nothing to do with poisoned children . It is in refrence to Blue Sates and Red States. Get on the same page. Sorry for your ignorance. ///\\\ Ha! My "ignorance" seems to find you in every dark heartless crack you crawl in. I believe that like I believe this snake story or like I believe it when you far righties go around screeching about the end of days or when the far lefties... Do the same thing but with an exploding earth for sensationalism. If either of you tweedledumb or tweedledee reall cared you would find the solution to your problems is more complex than blue, red, armageddon, global warming. It's just a slap fest that niether of you can put down.

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LindseyBogue

06:39 PMMar 14 2009

maybe they are 2 different pictures, its possible.

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