Real or Fake

[SLM]

Yes, but are these ones free?

Don't know. They could be the stoned masons. There's a certain freedom in that.

 

[petros]

Smokin'the Malawian

 

[skookumchuck]

Some peeps are real proud of being potheads.

 

[petros]

Because we don't blame it for bad genetics.

 

[Kathie Bondar]

Checked snopes couldn't find anything.

Checked Google news nothing.

What do you think? Real or fake?

Fake. You can clearly see the section spliced in on the right hand side just below the two figures and above the croc

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you don't say! Interesting.
What language do you write?

 

[gopher]

sell the skin off to make suit cases and footwear - that should be enough to feed the entire village for a month or more

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

What is with the carefully built stone wall and flat cement top in the desert of Africa?

That carefully built stone wall looks like its been there a tad longer than that croc.

 

[SLM]

That carefully built stone wall looks like its been there a tad longer than that croc.

Nah, the croc's real, wall's a fake obviously. Lol.

 

[petros]

Snopes gives it a "Probably True".

snopes.com: Zimbabwe Croc

 

[Nuggler]

There are Masons in Africa?

Used to be before ISIS. That's what's left of the Masonic Hall.

 

[petros]

The long hall?

 

[Praxius]

Fake. You can clearly see the section spliced in on the right hand side just below the two figures and above the croc

That's just an uneven rock the guy is sitting slightly off and behind which blocks his butt.... that part wasn't Photoshopped.

Either that or someone took the time to painstakingly blend the grass over his body to perfection... which doesn't make much sense.

 

[bill barilko]

sell the skin off to make suit cases and footwear - that should be enough to feed the entire village for a month or more

It's young Crocs that are used for leather that old boy's skin is too thick to be useful.

 

[Praxius]

Snopes gives it a "Probably True".

snopes.com: Zimbabwe Croc

The perspective of the photograph also helps to enhance the apparent size of the croc, as the animal is posed in the foreground closer to the camera, while the crowd of onlookers appears to be seated several feet behind it.

Which is exactly what I said.

Trust me, I'm a professional.:twisted:

 

[skookumchuck]

That carefully built stone wall looks like its been there a tad longer than that croc.

True, and it and the Croc do not belong in that environment.

 

[bill barilko]

True, and it and the Croc do not belong in that environment.

How would you know?

Ever heard of Great Zimbabwe?

Click Here to educate yourself as to the rest of the continent.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Trust me, I'm a professional.:twisted:

That's what SHE said.