My takeaway: someone at DNR has a sense of humor?
Wildlife and public safety officials, including Monroe County’s Coroner and the state’s Dept. of Natural Resources, were forced to combat online disinformation this week after a Facebook post, claiming an ancient, man-eating turtle lurked inside Lake Monroe, received over 15,000 shares.
The claims, shared from an account named Kevin Goodman, were initially posted around 8:45 p.m. Sunday night.
“Forensic scientists at Purdue University announced today that the decapitated human remains discovered in Lake Monroe last week appear to have been the result of a gruesome attack by a giant snapping turtle, potentially the largest ever recorded,” Goodman wrote.
The post goes on to describe the work of fictional Purdue biologist Dr. Eric Paddlejack, whom Goodman said believes the turtle to be 9 feet in diameter and around 300 years old.
The DNR division also posted a meme along with the debunking.
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Wildlife and public safety officials, including Monroe County’s Coroner and the state’s Dept. of Natural Resources, were forced to combat online disinformation this week after a Facebook post, claiming an ancient, man-eating turtle lurked inside Lake Monroe, received over 15,000 shares.
The claims, shared from an account named Kevin Goodman, were initially posted around 8:45 p.m. Sunday night.
“Forensic scientists at Purdue University announced today that the decapitated human remains discovered in Lake Monroe last week appear to have been the result of a gruesome attack by a giant snapping turtle, potentially the largest ever recorded,” Goodman wrote.
The post goes on to describe the work of fictional Purdue biologist Dr. Eric Paddlejack, whom Goodman said believes the turtle to be 9 feet in diameter and around 300 years old.
The DNR division also posted a meme along with the debunking.
‘Totally fabricated’: Officials debunk viral post about a 9-foot, man-eating turtle in Lake Monroe
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — According to Indiana DNR officials, Hoosiers can rest easy knowing that there is not a 9-foot, 300-year-old snapping turtle eating visitors at Bloomington’s Lake Monroe, d…
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