A giant 50ft crab has allegedly been photographed lurking in the shallow sea waters along Whistable harbor in Kent, England.
The undated image appeared on Weird Whistable, a website dedicated to “phantoms, mysteries, tall tales and artifacts” with the following byline:
Giant Crab
Crabbing is a popular activity for children during the summer. Does this satellite photo of the harbour reveal a giant crab or unusual sand formation?
The picture of “Crabzilla” is curated alongside other “photographic evidence” of the “unnormal,” such as a giant eyeball washed-up on a beach (or maybe a Kraken?), a sea serpent apparently splashing about on the water, an ice mountain created by the frozen sea in 1940, and the paw print of a winged monkey.
All of which looks like the curious invention of an excitable imagination.
Kent Online has a slightly different quote taken from the site, which has (sadly) apparently been taken down:
The website reads: “This shocking image of a giant crab under a popular crabbing spot in Whitstable was taken last weekend.
“The boys were unaware of the danger, but as several passersby shouted to them, the crab slipped silently away under the water, into the dark, sideways.”
Like a Boy’s Own story, it’s always more thrilling when there are people at risk of a hidden, deadly danger.
The online paper is (rightly) skeptical quoting graphic artist Ashley Austen, who said:
“The image of the giant crab can be quite easily recreated in Photoshop.
“All the ‘artist’ had to do is find a suitable image of a crab, overlay it on to the satellite picture of the harbour and apply a few filters to it to get the realistic look.”
The fact Weird Whistable is selling prints of its “unnormal” curiosities says it all…
Crabzilla is already making headlines across Britain’s TV news channels and tabloid newspapers including the front cover of the Daily Star….
STAR FRONT PAGE: "Crabzilla" #skypapers pic.twitter.com/lHiF8Z1Nki
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 13, 2014
The Star also has a report on the number of Brits scared of zombie attack:
Being attacked by zombies is scaring us to death.
Research by company One Poll, has revealed that fear of the undead is on the rise in the UK.
The poll, which was commissioned by makers of The Evil Within, showed that 27% of the population admitted that they’ve considered what to do if there was a zombie attack.
And 11% of bonkers Brits have even taken the extreme steps of working out an actual survival plan.
One terrified resident, Matthew Hall-Turner, 29, from Cheshire admitted: “I’ve thought long and hard about what I’d do in light of a zombie attack, I think my best bet would be pretending to be one of them, walking really slowly, then escaping when the opportunity arises.”
Who said journalism is dead…?
