20 February 2009
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An impossibly long serpent has been spotted in Borneo, prompting the question: What are your favourite examples of picture fakery?
The Daily Telegraph reports today that a 100ft (30m) snake has been spotted lurking in a river in Borneo, "sparking great concern among local communities".
The photograph used to corroborate this story shows a wiggly snake-like object (as drawn by a pre-school child with their first green felt tip) creating a suspicious amount of wash as it rips through the Baleh river.
An unnamed member of an unnamed disaster team monitoring flood regions on the South East Asian island allegedly captured the image while hovering over the Baleh river in a helicopter.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/feb/20/borneo-100ft-snake-stretches-truth
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