Nuclear Fuel Spill? (power, publisher, crash, website)

[sargentodiaz]

Thanks to Blogger Gunny blog, got links to this story:

For the second time in recent months, a giant sea creature has washed ashore in California. First it was a rare oarfish that had grown to a freakish 100-foot length. This time it was a giant squid measuring a whopping 160 feet from head to tentacle tip.

These giants look different but experts believe they share one important commonality: they both come from the waters near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the Futaba District of Japan.

Scientists believe that following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant an unknown number of sea creatures suffered genetic mutations that triggered uncontrolled growth – or “radioactive gigantism.”

Could this be the thing Jules Verne wrote about over a century ago? Or, is it really the result of radioactivity in the ocean? And, if you should find a tuna big enough to feed a city, call the Coast Guard with a phone number listed. Read the story @ FAKE NEWS: Giant Squid Found in California - Urban Legends

[Asheville Native]

Someone has seen too many 1950's era sci-fi movies.

[beninfl]

Clearly a hoax. Consider the source, a "news" website called, of all things, "Lightly Braised Turnip."

Consider, too, that source's "publisher's statement," which includes among its so-called "guiding principles" the vow to "never be satisfied with merely printing news but also create news where needed."

That this is indeed an instance of "created news" is borne out by the absence of all mention of this newsworthy incident in legitimate media sources, local or national. And by the fact that the image above purporting to document the impossibly huge 160-foot giant squid is, in reality, an altered version of an Oct. 2013 photo showing a real, though much smaller (30-foot-long), squid found washed up on a beach in Spain. (As a reference point, the largest giant squid ever recorded was 43 feet long.)

Finally, for good measure I looked up a couple of the "experts" quoted in the Lightly Braised Turnip article, Santa Monica Parks Manager Cynthia Beard and Santa Marino College biology professor Martin L. Grimm. Unsurprisingly, neither exists.

(I didnt write any of this above, I copied and pasted it).

[harry chickpea]

In related news, the calamari market has crashed due to an overabundance of supply, forcing "pink slime" to make room for a seafood alternative. Fast food restaurants are rolling out new and tasty sandwiches and treats like Squid McNuggets, popcorn squid, and mushroom squid burgers. Scientists are scrambling squid eggs in search of a Kosher squid for local delis.