A photo being shared online shows a man tossing his dog into the ocean, with a caption claiming that he killed his dog for attention. Today we’ll take a closer look at this photo and the story behind it.
The photo is real, but the caption is not.
On Facebook, the photo is being used by so-called like collectors – page admins who post controversial photos and ask them to be shared or liked. This is done to increase a page’s popularity. A caption we spotted with this photo read:
This man drowned his DOG for attention
How much slaps can he get?
1 like= 10 slaps
1 share = 50 slaps
We have already discussed these pathetic attempts at gaining likes in an article from 2012 entitled, Does 1 “Like” Really Equal 1 Punch or 1 Prayer?
Aside from the obvious attempt at gaining Facebook likes, we wanted to look into this photo to determine its veracity.
We were ...
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