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Netlore Archive:  Emailed image purports to show the 'hands of God' in a cloud formation associated with 2004's Hurricane Charley

Description:  Email hoax
Circulating since:  2003
Status:  False
Analysis:  See below
 

Email contents contributed by N. Walker, 5 March 2003:


Fw: The Hands of God - Awesome picture

My nephew Patrick sent this picture and note.

A friend of mine sent this photo of a cloud formation in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. I think it is awesome and needed to be passed on. I truly hope that all of you will be able to view it.


Emailed picture purports to show the 'hands of God' in a cloud formation associated with 2004's Hurrican Charley


Comments:  False. This image, obviously doctored, had already been circulating for at least a year when the current version, which claims it's a snapshot taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, began making the rounds in late August 2004. Its actual origin is unknown, though some believe the picture is a humorous homage to obscene images found on the infamous shock Website Goatse.cx.


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Sources and further reading:

Hurricane Charley: 40,000 Ordered to Evacuate in Florida
CNN, 13 August 2004


Last updated: 09/07/04


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