Some people logged onto their computers Thursday morning and discovered an amazing story circulating on social media. Showcased was an image of a monstrous giant squid that had washed ashore on a Southern California beach (top photo).

The story, published by the Lightly Braised Turnip website, blamed leaking radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan for growing oversized sea creatures. Remarkably, some people believed the story, which quoted experts who don’t really exist.

As of early Thursday afternoon the story, from a website that produces more than its share of parody, had been Facebook “liked” more than 97,000 times.

Reads one of many comments: “The ‘gift’ that keeps on giving: Fukushima.”

Hope we will learn from these,rather than rolling out matchets and buckets...

more pics of other sea creatures,affected by the radiation

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first pics is photoshop

Suidward... Sponge bob

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