A 400-pound woman suing the Paris Zoo after an escaped hippo attempted to rape her is fake news. There is no truth to a report that claims an obese woman had been attacked by an escaped hippo at the Paris Zoo and would now be suing the zoo for claims that the hippo tried to sexually assault her. If the story sound crazy and absurd that is because it is just a false and tasteless story.
Where did this fake news originate? The World News Daily Report published the fake news article reporting that an obese woman was almost sexually assaulted by an escaped hippo and now filing a lawsuit against the Paris Zoo. You can read the fake news below.
Paris | The Paris Zoological Park is being sued after a woman claims she was sexually assaulted by a hippopotamus that had escaped the zoo for only a few hours yesterday.
The large semiaquatic mammal apparently was able to slip out of its enclosure last night after massive flooding and a fallen tree severely damaged the security fence.
Geraldine Boudin, 54, owner of a bakery next to the Zoological Park, is suing the zoo’s administration after she claims she was sexually assaulted by the huge beast after she was returning home that night.
“At first I could not believe what I saw. I was terrified,” she told reporters.
However, there is no truth to the above story, according to Snopes. What was the problem with the story to make it false? For one thing the origin of the woman in the photo can be found here. In that story, the woman is actually Vilma Soltesz who passed away in 2012 after she was reportedly denied several flights back to the United States from Hungary due to her weight.
With regards to the hippo, that part is true in regards to a hippo having escaped from a zoo in Tbilisi, Ga. in June 2015 after a massive flood. The hippo was among a number of animals that escaped following that flood. The result was that most of these animals were put down. However, Snopes noted that the pictured hippo, named Beggi, appears to have survived the entire fiasco.
Here are some examples of people sharing the fake news on social media.
400-POUND WOMAN SUES PARIS ZOO AFTER ESCAPED HIPPO TRIED TO RAPE HER https://t.co/AiQrFz88EA
— Steve E. Henderson (@KapnHowdy) January 30, 2018
400-pound woman sues Paris Zoo after escaped hippo tried to rape her https://t.co/2tiyrbASuv
— Pauly (@aapaul69) January 29, 2018
Finally and most importantly, World News Daily Report carries the following disclaimer:
WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle.
What did you think of the fake news that an obese woman had sued the Paris Zoo after an escaped hippo tried to rape her? Did you believe the fake news or see people sharing it falsely on social media? Let us know in the comments section.
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