One of the drawbacks of the Interweb is how some very gullible people take as a fact everything that is posted, especially if it fits in with what they would like to believe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/11-weirdest-hoaxes-of-2014-including-huge-crabs-a-triplebreasted-woman-and-blackeyed-kids-9942935.html