Many people were baffled by the image, while others thought it was a hoax using Photoshop. The websitePlaystation Lifestyle thought the creature was a viral marketing ploy for the video game Resistance 3, but thegame's developer said it was joking when it made a post about the creature on its twitter page. The true nature of the picture can be found on the message board where it first appeared. Posters on the forum found multiple versions of the same image that had different timestamps, casting into doubt the image's authenticity. Another very similar picture also surfaced that showed a deer in place of the mystery monster. Ultimately,a blogger settled the matter once and for all by comparing the digital image data between the deer/monster pictures. The result: it's not an alien, nor a zombie, nor even a video game character, but only proof you can't always believe what you see on the Internet. Our mystery Louisiana swamp monster may be kind of creepy, but it's totally fake. Written by Christopher Collette, WTSP. />
