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Breaking news out of Florida: Lee County deputies reportedly arrested a man recently on the beach near the Sanibel Causeway. The unnamed suspect was found dripping wet and drawing detailed diagrams in the sand. He told officials he’d been kidnapped by dolphins, pulled under the surface, and forced to build an underwater city. The man said the Head Dolphin, “Gerald,” communicated with him through clicks, and found some way to help him breathe for several days. You can get more details in this TikTok video that’s been viewed over five million times in the last few days:
It turns out, unsurprisingly, that this story is false: no one was arrested (why would they be arrested, even if this did happen?); the incident never occurred.
A patient dolphin expert debunks these and other dolphin claims
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