10 Megalodons Caught On Camera: Real or Fake?

10 Megalodons Caught On Camera: Real or Fake?

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The great white sharks are incredibly dangerous and are always ready to tear you or any other animal apart, even at the slimmest chance. But no matter how ferocious a great white is, it can never meet up with the megalodon - the most fearsome creature ever to stalk the ocean.

Megalodons are monsters that eat giant whales for breakfast and dolphins for dinner. But we humans are lucky as they went extinct more than 2 million years ago. However, recent evidence begins to state otherwise.

That's why in this video, we analyzed ten of the megalodons caught on camera to determine whether they're real or fake? Let's begin, shall we?

Number 10: The Beast of Brazil.

Seven years ago, the discovery channel aired a video during their annual shark week program of a rescue attempt by a group of coastguards off the coast of Brazil. The video showing an aerial view of the rescue process also caught something in the shadows - a very massive aquatic animal.

If you look very closely, you will find it at the top right corner of the video. The scientists purportedly shown in the video claimed that such a big animal could only have been a megalodon owing to its appearance and the size of the disturbance it caused in the water.

However, the disturbance is quite unnoticeable, and the quality of the video makes it hard to say with confidence what really lurked in the water back there. But the scientists looked convinced.

Although the source of this particular video was real and the claim was right about it being a product from the discovery channel, the video itself was dramatized. It was a fake documentary released by the channel to boost their viewership. So, this claim about the existence of a live megalodon was bogus! Sorry to disappoint you.
Number 9: The Nazi's Megalodon.

This video showing a section of a big white shark beside a U-shaped Nazi boat off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa was part of the documentary released by the Discovery channel. The distance of the fin from the tail shown in the video was about 64 feet. That's a whopping 19.5 meters! Just imagine what would be the actual size of the shark.

But the truth is that no such shark would have existed in our modern times. The closest we have to such a size could have been seen in whale sharks or sleeper sharks, which could grow up to 20 feet or thereabout.

So, the only explanation for that is nothing but a megalodon. But a megalodon found in South Africa beside a Nazi boat? Hmm, that's suspicious!

However, here's the thing. No such Nazi boat was reported close to South Africa on the date stipulated. Actually, this very video was recorded on the Atlantic Ocean. And guys, the Atlantic didn't have any megalodon. So, the video was a big… fake! Better luck next time.
Number 8: The Mariana Trench Megalodon.

Well, this video of a megalodon filmed in the Mariana Trench was also aired on the discovery channel. Although the two-hour video had a brief disclaimer of the fictitious nature of the video, it really got many viewers fooled.

The fish in this video was evaluated to be more than 40 feet long using the supposedly diving cage, which usually measures up to 10 feet long. However, the cage shown here was only a small bait cage that could have never been that long.

More so, this particular video was never recorded in the Mariana Trench; it was clipped off a recording in the Japanese Suruga Bay in 2008. Plus, if you sift through the video, you will not but notice how close the camera was to the fish, giving a false impression of its size.

Another notable fact is that the Mariana Trench, being the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, cannot support a fish the size of a megalodon. We mean, what would a Megalodon eat in a place with very few fish? So, we are glad to inform you that the video was a…hoax!

Number 7: The Meg Attack in South Africa.

In April 2013, a group of friends was recorded fishing on a hired boat off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. They looked happy and were catching good fun until all of a sudden, a giant fish attacked the ship, and they capsized. Their bodies were never received.

The search team dispatched to investigate the site discovered the wreckage of the ship with traces of shark bites. But the thing is, only one type of shark could have had the power and bite force to tear such a big boat in half - and that's the ancient megalodon!

However, the video of this incident was also part of the two-hour-long recording used to earmark the 2013 Shark Week on Discovery channel.

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