Re Bill Morris comment, if you are referencing shadow size the Horse shadow is small also so that explanation is not evidence of photoshop. It seems most explanations of this image have been led by people's opinion that the image "can't be real" then they look for evidence to support their opinion rather than just looking for the truth.
Bottom line who cares if the image is real, it's not impossible but so what! One way or another we'll never know unless the people in the image come forward with the dog and they obviously aren't interested in doing that. Good for them! Incredible how possible can that be a dog like monster? Posted by wester suah on Tue Jul 07, at AM. The story of the Hercules came to light around , when a giant of a purebred Mastiff dog named Hercules was awarded the distinction of being the current largest living dog.
This distinction was granted by none other than the famous Guinness Book of Records. It doesn't mean that Hercules was the biggest dog ever to live, but that he was recognized as the heaviest alive at that time. As the story goes, Hercules' owner John Flynn of Peabody, Massachusetts was talking about his massive Mastiff with a friend one day. John had mentioned that he weighed about pounds himself, and that his dog outweighed him.
A young acquaintance named David Delauri, just nine years old at the time, overheard this comment and became quite intrigued by the idea of big dogs in general. Naturally, he turned to a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records to find out how Hercules the English Mastiff rated among the competition.
Imagine young David's astonishment to learn that the current record holder listed was another Mastiff that weighed in at pounds. Of course, the wheels in David's head began to turn, and after convincing John Flynn that Hercules might be a records contender, the dog was taken to the vet, where it was confirmed that the Hercules the Mastiff weighed a whopping pounds and had a 38 inch neck circumference.
Although he hadn't surpassed the previous record holder in actual weight, that dog had passed away. As a result, Hercules became eligible for the title of largest living dog. The records were sent to Guinness for consideration. After confirming their authenticity and comparing them to other applicants, Hercules was declared the new largest living dog and entered into the record book. It's funny how people can take a little bit of fact and run with it.
Sometime after reports of Hercules' record setting status, pictures purporting to be him began to circulate on the Internet. The most notable was an image that showed a man and a woman walking side by side, one holding the reins of an average looking horse, the other holding the leash of a giant Mastiff-type dog. Many people actually believed that this was a true image of the Hercules the Mastiff and his owner. It would have been amazing it that was true, but it wasn't.
In the first place, the dog used in the digital photo was a Neapolitan Mastiff, a totally different breed. In the second place, even a Neapolitan doesn't reach the proportions of the dog in the photo, since it appears to be three-quarters of the size of the horse. When you consider the average horse weighs around 1, pounds, this was clearly impossible. The image was a hoax, but a fun one that fooled a good deal of people.
Another image shows the same scene from the rear:. Top Fact Checks. View all. Most Searched. Main Menu.
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