That viral 'lost city in the Amazon' story from last month got me thinking

I saw this post going around about a hidden civilization discovered by satellite in the deep jungle. It sounded amazing, so I dug into the original sources. Turns out the 'city' was just a bunch of natural rock formations that some guy misinterpreted back in 2022. I spent 3 hours cross-referencing geological surveys to figure that out. Has anyone else traced a fake news story back to its original source and found it was way less exciting?

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alicer532h ago

Oh, I remember that story. You said it was from last month, but the original satellite misinterpretation actually got big around late 2021 or early 2022. I spent a similar chunk of time digging into it, and yeah, it was just weird rock shapes and some old tree roots. Those geological surveys really help, but it's a shame how quickly a boring truth gets drowned out by a cool-sounding lie.