claim: Hurricane Irma created a cloud formation that resembled an ominous face.
origin: On 11 September 2017, the web site EBUZZ.buzz posted a video on its Facebook page it described as the â€œFace Of Hurricane Irma !â€: The clip quickly went viral, amassing millions of views. But it is neither footage from Hurricane Irma â€”Â which was downgraded to a tropical storm hours after the video was posted â€”Â nor footage shot in Florida, the Caribbean, or in any location affected by the storm. As of 14 September 2017, this video â€” as well as one purportedly showing crabs swarming on a road because of the storm â€” has been pulled from EBUZZâ€™s Facebook page. In fact, the footage of the unusual cloud formation was originally shot in the Canadian town of Grand Falls, New Brunswick and posted online on 1 August 2011 by Denis Laforge. Laforge can be heard in the clip saying: < A face. A face. Holy frig. > After the video began spreading online, he said: < I really wanted to be neutral when I put the video on YouTube. Iâ€™m not saying it was Godâ€™s face, the devilâ€™s or any other. Iâ€™ve gotten comments that people have seen the villain in Harry Potter. I havenâ€™t seen the last movie of the series so Iâ€™ll go see that for sure. > EBUZZ has recycled at least one more piece of footage and passed it off as something showing the effects of Irma. On 9 September 2017 it posted video of a double tornado, claiming that it was shot â€œliveâ€ in Florida. In reality, the video was posted in June 2007, and it shows two funnel clouds near the Italian island of Elba in August 2006.