A bizarre claim about dolphins kidnapping a man to work on an underwater construction project is false ...

A story about a Florida man claiming he was kidnapped by dolphins and forced to build them an underwater city tore across ...

If you scrolled through social media recently and saw an outlandish story about a Florida man claiming he was abducted by ...

Gerald the dolphin is a made-up dolphin from a fabricated story that started going viral on social media in mid-March 2026.

A Florida man kidnapped by dolphins? How a satire post tricked social media — and forced the sheriff’s office to respond.

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"Disclaimer: No dolphins were harmed in the making of this rumor." ...

Ireland's biggest diving and watersports show, the annual event is being hosted again this year by Lough Derg Sub Aqua Club. As always, a key attraction of Diving Ireland Expo is the speaker lineup, ...

A bizarre claim about a Florida man allegedly abducted by dolphins in Lee County has taken social media by storm. With ...

A viral post claimed that Ricky Hollowell, a 33-year-old man, was found on Sanibel Causeway by the police. As per the post, Hollowell seemingly stated that was kidnapped by dolphins.