Dan Evon
Dan Evon worked at Snopes between October 2014 and July 2022. Evon is a Chicago-based writer who has been sifting through the sludge of social media since 2009. Prior to joining the editorial staff at Snopes.com, he was the editor-in-chief of Social News Daily, a senior writer for The Inquisitr, and covered motorcycle racing for All About Bikes Magazine.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
A set of images purportedly showing Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in a bikini actu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
An odd video purportedly showing a babysitter placing barbed wire around a crib was staged for a ...
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July 18, 2018
An entertainment web site published a fictitious article containing a fake quote ostensibly utte ...
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July 18, 2018
Drugging up and performing sex acts on dangerous reptiles is probably not an advisable means for ...
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July 18, 2018
A popular image seemingly shows Russian president Vladimir Putin aggressively pulling President ...
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July 17, 2018
A bizarre story posited that a Nevada morgue employee found an inventive way to combine two prom ...
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July 17, 2018
A young woman dressed in a "Stay Clear Boys" shirt supposedly exacted revenge on her overprotect ...
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July 17, 2018
An image purportedly showing accused Russian spy Mariia Butina in the Oval Office with President ...
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July 16, 2018
A flippant and fabricated article about a genuinely horrific subject is an example of the worst ...
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July 16, 2018
Years-old footage of a newscaster laughing was repurposed and shared as if it showed a reporter ...
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July 14, 2018
Rumors holding that MAPs (Minor Attracted Persons) created a pride flag in an attempt to join th ...
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July 12, 2018
An image showing a bear dangerously close to an oblivious fisherman was created for a Photoshop ...
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July 12, 2018
A photograph of a common piece of farm equipment was shared with false accusations concerning an ...
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July 11, 2018
Some viewers mistook a spoof trailer for a sequel to the movie "Forrest Gump" as genuine in June ...
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July 10, 2018
Images showing "melted" cars in are real, but the extreme heat came from a nearby construction f ...
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July 10, 2018
A meme created by a satirical Facebook page convinced some viewers that a fictional congresswoma ...
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July 9, 2018
An image graphic purportedly comparing how Obama, Clinton, Bush and Trump celebrated the 4th of ...
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July 9, 2018
Footage purporting to show 8 traffic accidents involving invisible ghost cars was the product of ...
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July 7, 2018
An image showing an optical illusion created with floor tiles is genuine, but it wasn't created ...
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July 6, 2018
The sartorial aspects of Gareth Southgate, manager of England's national football team, have dra ...
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