{"id":54917,"date":"2015-08-18T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/?p=54917"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:46:22","slug":"top-10-fake-scottish-photos-that-went-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=54917","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Fake Scottish Photos that went viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <a title=\"ScotClans - Scottish Clans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\">ScotClans<\/a> we have a very active Facebook group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/scottishclans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Clans and Families<\/a>, it&#8217;s been going for many years now and has nearly 28,000 members. Over the years we have seen many photos of Scotland come in that have proven to be fake. So here are my top 10 (ish), enjoy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>10. A lovely drive in the Scottish Highlands?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55319\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/loch.jpg\" alt=\"Not a lovely drive in the Scottish Highlands\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a lovely drive in the Scottish Highlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where this is &#8230;. Ladybower Reservoir from Bamford Edge,Derbyshire, ENGLAND (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ladybower_Reservoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ladybower_Reservoir)<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55321\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/loch2.jpg\" alt=\"The Real One in England\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Real One in England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Notice the real photo has been manipulated to make the gentle hills look more like mountains.<\/p>\n<h2>9. An Old Settlement in the Scottish Highlands?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55324\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/little.jpg\" alt=\"Not Scottish Castles\" width=\"515\" height=\"430\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Scottish Castles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55326\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/pena.jpg\" alt=\"Pena National Palace\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pena National Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where this is &#8230;\u00a0Little Castle in The Lakes at Pena Gardens, Pena Palace, Sintra, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. \u00a0They are in the gardens and are only tiny.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprising this one gets shared all the time as if you do a google images search for &#8216;Scottish Castle&#8217; it&#8217;s right there on the first page.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprising this one gets shared all the time as if you do a google images search for &#8216;Scottish Castle&#8217; it&#8217;s right there on the first page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>8. Purple Forest, Scotland?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55330\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/purple.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Forest, Scotland?\" width=\"300\" height=\"453\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple Forest, Scotland?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55332\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55332 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jacaranda-Tree-Tunnel-Sydney-Australia.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Forest, Scotland?\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple Forest, Scotland?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where this is &#8230;. Jacaranda Tree Tunnel, Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n<h3>7. Romantic Scottish Bridge?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57970\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Not a romantic bridge in Scotland\" width=\"550\" height=\"637\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a romantic bridge in Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where this is &#8230;.\u00a0Tzielefos\u00a0Bridge, Cyprus.<br \/>\nTzielefos Bridge is one of the medieval bridges situated between Elia and Roudia bridges. The path towards the particular bridge goes towards a dense pine forest, over Arminou dam, past Pera Vasa picnic site (a huge dry tree trunk of the Pera Vasa pine exhibited here), and continues through \u201cSaouris\u201d farm belonging to Kykkos monastery, past the Cave of Saouris, \u201cMita\u2019s pen and near the vultures\u201d observation point.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Winding Rocks in The Scottish Highlands?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55340\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rocks.jpg\" alt=\"Not Winding Rocks in The Scottish Highlands\" width=\"236\" height=\"354\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Winding Rocks in The Scottish Highlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>where this is &#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55339\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spain.jpg\" alt=\"Winding Rocks - Spain\" width=\"236\" height=\"354\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winding Rocks &#8211; Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barrica, SPAIN<\/p>\n<h3>5. Fairy pools, Skye?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55343\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fairy1.jpg\" alt=\"Fairy Pools, Skye?\" width=\"300\" height=\"447\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fairy Pools, Skye?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>where this is &#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55344\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fairy2.jpg\" alt=\"Shotover River in New Zealand\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shotover River in New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shotover River in New Zealand, where the vegetation is a normal shade of green. The vivid purple color is photoshopped.<\/p>\n<p>Also labelled as The Fairy Pools:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mexixo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mexixo-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Wrongly labelled &#8211; this is Mexico.<\/h3>\n<p>Also this one has been doing the rounds &#8230;. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fairy2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"647\" \/><br \/>\nThis is a place in Jamaica called Noisy River.<\/p>\n<p>4. Kilchurn Castle?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55315\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kilchurn.jpg\" alt=\"Not Kilchurn Castle\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Kilchurn Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The real Kilchurn Castle &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55347\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kil.jpg\" alt=\"Kilchurn Castle\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kilchurn Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>3. Gerard Butler being all Scottish?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55335\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gerard.jpg\" alt=\"Gerard Butler The Highlander?\" width=\"508\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerard Butler The Highlander?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>what this really is &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55337\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/not-gerard.jpg\" alt=\"Not Gerard Butler\" width=\"300\" height=\"473\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Gerard Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>2. Definitive proof of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55350\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/monster1.jpg\" alt=\"Loch Ness Monster?\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loch Ness Monster?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>what this really is &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55351\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/monster2.jpg\" alt=\"Not much of a monster!\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not much of a monster!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>fibreglass hump used in a National Geographic film<\/p>\n<p>A Scottish skipper Nessie Hunter IV, George Edwards finally made the limelight after producing an image of a mysterious dark hump moving in the water towards Urquhart Castle. The picture quickly went viral and presumably Edwards, who insisted: &#8220;I&#8217;m convinced I was seeing Nessie as I believe in these creatures,&#8221; got a lot more customers wanting to visit the loch.<br \/>\nGeorge later revealed it was all a big hoax &#8211; and what he&#8217;d actually photographed was a fibreglass hump that can be seen in 2011&#8217;s National Geographic film The Truth Behind The Loch Ness Monster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why should I feel guilty for having a bit of fun?&#8221; the indignant 61-year-old said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where would Loch Ness be without the world&#8217;s best known forgery? These so-called experts come along with their theories about big waves and big fish, and their visitor centre, but I&#8217;m sick to death of them.<\/p>\n<h3>1.5 Glencoe \/ Skye<\/h3>\n<p>Seen this labelled as both Glencoe and Isle of Skye but this is a composite image. \u00a0A cut out bridge \u00a0over a reversed image of the mountain range at Glencoe then heavily manipulated. The cutout bridge is a free stock image, download it and have your own Ye Olde Bridge (<a href=\"http:\/\/oilusionista-stock.deviantart.com\/art\/Cutout-Old-Bridge-275093367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/oilusionista-stock.deviantart.com\/art\/Cutout-Old-Bridge-275093367<\/a>)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58866\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bridge1.jpg\" alt=\"A bridge to no where\" width=\"500\" height=\"521\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bridge to no where<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58871\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/bridge2.jpg\" alt=\"Ye Olde Bridge gets in the way a bit at The ScotClans Office\" width=\"495\" height=\"342\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye Olde Bridge gets in the way a bit at The ScotClans Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>1.75 Hermitage Bridge<\/h3>\n<p>We often see this picture shared in out Facebook group, labelled Hermitage Bridge:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58872\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/herm1.jpg\" alt=\"Not Hermitage Bridge, Scotland\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Hermitage Bridge, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Where this really is:<\/strong> The Gorge De L\u2019areuse in Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>This is the real Hermitage Bridge in Scotland:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58873\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/herm2.jpg\" alt=\"The real Hermitage Bridge in Scotland\" width=\"880\" height=\"616\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The real Hermitage Bridge in Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>1.8 Abandoned Scottish Village<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/abandon.jpg\" alt=\"abandon\" width=\"321\" height=\"485\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Where this really is:<\/strong><br \/>\nMovie set in Germany. (Hansel &amp; Gretal).<\/p>\n<h3>1.81<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61890\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fake1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fake1.jpg\" alt=\"Cairngorms really?\" width=\"500\" height=\"762\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cairngorms really?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where this really is:<\/strong> this is The Dalsnibba Mountains in Norway. See: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalsnibba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalsnibba<\/a>.<br \/>\nCairngorms look like this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cairn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cairn.jpg\" alt=\"cairn\" width=\"628\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>OK I Give Up &#8211; there are way more than 10.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lighthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" \/>Not Angus &#8211; this is Foz do Douro, Porto, Portugal. \u00a0The Bell Rock Lighthouse looks quite different. \u00a0But alas this has been shared over 5,000 times.<\/h3>\n<h3>1.82<\/h3>\n<h3>Beautiful Scottish Red Heads?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/red-hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"960\" \/><br \/>\nWe see this one shared all the time, either labelled as Scottish or Irish. In fact this is a photo taken in the Netherlands. A beautiful photo by Igor Borisov \u00a9. &#8220;Mare D&#8217;Inverno&#8221; for Vogue Bambini.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1.83 \u00a0 St Kilda at night???<br \/>\nNope<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64425\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kilda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"759\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not St Kilda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>This is a photo with dark room techniques &#8211; an image by Atomic Zen. It&#8217;s Mount Cradle in Tasmania.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1.835 \u00a0 Castle Island Scotland?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a Castle Island in Scotland, just not this one. \u00a0This is a picture of\u00a0Castle Island, Lough Key, County Roscommon, Ireland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64504\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/castle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1.84<\/h3>\n<h3>Can&#8217;t miss this one out &#8211; see it shared all the time &#8211; this is not Sean Connery but a look-a-like Dennis Keogh:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62077\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/notcon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"661\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is an impressive likeness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1.Wild haggis (Haggis scoticus)?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55356\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/haggis2.jpg\" alt=\"Wild haggis (Haggis scoticus) \" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild haggis (Haggis scoticus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What this really is &#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/danger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/danger-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Danger Internet Hoax\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At ScotClans we have a very active Facebook group: Scottish Clans and Families, it&#8217;s been going for many years now and has nearly 28,000 members. 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