"Storm clouds as they appeared over Kutztown University on Wednesday," read the caption accompanying the photo on the May 31, 2019, article. The image of the clouds during a storm, meanwhile, came from the website of The Patriot-News, a newspaper based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The upper half of the album art was created by Derek Riggs and the bottom half by digital artist Steve Stone. The grinning, skull-like face in the altered image comes from the cover design for Iron Maiden's album " Brave New World." The album was released on May 29, 2000. USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment. Special access for subscribers! Click here to sign up for our fact-check text chat "That's awesome, I am stealing this." wrote one commenter.īut the image, which has circulated for more than a year, has been doctored. It combines art from a heavy metal band's album cover with an image of a 2019 storm in Pennsylvania.
The post was shared over 6,000 times within a week. "Look at the detail of this picture," the poster continued. "My sister Sam Lumley took a picture of this today in lake village Arkansas while I was fixing her roof," claims the Dec. Tornadoes and severe weather swept across Arkansas and other states in December, leaving more than 70 dead.Īn image on social media purports to show a skull face formed by clouds during the storm.
Watch Video: Tornado tears apart homes in Arkansas The claim: Image shows a skull-like cloud formation in the sky in Arkansas