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Originally posted by TopRamen66
Jesus Christ! I totally though that was real untill I hit "QuickQuote" and saw the url from UrbanLegends.com
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you should have done what I did and checked out the site to see what they had to say about that image:
"Comments: Interestingly enough, there really was a record-breaking blue catfish caught in Lake Texoma, Texas in January 2004 — but this isn't it. The above photo, circulating via email since February 2004, appears real enough, but we have no information about its origin or the two hearty fishermen struggling under the weight of their monstrous catch (see update below).
Urban legend has it that man-eating catfish the size of Volkswagens have been sighted near the base of dams by maintenance divers (whose hair reportedly turned white from the shock of it), but the largest specimens ever actually caught in the United States have weighed in at under 150 lbs.
Update: Ownership of the above photo has been claimed by angler Lucas van der Geest, who reports catching the 187-pound wels catfish near Po, Italy in 2003."
long story short: that pic is real