A video shared on social media in November 2023 confirmed a cat strolling in snow-covered Florence, Italy.
“Weather forecast say snow is anticipated on Tuscany in these hours. This is what Florence seems to be like with the snow,” a Nov. 26, 2023, submit from @rainmaker1973 on X (previously Twitter) learn, purportedly displaying a cat strolling on a building ledge in a snow-covered Florence, Italy.
Weather forecast say snow is anticipated on Tuscany in these hours. This is what Florence seems to be like with the snow.
[📹 panigattidelgolfo]pic.twitter.com/HzNhJ7ntbr
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 26, 2023
“Cat’s not leaving footprints within the snow,” one X person commented and tagged us, claiming it was an “apparent pretend.”
The submit additionally redirected to another video with a distinct caption: “Florence in winter. A cat in a pink knit walks alongside the railing of a B&B terrace close to the cathedral and Giotto’s bell tower. Looks like he is frightened concerning the sky.” (We translated it from Japanese utilizing Google Translate.)
The @rainmaker1973 video of a strolling cat was genuine however was initially posted greater than a yr earlier, in January 2022, by the @panigattidelgolfo Instagram account devoted to 2 Bengal cats. La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, even revealed an article in February 2022 about the identical cat seen within the in-question video, with the title, “La Spezia, Leo and Felicien, the social media well-known cats discovering Italy.”
To examine whether or not the video truly confirmed “what Florence seemed like with the snow,” we examined the white-colored parts seen within the footage. We seen {that a} key building within the recording was the Baptistery of St. John in Florence, Italy. However, as Google Maps indicated, its roof is off-white in colour.
(Instagram account @panigattidelgolfo and Google Maps)
In the viral recording, that off-white coloration seems to have been enhanced with the usage of an Instagram filter (possible “Gingham”) to look snow-white.
(Instagram account @panigattidelgolfo)
Moreover, the @panigattidelgolfo Instagram account published an image of the identical scene with the caption, “Cat with a view,” displaying that off-white building coloration.
In different phrases, it turned evident the floor the cat was sitting on was not coated in snow however was the building’s off-white colour.
(Instagram account @panigattidelgolfo)
In sum, the video appeared to point out a snow-covered Florence due to the accompanying social chatter and a filter utilized to whiten the roof’s colour, however there was no snow. We subsequently have rated this declare as Miscaptioned.
