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Recently a photograph went viral on the social media forum, which showed a large catfish of 736 pounds. According to the sources the catfish was 170 years old. This catfish was claimed to be the world’s largest and oldest catfish. In 1902 an Alton resident Red Mudger claimed that he saw a large Mekong catfish in the river of Mississippi. No one was ready to believe on him and He spent his whole life in proving that a monster Mekong catfish does exist. But at the end, he failed to prove himself right. According to a story, which was published on a website RiverBender.com on 1^st April 2016. The fisherman Kato Mudger caught that monster catfish which was discovered by his grandfather Red Mudger. He said that, he caught a monster Mekong catfish with the help of 13 other men. The website also showed some pictures of a man standing with a dead big catfish.

It is important that it was published on 1^st April and because it was not published on any mainstream media channel, it was a clear indication of prank to celebrate April Fool day. The image was not real, it was photo shopped and altered. The catfish in the image was a regular sized catfish that can grow up to 5ft and weigh up to 120 pounds. The effect of big catfish was created with a photoshop software, by putting a man’s torso in a flat angle along with the catfish. That makes the catfish looks like a giant Mekong catfish. According to the National Geographic Channel a Mekong catfish can weigh up to 770 lbs and grow up to 9ft. But the fact is that such type of catfish is not discovered yet in real. All the news and stories are proven false about the discovery of a monster Mekong catfish.