In the past few months, when the coronavirus pandemic shook the world, numerous conspiracy theories about the virus came to light. Almost all of them are ridiculous, but this revelation is on another level. Check out this hilarious yet satisfying story about Captain America predicting the pandemic, back in 2011.
While some people claimed that a patent for the virus was filled by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2015, some others claimed that the virus reached the Earth on an asteroid from space, which makes no sense at all. That’s not the end, though. Some people suggested snorting cocaine, drinking silver, and injecting disinfectant as treatments for the deadly virus. However, this claim from a Captain America fan is both funny and unique.
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A scene of the 2011 movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” features an advert of some sort of beer behind Captain America’s right shoulder, and an image of a ‘virus’ behind his left shoulder, at New York city. This real scene from the first ever Captain America movie is clearly nothing more than a conspiracy, but has taken over the internet.
A friend who’s fully into the covid conspiracies sent me this post that says Captain America predicted the coronavirus outbreak in 2011, and while its obviously bs, I started fixating on that circled image on the right. pic.twitter.com/N4XywDTZEx
— William Mullally ? (@whmullally) June 11, 2020
At the time of the release of the movie, and before an actual pandemic ruined its branding, corona beer was fairly popular, explaining the image on the right. But the image on the left was what that was digging up everyone’s curiosity.
I enlisted my friend Wes for help, who found a clearer screenshot and zoomed in and it felt even more familiar but we couldn’t quite place it. pic.twitter.com/Qe2Cx5G3q8
— William Mullally ? (@whmullally) June 11, 2020
William Mullally, a former TV critic, decided to search more about this weird conspiracy, and understand what the hell was actually going on. And he didn’t disappoint , as he revealed some awesome clarifications about it.
I started watching random YouTube videos and looking for images from April 2011 in Times Square. No clear view of the poster. Wes started scouring Bing and google street view. pic.twitter.com/wyPExDL1QB
— William Mullally ? (@whmullally) June 11, 2020
Initially he thought that the billboard was a cover from ‘Divergent’, but they weren’t compatible. Then he somehow got a clearer image which was more easily identifiable. Although they searched among the other films released during the same time, they couldn’t quite place it. Then he started to watch YouTube videos around Times Square in 2011. When he still couldn’t find a clear view of the poster, he resorted to search Bing and Google street view.
We recognized the logo and the color scheme. We cracked the case. pic.twitter.com/VeOKPdxZNE
— William Mullally ? (@whmullally) June 11, 2020
His efforts finally paid off, as he was able to reveal the actual picture which turned out to be a spaghetti advertisement, and crush the daydreams of the baseless conspiracy theorists.
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