Footage of police cars invading a Miami mall has sparked rumors that “8-10 foot ghost aliens” are responsible for the massive police presence called to the mall.
Chaos erupted at Bayside Marketplace in Miami, Florida on New Year’s Day after a large group of “unruly juveniles” started a riot in the open-air mall.
Report Status that teenagers were setting off fireworks and causing panic among shoppers. The sound of the fireworks caused a resident to mistake them for gunshots, who called police to warn of a possible shooting.
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As a result, a huge swarm of police cars gathered around the mall around 8 p.m. that evening. Footage of the event went viral on social media days later, but not for the reasons you might expect.
Miami Mall ‘Alien’ Incident Goes Viral on Social Media
Several threads have now gone viral online as netizens claim that instead of teenagers disrupting the mall, it is “8-10 foot tall shadow aliens” who are responsible for the arrival of the police on the scene.
“Some witnesses report that 8-10 foot shadow beings were being shot at by people, while others were running away.” a viral message claims on Twitter/X. “The assumption is that people went into fight or flight mode.”
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Still others zoom in on one of the videos taken from the incident, with a pretending user to see a “gray creature walking between these police cars and the building.”
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However, more and more netizens are not convinced that aliens are responsible for the incident, and many are mocking this theory. in humorous messages.
Are Miami Mall Alien Rumors True?
So…were there really aliens at Bayside Marketplace? So far, no official report has claimed thisnor do they include purported witness statements about large shadowy creatures circulating online.
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Actually, Miami police have now refuted claims that aliens are on the rampage at Bayside Market. In response to a viral video apparently showing a shadowy figure, a Miami police spokesperson said: “What we see in this clip is the shadow of someone walking. If you look at the bottom of the shadow, you can see the person. No creatures.
Despite this, many social networks users are still convinced that the number of officers who showed up on the scene was “disproportionate to children fighting with sticks.”
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Reports from NBC Miami indicate that four teenagers were arrested following the riot for assaulting a man at the scene. Miami police say two of the teens face charges of “burglary from an unoccupied vehicle, grand larceny, battery and resisting a police officer without violence.”
