{"id":654,"date":"2025-10-31T19:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timemachinevideos.com\/blog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2025-11-16T01:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:10:36","slug":"october-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timemachinevideos.com\/blog\/october-31\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day In YouTube, October 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Loch Ness Monster Video Going Viral<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Published on YouTube: October 31, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Mystery Object:<\/strong> The clip shows a mysterious, long object moving &#8220;slowly and methodically&#8221; through the freezing waters of <strong>Alaska<\/strong>  The footage was posted by Alaska&#8217;s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The American Nessie:<\/strong> The video immediately sparked speculation that it could be the <strong>American version of the Loch Ness Monster<\/strong>, dubbed the &#8220;China Chomper&#8221; by some locals <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Absurdity:<\/strong> The news segment highlights the absurd guesses, including one local speculating it could be a &#8220;<strong>zombie salmon<\/strong>&#8221; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Reveal (and the Hoax):<\/strong> The ABC news anchor, Gio Benitez, mentions that while many believe it&#8217;s a monster, a biologist suggests it&#8217;s merely a <strong>frozen rope<\/strong> . Crucially, the employees at the BLM admitted to <strong>&#8220;doctoring&#8221; the video a bit<\/strong>, adding dramatic music and adjusting the speed, without changing the core object shown <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This video went viral because:<\/strong> It capitalized on the Halloween spirit with a mystery that was quickly debunked but fun to debate (and slightly manipulated for better views). It&#8217;s Internet gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Loch Ness Monster Video Going Viral\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEyO3LNA1v4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University \u2018security guard\u2019 shows off moves in dance routine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>10,981,174 views Oct 31, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University \u2018security guard\u2019 shows off moves in dance routine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtyLzb98agw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paramore: Decode [OFFICIAL VIDEO]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>580,979,578 views Oct 31, 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paramore: Decode [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RvnkAtWcKYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<button onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/timemachinevideos.com\/', '_blank')\"\n            class=\"share-button\">\n         Watch more viral videos  Through the years\n    <\/button>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@paramore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@heraldsun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Loch Ness Monster Video Going Viral Published on YouTube: October 31, 2016 This video went viral because: It capitalized 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