“Image of a cycle embedded into a tree, which was left behind a young boy going off to war in 1914”
What FACTLY found
According to various news reports, the bicycle was of Don Puz, a local resident of Vashon Island, and he’d probably left that behind back in 1954. Multiple news articles have reported the same. Experts have rejected that a sapling grew over the bicycle by swallowing it, rather they opined that the bicycle was hung onto to a well grown tree, which over the years grew over it
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.