Earlier in the day we happened to notice a photo that was posted on Facebook with the credit for the photo given to one Ryan Hoke. If you are not familiar with Ryan Hoke he is a stormchaser. You can read more about him by clicking here.
The photo that was posted is the following:
Now, folks this is a spectacular photo that Ryan Hoke captured!
The problem lies in the fact that after this photo was posted via Twitter and then someone on Facebook posted it (though crediting Ryan) ..Self Proclaimed Kevin Martin had a news story about this photo..
This was said in that news story along with the photo..
"Ryan Hoke of MSU sends this picture of what looks like something out of a sci-fi movie"
The above leads the reader to think that Ryan Hoke sent this photo into theweatherspace.com or AKA Kevin Martin.
So, we decided to contact Ryan Hoke and we sent him the link where we originally found the photo on facebook and we also sent him the link to the story on theweatherspace. And we asked him if he sent this photo to Kevin Martin.
And as you can see we got this response…
Ryan Hoke
show details 11:46 PM (41 minutes ago)Thanks!
He did not ask my permission and I did not send it to him. I posted it freely on Twitter for people to see and repost, but I would've liked a heads-up before he posted on his blog.
Since that time ..Kevin Martin has changed the wordings around in that article..
Ryan Hoke of MSU sends this picture on Twitter of what looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. We didn't know what it was so we asked our meteorologist.
Big difference between the first print of the article where he implied that it was sent to him and now saying it was sent via Twitter.
Once again Kevin Martins been caught in fraudulent actions and we ask that you keep your eye open if you are a stormchaser or just a weather hobbyist because this type of thing could happen to you!
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