Police swarm mall after shoppers claim they saw '8ft alien shadow creatures'
Teenagers brawling at a mall in Miami managed to spark rumours of huge shadowy aliens being seen.
Cops swarmed the area in a bid to get the situation under control, but rumours abounded around X (formerly Twitter) and other social media platforms that the police weren't there to handle the rioting teens, but rather "eight-10ft tall shadow aliens". Official say that officers were there to deal with a group of about 50 teenagers at Bayside Marketplace Mall in the city.
The young miscreants are said to have run through the corridors shooting off fireworks, damaging stores and starting fights. But the conspiracy theories took off after an aerial video of the incident, taken from outside the mall, shows dozens of police cars sitting outside the venue with sirens blaring. Some people estimated that there were as many as 60 police cars.
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Police arrived to get a group of teenagers under control (CBS)And according to an amateur video posted online, there are moments when a big "creature" could be seen in plain sight standing in front of the entrance to the shopping mall, causing many online conspiracists to post their takes on exactly what happened. A TikTok user called @auntie_coolette went viral, citing "multiple witnesses" who claimed to have seen "creatures who stood 8-10 feet tall walking outside and inside the mall".
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And another user, @sosa.pippen, in a now-deleted video, said he heard gunshots and then saw a "big ass shadow" but that was also solid, "disappearing and reappearing" while getting closer. And there were plenty memes to go round too, with one X user posting: "I don't know if the rumours about the aliens at the Miami Mall are real but I do know I never seen this many police in one place," while another said: "Everybody have cell phones, but nobody have an up close video of the 8-10 foot alien by the Miami mall?"
Cops swarmed around the mall, but not to arrest aliens (CBS)According to CBS News Miami officer Michael Vega reiterated the circumstances regarding the altercation between 50 juveniles, adding: "There were no aliens, UFOs or ETs. No airports were closed no power outages," followed by a face-palm emoji. And the president of Miami's Downtown Neighbours Alliance, James Torres, said the massive police response was because a resident mistook the fireworks as gunshots, and reported an active shooter.
He said: "Some officers were heavily armed and approached the crowd displaying high-powered rifles, reflecting the fact that officers were initially erroneously told the situation involved an active shooter." While there are no reports of any aliens being in custody, four teens were arrested and by 4.30 am the road was reopened and traffic was flowing smoothly, according to authorities.
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