Snowball the Monster Cat

This photo began circulating around the internet in early 2000. A caption explained that the cat was Snowball, an 87-pound behemoth whose mother had lived near a nuclear power plant. In reality, the cat was named Jumper and was normal-sized. Its owner created the image as a joke to share with a few friends, never realizing that the joke would spread beyond his control and end up being shared by millions of e-mail users.