The Mexican president has been mocked after he shared a photo he said was of an elf-like forest creature. It has been reported Business Insider India.
On February 26, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador posted on his Facebook account an image of a dark creature with bright white hair and eyes sitting in a tree. twitter.
“I’m sharing with you two photos we took while observing the work on the Maya train: one taken by an engineer three days ago, apparently alux; Another by Diego Prieto is a magnificent pre-Hispanic sculpture in Ek Balam. Everything around is mystical,” the president signed the photos.
In Mayan mythology, the alux are reported to be small, elf-like creatures. According to the beliefs of some peoples from the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala, the legendary alux, like elves and fairies in European folklore, are mischievous creatures that live in forests and fields and sometimes play pranks on people.
Journalist Mauricio Schwartz responded to the tweet, informing the president that the image had actually appeared on social media as early as February 2021.
“If you believe that, you’re stupid. If you know you’re lying, you’re malicious,” said the journalist.
Obrador’s tweet went viral in Mexico and received a confused and sarcastic response. It has been viewed more than 7 million times so far.
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