Electric Forest releases statement on “severed finger” photo

by: Robyn Dexter Jun 28, 2017

“Not everything on the internet is real.”

Repeat until it sinks in.

Following the first weekend of Electric Forest, a mysterious photo made its way around Reddit and various social networks of a seemingly severed finger on the ground. The photo, clearly pulled from Snapchat, featured a ridiculously realistic-looking finger, complete with blood, dirt and nail polish, in the grass. During campground clean up, someone found the finger, and rumors that the police were involved swirled all over the internet.

Lucky for all involved, the finger turned out to be a hoax. The festival sent out a statement that Michigan State Police found that it was just a very realistic looking finger, and no one is missing a digit.

Michigan State Police have confirmed that the “finger” pictured in an image being circulated is just a “very real looking fake finger.”

— Electric Forest (@Electric_Forest) June 27, 2017