Woman Calls Out Her Own Sister for Faking Instagram Snap, Goes Viral
You might be able to fool the Internet, but as one Florida woman found out the hard way, you’d better hope your sister isn’t around when you’re doing it. Your little lie might just go viral.
Casey Sosnowski recently posted your typical, inspirational hiking photo to her Instagram. Athleisure wear on point, the Lake Okahumpka Park and Trail beneath her feet, nature-loving caption locked and loaded. “Nature is the ultimate healer to all our problems,” wrote Casey, adding #NatureLover for good measure.
Just one teensy problem. As her sister Carly pointed out in a now-viral Twitter post, this nature scene was captured in their backyard. “My sister said she was going hiking…” wrote Carly on Twitter, “this is our backyard.”
My sister said she was going hiking…..this is our backyard. pic.twitter.com/LDGhAHNSSp
— ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕠𝕤𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤𝕜𝕚 (@carlysos3) August 4, 2019
The little piece of sibling rivalry has since been liked over 274K times and retweeted over 40K times, and people poured into the Twitter replies to laugh at the situation, especially if they have siblings of their own and can relate to this kind of thing:
— ITS_CHEROKIE (@Autumn13Me) August 5, 2019
She brought a water bottle 😂😂😂😂😂 people will do anything for likes
— bcas (@bcas25) August 5, 2019
Sometimes you have to throw your sibling in the pit for some clout 😂
— Daryl (@TFA_Daryl) August 6, 2019
Your sister is a marketing genius
— BMac (@bmacxh) August 4, 2019
Eventually, Casey herself replied and the duo had a good-humored back and forth about their sudden Internet fame:
I feel personally attacked
— 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 (@caseyrsos) August 4, 2019
How was your hike?
— ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕠𝕤𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤𝕜𝕚 (@carlysos3) August 4, 2019
Good thing you brought your water bottle to stay hydrated 😂😂
— ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕠𝕤𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤𝕜𝕚 (@carlysos3) August 4, 2019
Before updating the original Instagram caption to read: “Did I go hiking? No. Is this my backyard?…… Maybe😉”
Plenty of people are speculating in the comments that this was a marketing stunt, but with only 4,000 followers to her name and no products to hock, it seems the Sosnowski sisters really didn’t intend for this to blow up. Whatever the case, it’s a good lesson in skepticism.
The next time you see a hiking photo on Instagram, you’ll think twice; the next time you try to fake your own photo, you’ll make sure your siblings are far away.
(via Fox News)
UPDATE: Since people are asking about the difference in her top from one photo to the next, here’s the explanation from Carly:
She took the white tank top off… the sports bra is under it
— ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕊𝕠𝕤𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤𝕜𝕚 (@carlysos3) August 4, 2019