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| - A rumor that musician Ted Nugent sent $2 million worth of heavy machinery to Chimney Rock, North Carolina, following Hurricane Helene circulated online in October 2024. A Facebook post by America's Last Line of Defense Facebook claimed the musician said, "They can keep it as long as they need it." The post added, "Not all heroes wear capes."
(America's Last Line of Defense Facebook page)
One person shared the post and wrote, "A true hero." Another user who shared the claim added, "More people like him should be doing this."
An article by the Dunning-Kruger Times expanded on the claim, adding:
Ted Nugent has really come through for the people of Chimney Rock. According to sources near Wichita, The Nuge is sending $2 million worth of heavy equipment from his ranches in Montana, Upstate New York, and Iceland to help rebuild the roads in and out of town.
"He's sending 11 excavators, 14 tractors, and a push mower," said the guy from Witchita who told us the story, "He's also lending them a half-dozen beluga whales from the Iceland ranch. He doesn't really own them, but they are his friends."
While some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as fact, there was no evidence of Nugent sending heavy machinery to Chimney Rock, and no credible news outlet reported on the claim.
The rumor originated with the article by Dunning-Kruger Times and the America's Last Line of Defense Facebook page, which are part of a network of websites and social media pages that describes its output as being humorous and satirical in nature.
The introduction on the Facebook account's author page reads: "The flagship of the ALLOD network of trollery. Nothing on this page is real." Meanwhile, the "About Us" section of Dunning-Kruger Times states, "Everything on this website is fiction."
The fictional story about Nugent spread as recovery efforts continued in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, which devastated parts of the southeast U.S. Snopes has fact-checked a variety of claims related to the storms, including reports that former President Donald Trump donated $25 million to relief efforts, author Nicholas Sparks predicted Hurricane Helene in a new novel and that President Joe Biden said the government would not be providing any further aid to victims.
Snopes has also addressed similar satirical claims created by the America's Last Line of Defense network in the past, including the assertions that Kid Rock shipped millions of dollars of supplies to areas affected by the hurricanes, that he and Jason Aldean were donating proceeds from a tour to storm victims, and that the Red Cross said conservatives donate 78% more than liberals.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.
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