Strange human like figure appears in the sky in Nigeria

[Alejo]

Hello everyone,

Just ran across this very odd news item. What do you guys make of this?

_http://buzznigeria.com/scary-human-like-figure-appears-zambia/

Apparently the "creature" or figure below appeared over the skies of a shopping mall in Nigeria. There's one another picture on the link above.

another link i found: _http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/03/panic-as-mystery-human-figure-appears.html

It was said to have been photographed in the sky above the Mukuba Mall in the city of Kite in north-central Zambia. The figure looks to be composed of a dark solid material rather than being made out of cloud formations themselves.

According to DailyStar, judged against the cars and buildings seen in the picture, the apparition would seem to be more than 100 metres long.

Zambian news outlets are reporting that eyewitnesses said the figure stayed in the sky for around half an hour, and seemed to be looking down on the shopping centre below it.

One eyewitness was quoted as saying: "We were shocked to see images that looked like a human in the clouds for close to 30 minutes. Some started worshipping but others ran away. It was so strange."

It suddenly disappeared afterwards.

Could this be a hoax?

Edit: Added quote from article and another picture.

 

[Phill4]

Optimistic Photoshop,
not optimistic a thought form or a window faller.
But if it is a window faller and their reality combines with ours , shouldn't they have wings to float since we share the same physic rules? or maybe there are others factors in this phenomena that makes such thing possible.
it also looks the same body position from both pictures which are taken from different angles if so may be a hoax?

 

[Gawan]

Interesting. My personal first vote would be that it is a fake since it resembles pretty much the Dementor figures from Harry Potter. Since it was seen over a mall more witnesses should have seen it and as well taking pictures or videos, which didn't happen so far and we only have two still images.

It is also mentioned on Sott:

https://www.sott.net/article/344343-Weird-human-shaped-figure-terrifies-locals-when-it-appears-in-clouds-above-shopping-centre-in-Zambia

 

[Windmill knight]

This video covers the human figure in its first few minutes, and it looks like it has been photoshopped from an original image of what appears to be some sort of kite. In any case it's quite clear it's a hoax:

https://youtu.be/RWUajpf19Jc

 

[Alejo]

This video covers the human figure in its first few minutes, and it looks like it has been photoshopped from an original image of what appears to be some sort of kite. In any case it's quite clear it's a hoax:

https://youtu.be/RWUajpf19Jc

Ahh thank you so much windmill Knight, it is quite clearly a hoax.

 

[miguel angel]

Ahh thank you so much windmill Knight, it is quite clearly a hoax.

Yeah. Even RT in Spanish was caught by the hoax, they've apologized about it though. (Like WaPo, Times, etc. usually do ;))

_https://actualidad.rt.com/viral/232527-panico-zambia-enorme-figura-humanoide-cielo

 

[Vulcan59]

FWIW, the picture of guy in the video above is not photo-shopped. :O

_http://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-spends-50000-on-plastic-surgery-to-transform-himself-into-genderless-alien.html