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I looked at a number of the pictures and I have no skin in this game but I'm not convinced. Many of the matches don't seem to actually be matches. One of the first for example - the lock of hair doesn't match any part of her hair and it's not crazy to think she may have brought some type of prop on a photo shoot.

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The image of the photographer is the least compelling bit of evidence.

But two different parts of a mountain range that can't appear in the same shot with that perspective is not convincing? Really?

Ever heard of tectonic plates? Those mountains are practically ripping around like they’re on a go-kart track, who knows where they’ll appear in photos.

This is the first I've encountered these pictures. I don't know anything about snow leopards but I've got tens of thousands of hours clocked in photoshop. Zooming way in on that supposed lock of hair could easily be a rumpled leather of a backpack or some other type of case. Even if it was altered, it could have been a distracting, unimportant element removed, like a colorful water bottle or something, without making it fake. The accusations are so forcefully presented that it seems like the author is trying to bluster their way through self doubt more than convince others.

take a look at the later images that demonstrate geographic and topological features that do not match reality. The photos are all composites.

How do you propose she moved those mountain ranges such that they could appear together like that? To a layman like myself, it seems impossible.

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