Gerald the dolphin is a made-up dolphin from a fabricated story that started going viral on social media in mid-March 2026. More details ahead.

If you scrolled through social media recently and saw an outlandish story about a Florida man claiming he was abducted by ...

Florida law enforcement and independent fact‑checkers confirmed a viral dolphin kidnapping social media story is fiction.

No, but I haven't ruled out the sea lions.