On Feb. 21, 2020, information reviews circulated about a 9-year-old boy with dwarfism named Quaden Bayles who had acquired emotional and financial help from various celebrities and on-line do-gooders after he was bullied in school for being “ugly.” Comedian Brad Williams arrange a GoFundMe for Quaden and rapidly rose greater than $300,000.
But some netizens had been suspicious of this feel-good story and claimed that Quaden was really 18 years previous and that he was scamming the web for cash. Proponents of this declare, nevertheless, supplied little when it comes to proof. In truth, the largest piece of supporting “evidence” is {a photograph} of the 9-year-old boy standing subsequent to the quantity 18. Other pictures supposedly displaying the 9-year-old boy in additional “adult” poses had been additionally unfold on-line:
It would possibly come as a shock to some, however standing subsequent to a quantity doesn’t mechanically change your age to that quantity. In that very same vein, carrying a shirt studying “Gucci” or standing subsequent to an grownup lady will not be actions solely reserved for 18-year-olds.
The above-displayed footage all come from Quaden’s beforehand public Instagram account. The {photograph} of the quantity 18 was one in all a number of he posted after his buddy Garlen’s 18th celebration. In one {photograph}, a birthday message for “Garlen,” not “Quaden,” is clearly seen.
It also needs to be famous that this isn’t the primary time that Quaden Bayles has made the information. In 2015, he was within the media highlight as a result of a earlier bullying incident.
While one could possibly argue that 9-year-old Quaden appears like he’s 18, it’s a bit tougher to purchase the argument that the 4-year-old within the above-displayed video is definitely 13.
Yarraka Bayles, Quaden’s mom, has posted dozens of images of him over time to her social media accounts. In 2012, she shared a sequence of pictures that confirmed her toddler son on the seashore. Bayles commented on these pictures that her son was happening 15 months previous.
If Quaden Bayles was really 18 years previous in February 2020, that will make him about 11 within the 2012 pictures. But that actually isn’t the case.
