Claim: An image circulating in July 2026 authentically showed surveillance footage of a gorilla named Julius screaming for help after his human caretaker collapsed. Rating: About this rating FakeIn July 2026, an image circulated online that supposedly showed security footage of a gorilla screaming for help after his "favorite caretaker" collapsed. Snopes readers contacted us to ask whether it was an authentic image of a gorilla and his caretaker or a digital creation. (Facebook user StoryTime, illustrated by Snopes)(Facebook user StoryTime, illustrated by Snopes)As such, we have rated the image as a fake. The image also included timestamps common on screenshots of surveillance footage — but credible surveillance footage is almost never as high quality as the picture of the fake gorilla.