Florida Man Kidnapped by Dolphins to Build an Underwater City

A Facebook story that went viral claimed Lee County deputies found a soaking-wet man on the Sanibel Causeway drawing blueprints in the sand and insisting he’d just spent three days underwater working for a pod of dolphins on some kind of submerged real-estate project. The plans reportedly included condos, a town square and a recreation center, which is how you know the story was either satire or the most Florida thing ever created. The man supposedly said the dolphins communicated through clicks, that their foreman was named Gerald, and that he had wisely learned not to question Gerald (which, frankly, is solid workplace advice for any species). The only problem: none of it was real. Authorities said the incident never happened, the deputy named in the post does not exist and the whole tale was made up, depriving Florida of what would have been its first documented case of dolphin-led mixed-use development.

Our Billionaires Are No Biggie

Kenneth Feld and Pat Neal both made Forbes’ “World Billionaire List” again this year. Feld is chairman of live touring entertainment company Feld Entertainment (think Disney On Ice and Monster Jam), and ranked 1,676 on the list, with an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion. Neal, the founder of Neal Communities, which has built 25,000 homes in the region, is No. 3,017, with an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Impressive, but then again, No. 1 is Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, and he’s worth $839 billion. And the list is getting crowded. Forbes reported that, thanks to AI investment, more than one billionaire a day was added to the planet in 2025.

Just in Time for Spring Break

A couple who headed out for the wholesome beach pastime of shell collecting on the south end of Longboat Key stumbled onto a large, foul-smelling bone that looked like the start of a true-crime podcast. The husband, a former ER nurse, took one look and thought, “Human tibia!”—which is a real mood-killer on a nice day by the water. Police sent photos to a medical examiner, who confirmed it was not human, allowing everyone to exhale and return to their beachcombing. The UFO-hunting crowd has yet to comment.