McDonald’s told VERIFY images appearing to show a Baphomet satanic Happy Meal are fake. The images were made with artificial intelligence.are sharing an image of what appears to be a McDonald’s Happy Meal box. On the box, there’s an image of a black-bunned burger and McDonald’s signature arches. The text across the meal box says “Baphomet.” A figurine of a horned beast with wings wearing a pentagram belt is posed next to the box. , the Happy Meal box comes with a Baphomet plush toy.
A McDonald’s spokesperson confirmed to VERIFY, “This is a fake image. This is not a McDonald’s product.” VERIFY also searched McDonald’s website and found no products that resemble the satanic-themed meal boxes seen in any of the images or videos shared across social media.We conducted a reverse image search to find the earliest instance of the image with the dark “Baphomet” meal box online and traced it to aVERIFY reached out to @AmericaReal3 to confirm whether they are the original creator of the AI images but did not hear back at the time of publication.
VERIFY took a closer look at the image and noticed a few indicators that it could be fake. For example, Happy Meal boxes usually come with a handle on top that resembles the McDonald's"M" logo, the arches on the side of the box are misshapen, and the “m” in the “Baphomet” text on the box has an extra line.team works to separate fact from fiction so that you can understand what is true and false.