Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a student who identifies as a cat.
The photos show a young woman wearing costume cat ears. In one of the images, she appears to be crawling on her hands and knees.
"This is a young lady who is exceptional (sic) bright, her family petitioned the school board for right to 'identify as a cat," reads part of a Sept. 23 Facebook post featuring the images. "She is non verbal and she crawls around making cat like noises and the school is perfectly fine with this behavior? I understand WHY my daughter home schooled our grandchildren."
The post garnered more than 1,000 interactions in less than two weeks.
But this post tells a story that simply didn't happen. The photos are from 2016 and show a Norweigan adult who is capable of speaking, not a non-verbal, school-aged child.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment.
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