A One Direction fan who sparked outrage around the world over the last few days when she claimed she killed her pet Chihuahua in a fit of rage because the British boy band did not respond to requests to follow her on Twitter - is a hoax as many had suspected.
近日，一位One Direction粉丝因为声称如果One Direction成员不关注她就杀死自己的宠物狗吉娃娃，该消息在网上引起公愤。该消息后被证实为恶作剧。

The woman sent a desperate tweet to the five singers from her @illumivato account two weeks ago saying: 'Follow me or I'll break my dog's neck'.
两周以前，一位女人用名为illumivato的twitter账号向One Direction五位成员发送一条孤注一掷的消息——“关注我，否则我就掐断我的狗的脖子！”

The post was accompanied by a picture showing someone pinning a dog to the ground by its throat.
消息下面还附了一张照片，有人用手掐住了狗的脖子，将其按在地上。

But with millions of tweets being sent to their account everyday, the group very likely did not spot the message and it went ignored.
然而由于每天有数百万条信息发给该组合，成员们似乎没注意到这条信息。

Several days later, she wrote directly to band member Liam Payne on the social networking site to say: 'I love you. Follow me. My dog has just died.'
几天以后，该女子直接在社交网络上发消息给One Direction成员Liam Payne，消息写道：“我爱你，关注我吧，我的狗刚死了。”

She added a picture that she claimed showed her crying as she cradled a dead dog.
消息下面同样附了一张照片，她声称照片上她正在边哭泣边抚摸着死去的狗。

But that image has been widely used by internet users to create memes on Spanish speaking sites since June - a full month before @illumivato had claimed to have killed the dog.
但是这张照片已经从六月起就被西班牙与网站用户广泛使用，也就是说是在illumivato声称杀掉狗狗的前一个月。

It appears to have been part of a trend in Mexico where Facebook users have been posting bizarre pictures on social media to get comments under the hashtag #palface, short for 'pone al Facebook', or put on Facebook.
这似乎是墨西哥Facebook用户的使用习惯——在社交媒体上发一些奇怪的照片，并加上主题标签“pone al Facebook”来求评论。

The image usually has the words 'lol se murio mi perro' written across it, meaning 'lol (laugh out loud) my dog died'.
这张照片上通常会配上文字“lol se murio mi perro”，意为“大笑，我的狗死了”。

Many internet users were appalled to think that someone could really kill the dog - but many will be as equally outraged to think that anyone would find the hoax remotely funny.
很多网友对于真的有人去杀狗表示很震惊，但也有很多人气愤地表示没人会觉得这种恶作剧搞笑。

Other Images that were reportedly taken from the @illumivato page before it was suspended show animals in blenders and a small child tied up.
在这位名为illumivato的主页被禁之前，人们还看到动物被塞在搅拌机和小孩被捆绑的照片。

Each comes with similar messages threatening to kill them if the boy band didn't follow her on Twitter. Another image that the same user posted of a cat in a blender is easily available on Google images too.
每张照片都配有差不多的文字，威胁说如果One Direction不在twitter上关注她就把他们杀掉，另一张小猫被困搅拌机的相同照片也能在谷歌图片里轻易找到。

Retrieved tweets from the account also show similar threats were sent to Lady Gaga and Barack Obama.
该账户恢复后的twitter信息里也有发给Lady Gaga和巴拉克·奥巴马的威胁信息。

Fans of the band, known as 'Directioners', branded her a 'psycho', with one setting up a petition on demanding she be imprisoned which now has around 3,000 signatures.
One Direction的粉丝们怒斥此人是“神经病”，有人在网站上请愿将此人投入监狱，目前该请愿已得到3000个签名。

The identity of the troll has not been revealed however and it is not even clear whether that person is even a man or a woman.
该ID的真实身份尚未确定，大家甚至不知道此人是男是女。

Mya Fhya, who set up the petition, said: 'This person needs to burn in hell and I want to see justice.'

One Direction has not yet commented on the incident.

建立该请愿的Mya Fhya说道：“此人应被打入地狱，我想看见公正。”One Direction尚未对此事发表评论。

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