**Viral Snippet: *The “Longview Time Loop” Hoax – Did a Local High School’s Yearbook Predict the Future?***
**Claim:** A 1993 yearbook from R.A. Long High School in Longview, WA, allegedly contains a “prediction” of the fatal 2023 Amtrak Cascades derailment. The rumor, circulating wildly on TikTok and Reddit, points to a single photo caption that reads: *“The track’s a mess – better take the bus.”* The caption is paired with a photo of a student in a train conductor’s hat.
**Verdict: FAKE.** Fact-checkers with The Daily News (Longview) confirmed the caption was a seasonal joke about a muddy football field, not a premonition. However, the viral frenzy is real—locals are now buying up old yearbooks from thrift stores, and a “Longview Time Loop” Google Doc has gone viral with alleged “other predictions” (all debunked as cherry-picked phrases like “test results are delayed”). The hoax has even spawned a parody “Time Loop Tour” bus, which is, in reality, a 1995 school bus turned into a taco truck.
*Bottom line: The only thing looping in Longview is the same rumor every six months.* 🛑🐛