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title: "Zardulu: Urban Legend Maker or Giant Hoax?"
description: "Explore the mysterious world of Zardulu, the masked artist behind viral sensations like Pizza Rat and Selfie Rat. Was she a solo mythmaker or a collective hoax?"
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/zardulu-urban-legend-maker-or-giant-hoax.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/zardulu-urban-legend-maker-or-giant-hoax.md.summary.md
---

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Explore the mysterious world of Zardulu, the masked artist behind viral sensations like Pizza Rat and Selfie Rat. Was she a solo mythmaker or a collective hoax?
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