The Quint rated the claim “A 15-foot snake crawls out of the ground to protect Gautam Buddha's statue from the rain in Nepal.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “A 15-foot snake crawls out of the ground to protect Gautam Buddha's statue from the rain in Nepal.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Captured 2026-09-13 from The Quint. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.