'Thousands' of Americans voted for Harambe and now people are freaking out

Donald Trump's shock election win has already left a lot of people in a fragile state this morning.

And now widespread Twitter rumours that Americans decided to vote for Harambe yesterday have just tipped a load of them over edge.

It started when photos started to emerge of voters writing the slain silverback’s name onto ballot papers.

not mine but i saw it om facebook pic.twitter.com/10hgDUno2g — Jeffrey Hernandez (@Mexicanabanana) November 9, 2016

Then rumours of Harambe's massive electoral mandate took off after this US journalist's tweet.

Over 11,000 people voted for Harambe. Harambe is a dead gorilla.

Those 11,000 votes would have saved our country. #ElectionNight — David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) November 9, 2016

And then it didn't take long for people to start really freaking out.

11,000 Americans voted for Harambe...they woke up, get dressed & voted for a dead animal. Trump is the least of some of your worries — Jack (@J4CKMULL) November 9, 2016

I mad at people that voted wrote in harambe like seriously this isn't s joke https://t.co/bWbNnVvuaL — PoeTayToe (@ChrisChari) November 9, 2016

Fuck everyone who voted for Trump, Harambe, Harry Styles, and any others. This is not a joke. — gordon ramsay stan⁷ (@triviastrip_) November 9, 2016

It's unlikely that thousands of people did vote for Harambe; even if they did, it wouldn't have affected the result, as some have claimed.

But we still despair.