Short sellers have increased bets against SpaceX to 206 million shares (32% of publicly tradable float) as the stock has declined post-IPO, with short-sellers profiting approximately $5 billion from the drop. The headline uses colorful language ('going hog wild') but the underlying facts — massive short interest surge and significant stock depreciation — are confirmed by CNBC, Business Insider, and Yahoo Finance. The framing emphasizes short sellers' gains over potential company fundamentals driving the decline, and omits Elon Musk's public warnings to short sellers about their survival odds, which adds context about the adversarial dynamic.