Funnel or scud?

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I was looking through some old photos, and I found what may or may not be a funnel. It looks like it, but back then, I didn’t know too much about weather back then so I couldn’t confirm rotation, (but there may have been), and stupid me didn’t record. Can you guys help me out to tell whether it’s funnel or just some scud or weird looking cloud? Date is June 19th, 2021 and location is Monument, Colorado. I have attached below the SPC outlook for that day, a picture of a storm that occurred 40 mins earlier, and the potential funnel. Thanks in advance!83D4E2DE-14D9-4D2B-B7B5-85D2EFA82F89.jpeg5CD483DD-D862-4503-9324-043B3533771D.jpegE3A344A7-7CB2-43B8-86F4-E5263342E9D4.jpeg
 
Gotcha. I figured if it was a funnel, it was a non-tornadic circulation, as I don't remember any warnings that day. I put the SPC outlook there to give a reference of how favorable it was for thunderstorm and supercell formation.
 
Funnel cloud or just a funn...y cloud?!

There were two storms in Monument (45 mi south of Denver) on June 19, 2021.

The first one around 1:30 pm (local time) and the second one around 6:15 pm.

I checked the reports for that day and that area.
At 2:05 pm there was one mPING report of pea-sized hail 5.5 mi east of Monument.

[mPING = meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground; mPING is a project of NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and the name of a crowdsourcing weather reports app.]

According to Texas Storm Chasers website: "Funnel cloud, hail, lightning, storm structure and wind from storms near Last Chance, Colorado to McCook, Nebraska! A little bit of everything on June 19, 2021."
[Last Chance is 74 mi east of Denver]
 
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