Circulating video supposedly shows a bungee jumper having his head bitten off by a crocodile as he reaches the water.
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‘Japan’s Fireworks Best in the World’ Video is A Digital Simulation
by Brett M. Christensen July 23, 2018This video, which appears to depict a spectacular fireworks display in Japan with Mount Fuji in the background has been circulating via YouTube and social media since 2014.
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“Viral” video shows a giant wind turbine spinning out of control and finally disintegrating.
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Video supposedly shows a 12 year-old Lebanese girl producing sharp crystals from her eyes.
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Viral Video Depicts a ‘Mysterious’ Black Ring In Sky Above England
by Brett M. Christensen April 17, 2014Messages featuring video footage of a strange black ring floating in the sky above Leamington Spa in the UK suggest that no one can explain the ring’s origin.
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Faux Images and VideosHoaxes
‘Eagle Snatching Kid’ Viral Video is Fake
by Brett M. Christensen March 21, 2014A widely-circulated YouTube video appears to show an eagle swooping down and picking up a small child in a park before dropping him a short distance away.
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Faux Images and VideosHoaxes
Viral Video Showing UFO Emerging From Behind Cloud
by Brett M. Christensen March 18, 2014A video going viral via social media appears to show a UFO emerging from behind a cloud and then shooting down bolts of blue light.
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Faux Images and VideosHoaxes
Exhibit B-5 Viral Video – Girl Gets Hit By Car After Prank Goes Wrong
by Brett M. Christensen June 21, 2011A video, which supposedly depicts a young woman being killed by a car after a prank goes horribly wrong, has circulated widely via social media websites and email.
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Liquid Mountaineering Video – Walking on Water
by Brett M. Christensen May 21, 2010Viral video supposedly shows young men participating in a “new sport” in which they apparently run on water with the aid of special water proof footwear.
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Chewing Gum and Helium Experiment Video
by Brett M. Christensen April 15, 2010Circulating video supposedly shows young men floating above the ground and jumping safely from a high bridge solely with the aid of a chewing gum bubble filled with helium.
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