Fact Check: This shocking bungee jumping accident is NOT from Rishikesh. It's also not real
A shocking video of a bungee-jumping accident is going viral, with many claiming it was from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. The video shows two people standing at the edge of an elevated platform in a hilly area, ready to jump, when all of a sudden, the platform collapses and all three fall. An Instagram user shared this video with the caption, 'The bungee jumping ride broke in Rishikesh'. Many news websites, including Zee News, also reported it as an incident from Rishikesh.advertisement
India Today Fact Check, however, found that no such incident had occurred in Rishikesh. A video from Nepal was edited using AI tools to create this video.The Nepal connectionIn the viral video, the words 'THE CLIFF' were written on a white structure. Using this clue, we found the Instagram account of a Napal resort, The Cliff, that provides bungee jumping services. This resort's logo is the same as the one seen in the viral video. This hinted that the video was from there.The bungee-jumping spot seen in the videos on The Cliff's Instagram account matched the one seen in the viral video.So, we reached out to Aveelasha Karki, the marketing head of The Cliff, for further clarification on the video. Karki told India Today Fact Check, 'No such accident has happened at our resort. This clip is doctored.' We also did not find news reports about any such incident in Nepal.advertisementIndia Today's Uttarakhand correspondent, Ankit Sharma, also confirmed that no recent bungee jumping accident had happened in Rishikesh.Who created the accident video?Upon reverse-searching keyframes from the viral video, we found a YouTube channel called Quake Skyfall had shared this video on May 3. A disclaimer alongside the video noted, 'This is AI edited by me and created by me, no harm was done to no one, everyone is safe.'The same channel had shared several similar videos of sudden accidents, and all of them were shared with the clear disclaimer that they were created using AI.Thus, it's clear that a video edited using AI tools is being shared as a real accident.Must Watch
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