{"id":300143,"date":"2025-06-09T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300143"},"modified":"2025-06-09T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:13:39","slug":"ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/","title":{"rendered":"AI clip of man&#8217;s narrow escape from lioness viral as real incident; Republic, News18 misreport, later tweak story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Late-night CCTV footage showing a lioness walking on the streets and sniffing a man sleeping on the road before walking away from him has shocked internet users. The video was widely shared on social media, leaving many stunned at the man&#8217;s narrow escape. A few news outlets also published reports based on the viral clip, suggesting this happened somewhere in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On June 7, 2025, Republic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> published an article titled &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250607122028\/https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/india\/lion-roams-on-street-sniffs-man-and-terrifying-video-is-not-a-movie-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lion Roams On Street, Sniffs Man And\u2026: Terrifying Video Is Not A Movie Scene<\/a>&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;A chilling video has surfaced on social media, showing a fully grown wild lion walking on the streets and sniffing a man sleeping on the footpath,&#8221; it said. &#8220;While the location of the incident remains unclear, the video surely leaves us with goosebumps. The viral video also shows the thin line between survival and danger when faced with nature\u2019s most fearsome predators,&#8221; the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-14.png 651w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-14-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the same day, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News18<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also published a report titled &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250607104117\/https:\/\/www.news18.com\/viral\/lion-spared-sleeping-mans-life-in-bizarre-street-encounter-watch-9373547.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lion Spared Sleeping Man\u2019s Life In Bizarre Street Encounter<\/a>&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-09-at-12.57.55-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1247\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-09-at-12.57.55-PM.jpeg 1247w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-09-at-12.57.55-PM-292x300.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-09-at-12.57.55-PM-998x1024.jpeg 998w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-09-at-12.57.55-PM-768x788.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1247px) 100vw, 1247px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Local news outlet MaharashtraTV24 also shared the video on its YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JxKjHkeQYzs?si=82hLN3FtP2CN8PAu]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X users SilencedSirs (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/pIJpv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@SilentlySirs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) and Massimo (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0CvgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Rainmaker1973<\/a>) also shared the purported video, claiming that a man sleeping by the road had a narrow escape. At the time of writing this, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/pIJpv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SilentlySirs<\/a> X post had over 2.5 million views.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300143 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18-49-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.49.28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.49.28.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.49.28-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/pasted-image-6-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-6-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-6-1.png 471w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-6-1-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X account Update News (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/VOvZj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@UpdateNews724<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), which claims in its bio that it serves global news and real-time updates, also shared and amplified the video, claiming an Indian man sleeping on the street survived a lion attack. The post had over 22.5 million views at the time of writing this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-300207 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.48.54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.48.54.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-18.48.54-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other social media users shared the video with similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-300143 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/pasted-image-2-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2-1.png 433w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-2-1-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/pasted-image-3-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3-2.png 433w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-3-2-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/pasted-image-4-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4-1.png 476w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-4-1-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ai-clip-of-mans-narrow-escape-from-lioness-viral-as-real-incident-republic-news18-misreport-later-tweak-story\/pasted-image-7-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7-1.png 468w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-7-1-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To verify the video, we watched it a few times. This revealed several discrepancies that raise doubts about whether the footage is of an actual incident. For instance, we noticed that the words appearing on the banner of the storefront near the sleeping man are gibberish; they look similar to the Devanagari script but do not form a word in Hindi or Gujarati. Also, the posture of the man lying on the ground seems unnatural; the placement of the leg is odd, and it folds near the thigh instead of the knee. We have highlighted these below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-11.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-11-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-11-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Heading-11-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We then did a reverse image search on a few key frames from the video. This led us to a YouTube short, uploaded by a Brazilian channel named &#8216;The world of beasts&#8217;. The video caption roughly translates to, &#8216;Lion finds a man sleeping on the street in Gujarat&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Le\u00e3o encontra homem dormindo na rua em Gujarat!!!\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxrHpppjHV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s description explicitly says that the content is altered or synthetic. It reads: \u201cSound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1085\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-7.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-7-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-7-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-7-768x487.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The description of the YouTube channel also says that it shares content and designs that are generated using artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1055\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-8-1.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-8-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-8-1-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-8-1-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1055px) 100vw, 1055px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then analysed the video using an AI-detection tool, which claimed that it was 90% likely that the footage was generated using AI.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1221\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9.png 1221w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Pasted-image-9-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1221px) 100vw, 1221px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, note that both Republic and News18 later updated their articles. Republic updated its report to: &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/india\/lion-roams-on-street-sniffs-man-and-terrifying-video-is-not-a-movie-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lion Roams On Street, Sniffs Man And\u2026: Chilling Video Surfaced On Social Media Is AI Generated?&#8217;<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> while the revised headline of the News18 report reads<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/viral\/lion-spared-sleeping-mans-life-in-bizarre-street-encounter-watch-9373547.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lion Spared Sleeping Man&#8217;s Life In Bizarre Street Encounter? Video Goes Viral.<\/a>&#8216; The latter also added<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that they were unable to verify the authenticity of the video independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the widely circulated video of a lioness roaming the streets at night and sniffing a man sleeping on the roadside before walking away is AI-generated. It does not depict an actual incident that happened in India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night CCTV footage showing a lioness walking on the streets and sniffing a man sleeping on the road before walking away from him has shocked internet users. The video was widely shared on social media, leaving many stunned at the man&#8217;s narrow escape. 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