{"id":43394,"date":"2019-08-13T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T09:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=43394"},"modified":"2019-08-13T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:52:38","slug":"old-edited-video-passed-off-as-giant-snake-seen-near-mysuru-after-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-edited-video-passed-off-as-giant-snake-seen-near-mysuru-after-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Old, edited video passed off as giant snake seen near Mysuru after heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of what appears to be a giant snake crossing a stream, has been circulated on social media and messaging platforms, in the wake of heavy rainfall which has lashed several states on the Western coast. On Facebook, this 30 second long video clip has been shared with the claim that this snake is passing through the banks of the Kabini dam near Mysore in Karnataka. This giant snake was supposedly “sleeping peacefully inside the dam” and has now emerged due to the recent floods in the state.<\/p>\n

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PIC was taken at Kabini Dam, Yesterday.. \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n

Posted by MalGudi Days<\/a> on Friday, August 9, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The video has been shared widely<\/a> on Facebook with the claim that this is a giant anaconda which was spotted at Malenadu in Karnataka.<\/p>\n

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The video is also circulating on WhatsApp. Alt News has received requests on its official app for verification of this claim.<\/p>\n

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EDITED VIDEO<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The video in question shows a snake crossing not a river, but a road. In the initial part of the video, a road can be clearly seen in the background.<\/p>\n

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Alt News broke up the viral video into several key frames, and reverse searched one of them. We found that the same video had been circulated with the claim that a 50 feet long anaconda had been spotted in a river in Brazil. The YouTube video posted below is of March, 2019. Thus, this video cannot be representative of Karnataka after the recent rainfall.<\/p>\n