{"id":67834,"date":"2020-05-28T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=67834"},"modified":"2020-05-28T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:20:29","slug":"old-video-of-swarm-of-black-birds-outside-texas-supermarket-viral-as-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-swarm-of-black-birds-outside-texas-supermarket-viral-as-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of swarm of blackbirds outside Texas supermarket viral as Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around May 27, several users on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Crows%20are%20not%20allowing%20customers&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/Crows+not+allowing+customers+to+come+out+of+super+market+in+Saudi+..\/stories-keyword\/stories-opinion?f=AbqTGfWLuxIZwgPMQuwW8eb8HSl3-OIYIojBTgAMt0im_SZR23fP_QyWsnnYyZocEKb-MewgQl56AGIp2Xk4Qfo4lNDT19XaRremUuOYKe0mn9JW-gS9XQvBDiBLUAK3RKA_XHJf-fqm-2l3Rxavnqztp7WKLa3foP7zRZGVet-m2YCLc4oVPRa6OyoWPz_2TW1MMxYLDGaxkLJhNDa4-8RV&amp;epa=SEE_MORE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> posted a two-minute video of hundreds of crows in a huge parking lot. As per the claim, the video is from a supermarket in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The text associated with the viral video reads, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Crows not allowing customers to come out of super market in Saudi .. is it the beginning of the end of the world ??&#8221; Alt News received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67838 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1629\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows.png 1629w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-1024x411.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-1536x617.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-990x397.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/May28SaudiCrows-1320x530.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1629px) 100vw, 1629px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below is a tweet by Roop Darak HINDU (@iRupND) who posted the viral video along with the same claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crows not allowing customers to come out of super market in Saudi ..<br \/>\nis it the beginning of the end of the world ??\ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5NKy0bXSqR\">pic.twitter.com\/5NKy0bXSqR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roop Darak HINDU (@iRupND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iRupND\/status\/1265836837580402689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found that the viral video was uploaded by a verified YouTube account ViralHog on April 18.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM.png 1194w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM-1024x182.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-4.35.13-PM-990x176.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per the video description, this event o<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">ccurred outside H-mart on December 6, 2016, in Carrollton, Texas, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skies Filled with Swarm of Blackbirds || ViralHog\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7Ti-O8MByY?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>In order to verify the location, we searched for <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Carrollton<\/span> H-Mart on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@32.984733,-96.9117764,3a,75y,356.87h,80.31t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYQNeVeR27xujYOOJj54ybA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google street view<\/a> and found several similarities which have been marked in the screenshot below. Most importantly, the mall in the viral video has the same serial number as the store on Google street view (highlighted in red).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67860 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-5.28.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-5.28.33-PM.png 975w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-5.28.33-PM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-5.28.33-PM-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/birds-swarm-texas-shopping\/5897481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6abc<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7958227\/Terrifying-moment-thousands-black-grackle-birds-swarm-parking-lot-Texas-shopping-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Mai<\/a>l reported a similar incident took place in Fort Worth suburb Burleson in Texas on January 24. This particular behaviour of birds flying together in a large group is known as a murmuration. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/murmuration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambridge Dictionary<\/a> defines it as, &#8220;a large group of birds, usually starlings, that all fly together and change direction together, or the act of birds doing this&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Thus the social media claim that the video was shot outside a supermarket in Saudi Arabia is false. The incident happened in Texas, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around May 27, several users on Twitter and Facebook posted a two-minute video of hundreds of crows in a huge parking lot. As per the claim, the video is from a supermarket in Saudi Arabia. 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