Recently, a video of a man covered with scars and like a 'living mummy' has been reported by a number of foreign media. However, Russia today (RT) said on the 27th that more and more evidence showed that this terrible video seemed to be false.
RT: buried alive? Trapped in a bear hole? Russia's' living corpse 'triggered a global frenzy of fake news
RT quoted local reporters as saying that the video was originally circulated on the 'messenger' application. At first, an audio file said that a man calling himself 'Alexander' was found in a coffin washed out by heavy rain in rural Sochi.
Video screenshot of the man covered with scars, like a 'living mummy'
Rt said that when the story was spread to the Eurasian daily, poor 'Alexander' came 'from Sochi to the remote area of Tuva near the Mongolian border. He also became a victim of the 'notorious and frightening' Russian bear. The website quoted 'witnesses' as saying that the man was attacked by a bear, fractured his spine and dragged into a bear hole, but he was not eaten immediately. The man survived and was rescued by the hunter after a month.
Rt said that later, Western media also began to report the matter. Although it is not clear where the details originally came from, the British Daily Mail said, 'Alexander' himself described that he drank his urine to keep water in order to survive. Other British media, such as the sun and the Metropolis Daily, have also carried out similar reports.
The Daily Mail said: 'it put me there and eat later'. The Russian who looked like a living mummy was rescued after staying in the bear cave for a month. The bear broke his spine and put it in the bear cave as a meal
Because there are different versions of the story of 'Alexander' and they contradict each other, rt said, 'Alexander' seems to have either had his worst days, or he is not as' looks' in the video.
Sun: a man 'was dragged away by a bear, drank his urine and was rescued after being trapped in a bear hole for a month'
Metropolis Daily: the man was rescued in the bear cave after missing for a month. He looks like a mummy
Rt said that some reports mentioned that the incident was not confirmed by local officials or registered with any official agency in Tuva region; Meanwhile, Sochi regional officials allegedly denied the rumor that Alexander was found in the coffin in the region.
RT also said that after closer observation, there are some signs that the video is likely to be a prank. When the video was posted on a forum website last week, someone commented that the man's teeth were very white and his voice sounded quite healthy, which was strange compared with his' almost rotten 'body.
Russian news website 'Sochi stream' said that the website hired an it expert. The expert said that the video showed obvious' false signs' and believed that the video might be a 'test' of widely disseminated video channels.