Fact check: Viral video of man being washed is from Colombia, not Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi, May 24: A video of a man being washed away while trying to fetch coconuts has gone viral with a claim that the same took place in Andhra Pradesh.
In the clip a few men and women are seen around a coconut tree on the banks of a river and when some tried to climb the tree, the ground beneath gave way. The entire tree falls into the river and the man too gets washed away.
A
Facebook
user
shared
the
post
with
the
caption
Andhra
Pradesh.
It
has
garnered
over
2
million
views.
However
this
is
false
claim
and
it
is
a
video
that
was
shot
last
year.
Moreover
the
video
is
from
Vigía
del
Fuerte,
a
town
in
Colombia.
The
man
who
was
washed
away
and
then
rescued
by
neighbours
is
Arturo.
While using a reverse image search, we found that this incident took place in Colombia on November 16 2020. It was also reported by Caracol TV, a Colombian news channel. The report said that the man was washed away when he was try to get coconuts from the tree near the bank.
A link of the video can be found here:
Fact Check
Claim
Man from Andhra Pradesh washed away while trying to fetch coconuts
Conclusion
This video was shot in Colombia in November 2020