“The video shows ghosts bathing at the ongoing 2025 Prayagraj Mahakumbh.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video is from Paraná, Brazil, and features thermal imaging technology used by the Military Police Air Operations Battalion (BPMOA) and the Paraná Military Police (PMPR) for night surveillance. The orange figures in the video are humans detected using thermal cameras, not ghosts. The video has no connection to the ongoing 2025 Prayagraj Mahakumbh.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 February 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2025. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1359139421958839
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.