“The viral video shows a drunk man petting a tiger on a road in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench area.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Oct 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is AI-generated and not real. The Deputy Director of Pench Tiger Reserve confirmed that no such incident occurred, and an AI detection tool (Hive) found the video to be 99.9% likely AI-generated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 October 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 October 2025, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DQPF3qck7Ou/
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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.