“Video of avalanche shows the “power of nature.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 26 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A video showing an avalanche barrelling toward diners at a ski resort is being portrayed as real on social media, but it’s a scene from the fictional 2014 Swedish movie, "Force Majeure."
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 January 2024, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C1V8auJOHIX/
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