The claim
The viral video shows a drunk man petting a tiger on a road in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench area.
Original review summary
FACTLY reports that the video is AI-generated, not footage of a real incident. It says the Deputy Director of Pench Tiger Reserve confirmed that no such incident occurred, and Hive Moderation assessed the video as 99.9% likely to be AI-generated.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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