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      A ghastly video of a scab-covered &quot;living mummy&quot; from Russia proved too gruesome to resist for shock-seeking news sites who published the story. Emerging evidence, however, seems to show the video was a fake.      \n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Local journalists say that the video first made the rounds on messenger apps, with an attached audio file explaining that the man \u2013 identified only as "Alexander"<\/em>\u2013 was found in a coffin in a rural district of Sochi, washed out of a crypt by heavy rains.<\/p>\n
By the time the story made it to the news portal Eurasia Daily<\/a>, poor \u201cAlexander\u201d<\/em> had been exiled from Sochi to the remote region of Tuva near the Mongolian border. He had also become a victim of one of Russias notorious and fearsome bears.<\/p>\n
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Citing \u201ceyewitnesses,\u201d<\/em> the site claimed that the man had survived an entire month in the animals lair with a broken spine, but didnt venture to guess how exactly.<\/p>\n
Thats where the western media stepped in. While it is unclear where the details first came from, the Daily Mail reported that Alexander himself described keeping hydrated by drinking his own urine after being stored away as a bear snack. Other UK tabloids, including the Sun and the Metro, had similar stories. Given the contradicting claim he had been buried alive, it seemed that Alexander was either having the worst week ever, or not what he seemed.<\/p>\n
Some stories did note that the incident hadnt been confirmed by local officials, nor registered with any official body in the Tuva area. Meanwhile, authorities from the district in Sochi \u2013 where Alexander allegedly rose from his coffin \u2013 reportedly closed the lid<\/a> on that version as well.<\/p>\n
On closer inspection, there were a number of signs that might have tipped people off about the fact that the nightmarish viral video was most likely a gag-inducing fake. When it was posted last week on Pikabu<\/a>, Russias analog to Reddit, commenters pointed out that the bedraggled man had rather white teeth and healthy enough sounding voice, whRead More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a>
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