Drunk Man Pets Tiger, Offers It Liquor In Pench? Here’s The Truth Behind Viral Video

Claim

A video shows an inebriated man petting a tiger and offering his liquor inside the Pench Tiger Reserve.

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Fact

We conducted a keyword search using terms such as “inebriated man,” “tiger,” and “Pench Tiger Reserve,” but found no credible reports or media coverage of such an incident. Deputy Director of the Pench Tiger Reserve Rajneesh Singh reportedly said that the video was not from any road within the reserve.

Upon closely analysing the viral clip, several inconsistencies became apparent. The man’s hand and trousers appeared distorted in the first frame, while the tiger’s paw also looked unnaturally warped — visual cues often associated with AI-generated imagery.

To verify further, Newschecker reached out to the Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU) of the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA), of which Newschecker is a member. The DAU analysed stills from the video using multiple AI detection tools.

• WasItAI concluded: “We are quite confident that this image, or a significant part of it, was created by AI.”
• AI or Not found the visuals to be “likely AI generated.”

• IsItAI similarly determined that a still from the video was AI-created.

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Sources
DAU Analysis
Self Analysis