A video purporting to show a family of cheetahs sleeping with a man has gone viral. The family of Cheetahs is said to have visited the Pipleshwar Mahadev temple in Sirohi village, Rajasthan, and had slept with the temple priest.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @sanjoychakra tweeted “A family of leopards come and sleep near the person at night. When the wildlife department came to know about this, they installed CCTV cameras there. You too can see this beautiful scene… From @Vijay_K_Jain” on April 9, 2024. The tweet has received an about more than 5k views on X.
A family of leopards come and sleep near the person at night.
— SK Chakraborty (@sanjoychakra) April 9, 2024
When the wildlife department came to know about this, they installed CCTV cameras there.
You too can see this beautiful scene…
From @Vijay_K_Jain pic.twitter.com/Ag8drwVEdD
Several other accounts, including @Tv27newsDigital made the same claim that the family of Cheetahs comes and sleeps at the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi village of Rajasthan with the temple priest. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This is a South African experiment video. Dolph C. Volker, an American YouTuber, carried out the experiment at a facility dedicated to cheetah breeding called “The Cheetah Experience.” In order to learn more about cheetahs, he was granted special permission to be with three of the animals for a few nights. In January 2019 he uploaded the video to his YouTube channel. India is not involved in this at all. The video was uploaded in Youtube on Jan 21, 2019.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a family of Cheetahs sleeping with a man has been shared, claiming that, at the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi village of Rajasthan, a family of Cheetahs comes and sleeps with the priest of the temple. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/3aQqEkD0KR
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos from different locations claiming to be from India to get the spotlight on social media. Video that shows a family of Cheetahs sleeping with a man has been shared, claiming that, at the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi village of Rajasthan, a family of Cheetahs comes and sleeps with the priest of the temple. This video is from a South African experiment. The experiment was carried out at “The Cheetah Experience,” a cheetah-breeding center, by American YouTuber Dolph C. Volker. To learn more about cheetahs, he was granted special permission to stay for several nights with three of the animals. In January 2019 the video was posted on his YouTube channel. India is not relevant to this at all.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video has been posted showing a family of Cheetahs sleeping with a man, saying that a family of Cheetahs visits the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi village, Rajasthan, and sleeps with the temple’s priest.
Fact : This is an experiment video from South Africa. The experiment was conducted by an American YouTuber, Dolph C. Volker, at ‘The Cheetah Experience,’ a cheetah-breeding center. He got special permission to spend a few nights with 3 cheetahs to understand more about the animals.
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