The spiders in the video are fake and created using VFX!
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Explanation
A woman is seen holding a stick in her hand and a boy is standing next to her in the 15-second video. When they unexpectedly bend towards a vending machine while both are sprinting through a tube, the woman violently shoves her stick under it. Then, a large number of spiders emerge from the area. Subsequently, they both fled from the assembly of spiders. This post is shared with a claim stating, “Oh my god, is this real?” You can view related posts with similar claims here, here, and here.
: Oh my god is this real pic.twitter.com/XYRjXm3POx
— Interesting bits, Useful Info & Updates. (@trafficbutter) January 29, 2024
What’s the truth?
When we began looking through the viral video’s keyframes, we found that the same video was posted on an Instagram page on January 18.
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The caption for the photo read, “We did it again.” Additionally, a lot of hashtags were used in the posts, including #3dartist, #vfxartist, #spiders, #animation, #blender3d, #cgi, #viralreels, and #funnyvideos. When we expanded our search and looked into the user’s Instagram bio it read, “Nothing is impossible. 3D Animations & Visual Effects.”
The user is Berlin-based and also has a YouTube page with the same name. There are more such videos on his page.
All this explains that the viral video is fake and created with VFX effects.
Conclusion:
Thus, we conclude that the viral video claiming to show spiders coming out is fake and digitally made with visual effects.
