A genuine video of a bird stuck on a high-tension wire being rescued by a man on a helicopter is doing rounds on social networks. The caption with the video suggests that the video in concern is from Nepal.
The text on the video in Nepali checks out: कसैको जिन्दगी लाई बचाउनु नै धर्म हो सलाम छ यी नेपाली दाजु लाइ
(Translation: Saving somebody’s life is a faith. Salute to this Nepali bro)
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TRUTH CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and discovered it to be deceptive.
We drawn out the keyframes of the video and put them through Reverse Image Search. The results led us to a short article on the main website of the UK tabloid The Mirror outdated September 26, 2013, which had the still from the exact same video.
According to the short article, the video is really from near the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach, in the United States. The reports recommended that the team, from regional energy business Virginia Dominion Power, utilized their chopper after discovering the seagull being stuck on the line for 24 hr. Another report can be seen here.
On September 18, 2013, WAVY-TV 10 submitted a video report about the rescue onto its YouTube channel.
With the above findings, it can be concluded that the video in concern is from the United States and not from Nepal.
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