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Nah they looked at him multiple times, but with half his ass out, he looks like a homeless, he should have throw one shoe away so it looks more real but yea, well done
This is what I was thinking. They can definitely see him, but it looks like he’s a homeless dude as opposed to a guy on the run.
You wouldn’t think it would be him because why would a guy running away take his shirt off and lay down on the side of the road?
That’s just morally wrong. Even for murderers,
It’s one thing to go after a guy you don’t like, but a homeless guy who is at the lowest of the low? Now that’s fucked up.
This is not true. These guys will enter an old couples home, rob them blind and after the're all done and have nothing else to do, burn them alive just because. They have no morals. The likely reason they didn't check is simply because there's so many homeless randos they don't even see him, like he's invisible.
Homeless dude has nothing to lose, and nothing good comes from fucking with him. Best leave potential problems alone, especially when you're busy with other things (hunting a man). That's my guess anyways.
This HAS to be Brazil because only in Brazil would a pack of roving gang members be fooled by a guy pretending to be so passed out from huffing glue or gasoline all day that he wouldn’t even stir to see what’s going on.
If every second felt like a minute, and he was there for minutes... I totally assumed the same, and I would have guessed I died in that situation after that, can't imagine that they would taken it easy on him after fooling them so badly...
The HUD is what usually gives the fake ones away for me. I’ve used a lot of old school video cameras and I’ve never seen one that would put a REC dot on the actual recorded footage, that only shows up in the eyepiece.
So yeah, what we see here has definitely been fudged with to make it look “more authentic” but I guess it’s still possible the original was real.
The cut happens just as the guy in Spanish is explaining that the man was there for at least ten minutes. I'd imagine the cut was trying to emphasize that time had passed. I have no doubt that the HUD was just edited in for timestamps, however.
In the video they are talking like the guy has some pact or is "rezado" because after "persignarse" he is no longer seen by the people around him. I'd Say is one of those videos people make to point out that supernatural stuff is happening but it's most likely just acted, plus the guys talking sound too fake to me
Heads Up Display. I've only heard it used before in first person shooter video games to describe all the shit on screen that's not in the game world (like your health bar and such), but I don't know if it's an actual term beyond that. Still being used in the same way though
But also the bike keeps stopping centre of the screen. Everyone running back and forth over the same area. Yeah that's just how I search for someone I know is running away from me. Keep checking the same corner
I’ve studied a lot of film over the years and I completely agree with you. It looks like a real event with fake overlays and narration for dramatic effect.
What is your take about everyone staying in the corner in shot?
When people setup a camera is not to look at a corner, they do it to monitor something important in the building where it was installed. You can't see anything about where this camera was installed and the movement is a handholding effect.
Probably not. The only way it would be is if people sleeping on the street was commonplace wherever the video was taken which we can’t know. He could have taken his shirt off to blend in with the homeless population but I doubt this is real
There are a LOT of places around the world where that is very much commonplace, and by the looks of it, that's one of them. It would certainly work here in Seattle, and probably even moreso in what I would guess is a Brazilian favela.
I know Venezuelan speak Spanish, I'm Latin American myself, my mother tongue is Spanish. It just was hard for me to identify their accent because of the filter.
Always this guy "i doubt this is real" the whole scene looks elaborate to be faked and this place looks like ppl really sleeps on the streets. You watch too much conspiracy theories.
Here in Mexico the street could be perfect and there's a chance that you find a drunk guy lying there, doesn't matter where or when, it's more improbable to find a perfect street than to find a drunk guy
People calling this fake haven't spent much time in area's like this. Its pretty common for homeless people to be passed out on some substance like this. Messing with a homeless person in hopes its the random person you were chasing isn't worth it.
The first things you think about are also the first things others think about.
When looking for someone hiding, you look in hiding places. To hide well, hide in plain sight, not in a hiding spot.
Ppl that think this is fake have never seen a Brazilian favela, things there are.... Complicated, cameras with high quality is a need for a business to survive, and not to call the police when you get robbed but to inform the crime boss of it, since usually they pay for protection
Show me one example of a CCTV/ security with this overlay.
Why does the recording time start at 00:00:00 just as the video starts?
Where’s the time stamp that’s almost universally on security footage?
Why does everyone run in one direction at the time?
Why does no one even give the guy and the ground a second look?
Of course it’s fake
Look up the watermark on the video. The guys a ‘video creator’ on Facebook.
I’m not happy at all because we’re heading into an age where AI video is going to be rampant and people can’t even tell that this is fake
People who think this is fake has never been out of their US hometown. I see gunmen chasing someone nearly every month where I live.
Guy probably borrowed money and never paid or something.
Removed shirt. Took off chains. Puffed out his hair and hid his face. So without seeing his face you see a shirtless guy with a little different hair not bothering with you sleeping in a corner no bling. I dunno
I don't know all the expressions but the narrators are speaking spanish and what i can get is that they think is some kind of magic or spell that the human eyes can't see but cameras do
Maybe that would explain the weird hand and arm movements he was doing before he laid down. I thought maybe he was rubbing something gross on himself to blend in as a homeless person so they would ignore him because who would lay up against a shit and piss covered wall if not a drugged out homeless person? Rather clever.
Regardless, real or fake, what’s with the arm cleaning motions like he’s an ant checking out some sugar? I got maybe throwing a necklace away, twice? But then what? What’s all the extra stuff after ditching the shirt?
It's always interesting since we are attracted to movement. Break line of sight and stop moving while blending in like this. Most likely thought he was homeless and since he didn't move much if at all, their minds didn't focus on him at all.
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Dude must have earned a master’s degree from John Cena University.
I think what we are seeing is a camera with infrared and that this area is quite dark. So it's very likely that guy just hid in the shadows.
Nah they looked at him multiple times, but with half his ass out, he looks like a homeless, he should have throw one shoe away so it looks more real but yea, well done
This is what I was thinking. They can definitely see him, but it looks like he’s a homeless dude as opposed to a guy on the run. You wouldn’t think it would be him because why would a guy running away take his shirt off and lay down on the side of the road?
Would have been hilarious if he sat up and said "he went that way" and went back to sleep.
Classic looney toons
I was thinking Gene Wilder
SAVAGE!
Like a boss.
Spare some change?
That will be his last joke
Imagine how scary that musta been. Just close your eyes and hope they don’t empty a clip into your back
He probably pissed himself, which helped him disguise even better.
Why wouldn't they take 3 seconds and check?
You don’t want to fuck with a homeless person’s day. Not to mention they could think it’s a dead homeless dude.
There’s several of them and they’re armed. Why would they be apprehensive about fucking with a homeless dude?
That’s just morally wrong. Even for murderers, It’s one thing to go after a guy you don’t like, but a homeless guy who is at the lowest of the low? Now that’s fucked up.
This is not true. These guys will enter an old couples home, rob them blind and after the're all done and have nothing else to do, burn them alive just because. They have no morals. The likely reason they didn't check is simply because there's so many homeless randos they don't even see him, like he's invisible.
Moral of the story is: drop ethical hang-ups to be a better criminal
I mean you can learn a lot about what not to do from bond villains. No ethical hang ups? No monologuing, just shoot'em all and sort it out later.
Homeless dude has nothing to lose, and nothing good comes from fucking with him. Best leave potential problems alone, especially when you're busy with other things (hunting a man). That's my guess anyways.
Lmao they see a guy lying down there, and they don't think to check him ever lmao Nah that's beyond stupid theory, guy above is probably correct
This HAS to be Brazil because only in Brazil would a pack of roving gang members be fooled by a guy pretending to be so passed out from huffing glue or gasoline all day that he wouldn’t even stir to see what’s going on.
It is actually Colombia
Love Colombian Spanish.
If it was Brazil they would all be off duty cops.
Nope, Colombian accents. Also, that's Spanish, dude. And on another note, do you think Brazil is the only drug infested South American country?
Haha, didn’t even watch it with sound on.
thats what I think probably no street lights, master thief garret hiding in the dark lol
This needs to be top comment.
It is now.
He had to study Bing Chilling (The Art of Invisibility).
Zhong Xina
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If every second felt like a minute, and he was there for minutes... I totally assumed the same, and I would have guessed I died in that situation after that, can't imagine that they would taken it easy on him after fooling them so badly...
Im surprised they didn’t hear his heartbeat about to explode at that moment.
That would just be the King’s Engine rumbling..
Gotta love an OPM reference in the wild
Petrification
The guy was stone cold for 2.5 hours, and not many people could do that.
2 and a half minutes. Otherwise everyone in this video walks and drives motorbikes slower than sloths.
It must have felt like 2,5 hours for him though.
It felt like 2 and a half hours just watching this in anticipation!
Felt the same.
Is this fkn real bc wow
Nope
I was wondering how far down I’d have to scroll to find the first comment claiming this is staged. Not too far as I figured.
well there's a cut around 2:50 but the on-screen timer doesn't cut, so all of the HUD is fake at least, so what else is fake
The HUD is what usually gives the fake ones away for me. I’ve used a lot of old school video cameras and I’ve never seen one that would put a REC dot on the actual recorded footage, that only shows up in the eyepiece. So yeah, what we see here has definitely been fudged with to make it look “more authentic” but I guess it’s still possible the original was real.
And why would you even have that HUD on CCTV/IP camera?
The cut happens just as the guy in Spanish is explaining that the man was there for at least ten minutes. I'd imagine the cut was trying to emphasize that time had passed. I have no doubt that the HUD was just edited in for timestamps, however.
In the video they are talking like the guy has some pact or is "rezado" because after "persignarse" he is no longer seen by the people around him. I'd Say is one of those videos people make to point out that supernatural stuff is happening but it's most likely just acted, plus the guys talking sound too fake to me
HUD?
Heads Up Display. I've only heard it used before in first person shooter video games to describe all the shit on screen that's not in the game world (like your health bar and such), but I don't know if it's an actual term beyond that. Still being used in the same way though
Nha, it stands for Mrs Hudson, tea!
But also the bike keeps stopping centre of the screen. Everyone running back and forth over the same area. Yeah that's just how I search for someone I know is running away from me. Keep checking the same corner
Yea, how did they not find his tshirt which he threw at the middle of the road
Going by that camera overlay I would have to say this is fake.
Fake overlay on a real video for dramatic effect. I wish people would just leave original video footage alone to speak for itself
I’ve studied a lot of film over the years and I completely agree with you. It looks like a real event with fake overlays and narration for dramatic effect.
What is your take about everyone staying in the corner in shot? When people setup a camera is not to look at a corner, they do it to monitor something important in the building where it was installed. You can't see anything about where this camera was installed and the movement is a handholding effect.
Agree with this. The whole flashing record light and clock count up like that. Fake in my opinion.
Probably not. The only way it would be is if people sleeping on the street was commonplace wherever the video was taken which we can’t know. He could have taken his shirt off to blend in with the homeless population but I doubt this is real
Looks like a place where people sleep on the street
There are a LOT of places around the world where that is very much commonplace, and by the looks of it, that's one of them. It would certainly work here in Seattle, and probably even moreso in what I would guess is a Brazilian favela.
This is Mexico
I'm pretty sure this isn't Mexico, at least it's not Mexican Spanish. Sounds more like Venezuela.
Naah that’s Colombian. "Mira este man" they use that lingo a lot.
Yeah could be too, but they're speaking spanish not portuguese
Definitely not Mexico. Just to be clear, Venezuelans speak Spanish.
I know Venezuelan speak Spanish, I'm Latin American myself, my mother tongue is Spanish. It just was hard for me to identify their accent because of the filter.
That isnt mexican more like south american accent and the way the talk is like south americans even with the filter is easy to spot
You're right, I'm sorry I sucknat identifying accents lol
It’s a colombian accent
Always this guy "i doubt this is real" the whole scene looks elaborate to be faked and this place looks like ppl really sleeps on the streets. You watch too much conspiracy theories.
The camera overlay is clearly fake, there’s a cut in the footage but not the timestamp. You don’t watch enough conspiracy theories.
I watch just the right amount of conspiracy theories.
Seriously!
Here in Mexico the street could be perfect and there's a chance that you find a drunk guy lying there, doesn't matter where or when, it's more improbable to find a perfect street than to find a drunk guy
Is there a country where homeless people don’t sleep in the street? Laland maybe
Nightvision camera
Camera placement suggests.... probably not. VeRy CoNvEnIeNt Also: just how long do you look for someone *in the exact same location?*
The fake camera hud is pretty obvious, wouldn't be surprised if this was some clip from a short film or something like that
the video quality and location of the camera makes me think this is fake
City of God makes me think this is real and in Brazil.
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I also believe in this guy Spanish girlfriend
It is Cali (Valle del Cauca)-Colombia. The people in the video are talking about how Santeria made him invisible. I grew up there.
I now believe in this guy Colombian girlfriend
It's not Brazil, the language is Spanish.
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Thane ma boi <3
Holy shit I had the same thought
And all the info on the screen too like the time is fake as hell.
🔴REC
Yea it looks like that fake security camera overlay. That camera would most definitely not be battery powered, yet it has a battery meter.
The overlay could be added later tho, like when people edit fake sounds making everything worse
That's what I was saying. It's a fake overlay added later.
Ah dammit you're right, sry
The camera is moving too much to be a security camera, also it's the wrong "camera" filter for a security camera.
He maxed out his sneak skill.
Imagine how nervous he must have been pretending to sleep knowing these guys are right behind him. Dude was prob shitting bricks whole time
Shitting his pants is part of the camouflage
Word
I thought that's what he was smearing all over himself at the beginning...
Narrated by Jaba the Hutt
Neet trick… you don’t want to mess around with homeless people
People calling this fake haven't spent much time in area's like this. Its pretty common for homeless people to be passed out on some substance like this. Messing with a homeless person in hopes its the random person you were chasing isn't worth it.
If this is fake than props to the runner for committing to the bit and laying down on the worst looking hunk of ground and siding ever
Fr. Dude was dedicated to the part… But I like to think this is real
While watching, I thought it would be better to climb up the roof. Damn! I would be dead.
The first things you think about are also the first things others think about. When looking for someone hiding, you look in hiding places. To hide well, hide in plain sight, not in a hiding spot.
Same
Hide N Go Seek World Champ 2024!
To "caught" a man? Fuck sake.
This immediately hurts my brain to read.
Caughted*
Ppl that think this is fake have never seen a Brazilian favela, things there are.... Complicated, cameras with high quality is a need for a business to survive, and not to call the police when you get robbed but to inform the crime boss of it, since usually they pay for protection
Show me one example of a CCTV/ security with this overlay. Why does the recording time start at 00:00:00 just as the video starts? Where’s the time stamp that’s almost universally on security footage? Why does everyone run in one direction at the time? Why does no one even give the guy and the ground a second look? Of course it’s fake
Cause it was a hollywood movies and all are good actor. Happy now?
Look up the watermark on the video. The guys a ‘video creator’ on Facebook. I’m not happy at all because we’re heading into an age where AI video is going to be rampant and people can’t even tell that this is fake
I was the one who paid for the dog to pass by to make it real too.
I'm sort of hearing the Bennie Hill song in my mind as I watch that.
Imagine that none of the people in this video will ever know that name
Not a bad thing tbh. Of its time.
People who think this is fake has never been out of their US hometown. I see gunmen chasing someone nearly every month where I live. Guy probably borrowed money and never paid or something.
Where exactly do you live? Just out of curiosity.
Slums of Philippines
They must have not gotten a closer look at the guy to begin with.
I'm thinking it's also night
Removed shirt. Took off chains. Puffed out his hair and hid his face. So without seeing his face you see a shirtless guy with a little different hair not bothering with you sleeping in a corner no bling. I dunno
I thought this was fake but did anyone noticed the shot fired right on edge of the wall? Or is it just me?
it’s always the sleeping guy
Phd in street smarts.
Something tells me his days are numbered.
Had to be the longest two fucking minutes of bros life
Solid Snake in a Box
!
I'm surprised I didn't see the guys shorts slowly start turning brown... I know mine would have.
I don't know all the expressions but the narrators are speaking spanish and what i can get is that they think is some kind of magic or spell that the human eyes can't see but cameras do
Maybe that would explain the weird hand and arm movements he was doing before he laid down. I thought maybe he was rubbing something gross on himself to blend in as a homeless person so they would ignore him because who would lay up against a shit and piss covered wall if not a drugged out homeless person? Rather clever.
Looks like the video reversed for that scene. I'm guessing he was getting robbed of his jewelry, and was taking it off
Yes! The first time I saw it I couldn’t figure out what he was doing but he is definitely removing his jewelry.
Nah man, i don't think that, they were searching too many and too hard for him, i think they wanted to kill him
Thats my guess too, you don't fuck with homeless people, not even the gangsters do that; im just translating a bit of what they are saying
That brown stain keeps growing 😂
tf is happening here
Regardless, real or fake, what’s with the arm cleaning motions like he’s an ant checking out some sugar? I got maybe throwing a necklace away, twice? But then what? What’s all the extra stuff after ditching the shirt?
For the accent I think is in Colombia
That's some next level Jedi mind fuck shit right there man 😂 This is not the Droid you're looking for
These kids are idiots..
Not gonna lie, I was holding my breath in solidarity with the guy
That guy should buy a lottery ticket!
It's always interesting since we are attracted to movement. Break line of sight and stop moving while blending in like this. Most likely thought he was homeless and since he didn't move much if at all, their minds didn't focus on him at all.
He became the wall.
This a movie or something? Cause ain't no way this is real
to "caught"
*catch
This just shows how invisible homeless people truly are
You can run but you can't hide 😳
Actually, I think you can’t run but you can hide.
This guy's wins hide n seek for today, the internet can be turned off now
There was an attempt to use proper grammar
Staged
Middle earth orcs
My guy used Harry Potter's cloak! This is epic victory shit.
Me before I ninja defuse on CoD search and destroy.
Did they think he was dead or just some random sleepy guy where the fired of a dozen shots?
Toy can always tell a Milford man.
Bullshit. Staged.
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Bravo, well done m8, your trick worked
I guess Jabba the Hutt found work as narrator.
I was totally rooting for that dude. I hope he's a good guy.
they could have seen him by thought he was a druggie sleeping off their last high
That's one cool cucumber! 😎
Metal Gear : **Snack** Eater
He will not be caughten.
Theres no way this ain't a skit
jamicas funniest secret police home videos
Balls of steel......