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Is the ‘Bobcat Attacks Man’s Wife’ Video Real?

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17 April 2021

Is the ‘Bobcat Attacks Man’s Wife’ Video Real?

On April 15, a video published to Twitter was viewed well over 10 million times. It purportedly showed a woman being attacked in her driveway by a bobcat. Absent from a surprising number of news articles was any attempt to authenticate or contextualize the video. We confirmed the video's authenticity with some easy methods and learned more about the incident.

Snopes reporter Jordan Liles has more.

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