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A video purportedly showing a man exploding into a ball of flame after falling off a skateboard is frequently shared online accompanied by suggestions that the hapless rider was a terrorist or suicide bomber who was hoist by his own petard: The claims attached to this video are wrong on many accounts. There's no evidence that the person depicted in this footage is a terrorist, suicide bomber, or a member of ISIS; he's actually riding a hoverboard (i.e., self-balancing scooter board), and not a skateboard; and the explosion at the end of the clip is an added digital effect. The original video (tagged as having been shot in Dubai) features a man riding a hoverboard who simply loses his balance and is sent sprawling to the pavement (without exploding or bursting into flame): Adding an explosion effect at the end of a video is a common tactic employed by online jokesters. For instance, this Pomeranian did not really explode after falling down a couple of steps:
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