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Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005] I received this video clip on 10/24/2005, from a friend. There is no mention of time/place/or circumstances regarding this video. I hope you can determine if it is real or fake. From the accent on the video, it has to be Australia. However, the Croc seems all too coincidental! [Note: This video clip is a large file — please be patient while it downloads.] Origins: The above-linked video clip purportedly shows, to the accompaniment of an Australian-accented announcer, a bungee jump over a river by one Big Doug which ends in tragedy when Big Doug's head is bitten off by a crocodile who emerges from the depths with jaws open wide just as Doug hits the water headfirst. One tell-tale clue to this video clip's authenticity is the fact the audio cuts out halfway through. The reason for this is editing is that a voice-over at the conclusion of the original, unedited clip reveals it to be a television commercial for Foster's Beer: New Foster's hit tap. Don't lose your head. This 2003 Foster's commercial, promoting a new pouring system intended to give drinkers a consistent head on their pint, drew complaints when it first aired from hundreds of viewers who were disturbed by the seeming authenticity of the home video-style ad.
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