website, caughtoncamera.msnbc.com. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." it's crazy. it must be fake. >> do not try this at home. >> i would like maybe to crash this. >> animals acting like humans. >> and not once does the bear hit himself in the face. that's really impressive. >> and pranks that push the limit.

>> we were both really scared. >> millions of clicks but what is the truth. >> you gasp. that can't be real. >> we've got the answers. i'm contessa brewer. if you watch like me. sometimes they seem a bit suspicious. in this hour we'll watch some of the web's most popular videos and uncover if they're works of fact or fiction. >> hey, sherry here, obviously.

it's dubbed exhibit b5. >> it has an element of where did this come from that you're really curious about. >> i'm recording this so you can share in this amazing step-by-step process of my brilliant practical joke. >> the video is about an attractive young lady who is setting up a friend of hers to be pranked. >> you need to record this. are you making a movie? >> she gets ready with one of her friends who dresses up like some kind of criminal intruder. >> this is a classic surprise prank. >> you know something is going to happen, but you don't know what. you can't tear yourself away from it.

>> we have to warn you here. what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. >> rachel! >> exhibit b5 creates an internet sensation, sparking vigorous debate. some believe it's leaked trial evidence. >> it feels real. like the shaky camera. the sort of awkward moments when they aren't saying a lot. >> many others think this is a sick and twisted hoax. >> this is definitely fake. >> rachel! >> somebody gets hit by a car you're going to keep your camera on your face. our instincts are to drop and go help your friend. >> i just got back from a funeral so i would have to say exhibit b-5 is real.

>> wait. there's no way. >> hi. i played rachel on exhibit b-5. and i'm all good. >> oh, that's more like it. >> exhibit b-5 is a ghoulish take on prank videos. it comes from the creative mind of film director kyle rankin. >> i think people like to watch videos like this because it's similar to getting on a roller coaster. i think that's why horror is so popular. >> kyle worked on many, including the battle of shaker heights. and the post apocalyptic thriller "nuclear family". >> i like to do something fun just to keep directing, keep writing. and i usually want to challenge myself to do something i haven't done. so building up to a very realistic car hit i thought would be pretty cool. >> kyle writes the script for exhibit b-5 and hires

professional actors to star in the video. >> the shoot was really short and simple. >> there was no special line, no special sound. >> it took about a full day to do it. but kyle, he knew what he wanted. and he knew how he wanted it to look. >> now it's time for me to even the score. that's my accomplice. >> the challenges presented were fun. how to make this feel really real. the hand shell shaky cam. having the actors interrupt each other. >> but kyle knows the believability of the video hinges on how realistic the climactic car hit looks. >> it ended up being so much fun. it was kind of cool to see how it was made. >> this three-second special effect shots takes hours to create. >> dow basically several layers.

so from the top of the stairs i shot the road empty. a car passed. cindy running into the middle of the street and jumping up. then i did a pass with the car parked on the hit spot and cindy rolling on the hood in different positions. >> he sends these layers to artist zane rutledge to work his magic. >> it's three shots stitched together in a couple subtle and clever ways. the original hand-held shot up to a moment. and then the final hand-held shot at the end but in between we're seaming that together with the cheated hand-held in the computer. >> to create that zane uses a process called rotoscoping. >> painstaking frame by frame rachel throughout her roll off the car hood. by isolating her in that way we're able to drop her on to the other shot.

>> but the devil is in the details. and after viewing the effect, zane and kyle decide cindy's moves on top of the car aren't realistic enough. >> we didn't quite off the right movement on this arm. so we had to isolate her arm from another moment in time and build a fake arm. and animate it and drop it in. and it's on a little spot so we can get the performance we needed. >> with the effect complete, it is sent to the cast and crew. >> even though i knew what was going to happen i didn't know it was going to look that good. >> it took my breath away. >> i was blown away. >> my mouth dropped. >> it was me. it was me that i was seeing. >> rachel! >> satisfied with the response, kyle launches exhibit b-5 online. >> hey, sheri here. >> to add to the mystery, he releases it under a fake you

youtube account name. >> we invented a person, claudia mckinney. her dad used to be a judge. she was taking court evidence and putting it on youtube. >> exhibit b-5 doesn't catch on right away. >> no. you look like al qaeda. to help it gain momentum, kyle reaches out to rainn wilson, star of the tv show "the office". >> i said would you mind tweeting about this. he put it up and it really took off because of that. so really we know this to dwight on "the office". >> within a year, the video scores more than 6 million hits. >> i had no idea it would get the response that it d. like whoa. >> comments pour in from viewers debating its validity. >> people arguing about it's real because of this. no, it's fake because of these top 10 things. that's really the phenomenon that's kept it going and made it

go viral. probably the most dispressing stuff is the personal messages i would get as claudia saying i could not sleep last night. write me back and tell me it was fake. >> we felt we ought to tell this was not real. this was fake. >> online kyle does nothing to quench those queries. >> i haven't answered any of those personal messages from people. i just let them swing in the wind. >> we may have exposed here that exhibit b-5 is poor fiction. but one thing about the video remains an enigma. >> the real mystery behind b-5 is how can corin's pants be that tight. >> if he makes it any tighter he's going to pass out from blood loss. >> chicks dig them. >> rachel! coming up, two guys make an airport their personal

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we've all been there. flights delayed or canceled. hours to kill at the airport. you're basically stuck. in this video, two young men appear to make the most of this often frustrating and boring situation. and if you can believe what you're seeing, what they get away with is shocking. >> the fun of this is the weirdness of the situation. that it's an empty airport and running amuck in a place you're not supposed to run amuck. >> i wish i could do stuff like that and get away with it. i'd get deported.

>> did anyone call bend over? oh, yeah. >> when the video titled "stuck" hit the internet in june 2011, it spreads like wildfire racking up more than a million hits and leaving people to wonder in the age of post-9/11 history, how can this be real? >> you're doing things not to get tsa breathing down your neck. >> and with high production values, this can't be some low budget amateur film is it? >> it's beautiful. there's just sounds, background noise, and a bunch of cuts that make it look very artistic. >> my first impression is that it's fake. >> but it's not. >> "stuck" is the brain child of larry chen and joe iola. what they usually shoot is the antithesis of stranded at an airport. >> we are filming for formula drift.

>> whether it's in japan or africa or the u.s., we just follow drifting. >> in june of 2011, the two adrenaline junkies are flying home after a race. >> we were in dfw but there was a storm and we missed our flights. >> they're booked on a flight leaving in the morning. >> they offered us a discount hotel. we said it's not worth it. >> so we just decided to sleep there. >> pretty much the entire airport shut down for the night. >> with hours to kill, they decide to do what they do best. shoot a video. >> i'm like you know what we could do? we can shoot a skit. >> we had the equipment with us because we never check in our lenses, cameras, anything. because the airlines can get rough with it. >> between him and i, we had maybe $40,000 worth of gear. >> our mission was to make something to show our friends and family what we did at this airport while we were stuck here for eight hours. >> the two men unload gear and start shooting. >> we didn't have a tripod. we had a magic arm we could hook up to things. >> we clamped the camera. we just rolled it everywhere we

went. >> and they went everywhere. behind the gate. >> i'm pretty sure this is illegal. >> on the tram. and even in the bathroom. >> amazingly, security agents don't interfere with their taping. >> they would kind of look and see we're just taking pictures or video and would leave.

>> it was surprising. so we took it to the next level and started doing hand stands and making more loud obnoxious noises. >> this is my favorite shot. planking on an escalator. it's like total genius of the physics of what you're playing with turns out sort of pretty. >> in the outtakes, joe actually gets stuck in the escalator. so we tried it a couple times. >> i got to couple bruises. it was pretty rough, but i think it was worth it. >> but it comes when they visit the local watering hole. >> people think there's no way they grabbed a beer for themselves.

>> it's incredible the taps are all still on. i guess they don't unhook those at night. >> that would be $16 in the airports i've been to. >> i love it's an ice cream bowl. >> i cleaned it up and that was that. >> eventually they head home. soon after they post "stuck" online. >> we didn't expect it to blow up. maybe i expected a thousand views at most. >> but just one week later, the video has more than 100,000 hits. in chat rooms, viewers debate the video. >> a lot of people say this is going to take at least a six-man crew. >> we were getting away with stuff that most people wouldn't get away with. especially in an airport in america. >> but also comes new fears. >> people say that must be dangerous, that can't be

appropriate. that must be dangerous. why didn't the airport stop them? >> we were at an event and our coworkers would come up and ask when we're going to jail. when are the cops coming for you? >> the joke becomes dead serious when the film makers are contacted by a representative of the dallas-fort worth airport where the video was shot. >> we were both really scared. i was like i'm going to jail. >> i'm like oh, this is bad. so i just take it off of youtube right away. >> i was nervous of the outcome of what they wanted from us and what we were going to do about it. >> but when the renegade travelers call the airport, they get a surprising response. >> our conversation was really good. they seemed to really like the video. >> the airport's like, hey, we know what you guys did. and we're okay with it. so just don't worry about it. >> it was kind of relieving. because i could actually talk to the people who were in charge of

it to straighten things out. >> there wasn't much fallout because nothing really inappropriate happened. other than maybe the guy taking some beer without paying for it. >> you know, i would actually love to see these guys unstuck. if this is what they can do with virtually nothing going on, i'd love to see them in something more fun and taking it to the next level. coming up, a mayor takes justice into his own hands. >> it's very badass. >> almost that destruction porn. >> the video is real. >> maybe, maybe not. find out when "caught on camera: viral videos, fact or fiction?" continues. ♪ [ driver ] what do i want? ♪ i want horsepower. cleaner horsepower. i want power that dominates the road. and fuel efficiency that respects the earth. gimme 43 miles per gallon. and the rush of 200 horsepower. what i want is the best of both worlds.

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derby of dealing with daily annoyances. >> it's very badass. that kind of thing is not what we associate with our leaders. >> why does the mayor have two staff members hanging out with him? >> if politics had a tv show like "entourage" this is what it would look like. hey, turtle, let's go roll around. >> then comes the truth. the owner confronts the mayor. >> supposedly this is the owner. >> a fellow with white jacket and gold chains. >> this guy screams a-hole. >> you're sort of waiting to see if the guy is going to freak out and attack him and this is going to turn into a fight video. >> shockingly, the man is not too upset about his car being crushed. which makes many wonder is this really a mayor caught on camera

during a very unstatesmanlike rampage. or is this another work of viral fiction? well, let's ask the man himself. >> arturas zuokas, the mayor of vilnius, the capital of lithuania. >> you know, what is real in our life? writer yoevski wrote when you think about a crime, is already a crime. >> okay. that might be a little deep. let's just say it's a little of both. >> the video's real. i mean, there's nothing being fake. like the car being crushed is not faked. it's not a cgi tank.

>> the guy got into an armored vehicle and crushed a car on an actual street in vilnius. but everything else is completely staged. >> that is correct. there's no trickery or special effects, but the smashes of the mercedes is a setup. but why? in lithuania, wealthy citizens flout the law and park their automobiles wherever they want. >> i could see fancy cars parked in bike lane, for example. and i don't like it. if you are wealthy and you own big and expensive cars, this doesn't mean you have more rights in the city. >> these laws are fined, but it doesn't dissuade them from breaking the law. >> it's quite cheap. the first fine will be $5. the second will be much bigger. and the third one just could be $200, $300. >> mayor zuokas decides to take matters into his own hands. he comes up with a plan he thinks will have a bigger impact than fines. >> my idea was to create a kind of provocation or social

campaign just to start to talk about illegal parking. >> that campaign comes in the form of a youtube video where the mayor taps into human kind's most primal urges. >> you see a car that will block exit, for example, from your house or office. what usually you think? usually you think i would like maybe to crash this car. >> with this in mind, they hit the streets of vilnius with a used mercedes they used and an armored personnel carrier taken from the military. >> even know they use this. but more modern version. >> they park the mercedes illegally then have only one chance to get it in one shot. >> we have only one shot. but we were prepared for well. and we succeeded quite easily. >> as for the owner of the

mercedes, he's played by a local actor. >> we tried to find a guy who looks like the real owner of mercedes. and you could see this guy in a mercedes quite often in the city of vilnius. >> with all forgiven, the mayor cleans up after his mess. >> i like how they have this little scene with the mayor sweeping bits of crushed glass off the highway to advertise the civic responsibility and duty after crushing a mercedes. >> on august 2nd, 2011, the mayor launches the clip on his youtube page. in just a few days, it goes viral getting millions of hits and petrifying parking perpetrators worldwide. >> i was, of course, surprised of such popularity of this film.

the reaction was so huge everywhere in the world. >> videos of destruction have a tendency to be fascinating to people. almost like destruction porn like of watching a building collapse or a car be smashed. >> the video is a huge hit, but does it really deter parking scoff laws? >> the people now have had the image of tank which maybe will come and crash they car. >> after watching the mayor and his car-crushing adventures, many wonder if a u.s. politician could pull off the same stunt? >> michael dukakis got in a tank and looked silly. >> we live in a much less soviet country. officials here look less oppressive. >> since becoming an internet sensation, the mayor continues

to combat parking violators in new and unique ways. >> so they printed this special sticker and they distribute these for citizens. >> it's a three step sticker system. >> step one, if you see a car parked in bad way, you just put the sticker on the glass. step two, if you will see the same car you will put much bigger sticker. and if you will see for the third time, please call to me and i will come. coming up, a black belt black bear. >> it's, like, always on the verge of going out of control. >> but is he a master or kung fu or a master of trickery? >> how the hell did it do that? it's crazy. >> it looks fake. it's just so fast. >> when "caught on camera: viral videos, fact or fiction?"

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fu panda. obviously a fiction cartoon character. but when you see a real bear showing off some martial arts moves, that's a recipe for millions of hits. and a lot of people scratching their heads saying there's just no way. this video starts out like any other shot by a tourist visiting the zoo. but it quickly turns into a scene from couching tiger, hidden black bear? >> it's, like, always on the verge of going out of control. and not once does the bear hit himself in the face. that's really impressive. >> i love this one. the time that you watch it even if you're by yourself that you just start giggling and can't stop yourself. >> no one's heard of the teenager mutant ninja bears. is this the talents of a visual effects artist? or is this the child of bruce lee? >> we think how the hell did it do that? it's crazy. >> i was waiting to know what

camera trick they did. >> amazingly, the kung fu bear is 100% accurate. >> it's just a talented bear. >> for years claude the bear has been wowing visitors in japan with his mastery of martial arts. claude taught himself serious stick skills after zoo keepers gave him a five foot staff to

play with shortly after his arrival. >> this poor bear is bored out of his mind. he says i've got this stick and i'm smart. >> he doesn't gain fame until this teen visits the zoo with his family in 2009. >> the zoo is generally really quiet. i walk off by myself. >> soon alex comes face to face with claude the bear. >> so i take out my camera. >> alex can't believe his eyes when claude picks up the stick. >> i was pretty amazed when i saw claude playing with the stick doing all these amazing tricks. at the time i was filming it, i thought this could get millions of views on youtube. >> alex decides to make his vision a reality. he comes home from his trip and edits together a montage of claude's best moves. the bear's tricks are so unbelievable that even alex's sister yuki thinks it's a fake. >> there's a ton of crazy things in japan so i thought it was a show. he's like, no it's real. >> alex uploads the video in september 2009. >> i start getting thousands of views. start getting really excited. week after week it kept blowing up. >> before long, the video receives more than 3.5 million hits on youtube. the video's so popular, it spawns numerous parodies.

>> good morning, ninja bear. time to complete your ninja training. >> it's almost like the entire internet was ripping on this bear for a bit. >> i've seen ones with mortal kombat sounds. >> there was one with a light saber instead of a stick. that one's funny. >> people want to recontextualize anything. it's a way to participate in the viral revolution. >> but with growing popularity is growing skepticism. many think alex's video is a fake. >> the part where he flips the stick in the air and catches it, they believe it's a fake. >> to quaff the thoughts, he posts an extended uncut version online.

>> this video is 100% real. i haven't added any effects to it. it's 100% true. >> two years after claude's rise to fame, alex's younger sister takes a trip to japan. one of her first stops is the zoo. >> i thought if i saw it for myself, i could brag about it to my friends and stuff. say yeah i've seen that in real life. >> at first, things look bleak. >> get your video ready. >> i'm videoing. >> then to yuki's excitement, claude starts up his old tricks. >> he's doing it! >> he looked a little lazy kind of. he wasn't exactly doing the same tricks as fast. he was still doing the same old stuff, but maybe a little slower. >> older and wiser, claude continues to excite crowds at the zoo and around the world on youtube. many wonder what his next trick

will be. >> he can probably run the banks better than the guys who are doing that. coming up, a reckless stunt. >> i hear a car coming, i'm like oh my god, please. >> you think it can't be real, can it? >> and later man's best friend tells you how she really feels. >> i love you. >> i love you little doggy. oh, my god. >> this is the easiest thing to fake. >> i love you. >> the truth is revealed when "caught on camera: viral videos, fact or fiction?" continues.

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launches on youtube featuring an insane stunt that gives waiting for the bus a whole new meaning. >> i'm going to do a stunt. let's see how it goes. >> he dashes into the road where there's traffic. >> he waits for the right car and runs out. >> then he leaps to the ground when a bus comes. >> he lies flat and it goes afterwards. >> then springs up afterward having done a daring stunt. >> dangerous, yes. crazy, for sure. but is it fact or fiction? >> initially you sort of gasp and you're like no way. that can't be real, can it? >> it's unlikely that you will survive laying down under a bus. many things can go very wrong. >> it looks like something like maybe that could work. >> definitely do not try this at home. it is 100% fake, so trying this for real could cause 100% injury.

the stuntman is visual effects editor daniel who creates the video on summer break in high school. >> that particular day i was bored. i wanted to do something that day. >> he has a visual effects program on his computer. and wants to test it out. his idea is to shoot multiple shots and layer them on top of each other to create the illusion of being run over by a bus. >> i went out to the front yard, set up by tripod. i set up the camera, lined it up right, watched traffic go by for a few minutes. >> first he needs a shot of himself lying in the middle of an empty street. but in the process, it nearly becomes a reality. >> i run out and lay on the floor. i hear a car coming. i'm like, please. i got up and ran out of the way. >> he finally gets the shot. >> all right, i got it.

print let's move on. >> he takes the footage and begins the roto-scoping. >> you do that frame by frame. >> those elements are then layered on to a shot of the empty street. but there's a problem. because of the long duration between the shots, the lighting is off. daniel uses some hollywood magic to mask the errors. >> i added the lens flair to cover up the sun changes. >> but for many this is a telltale sign it's fake. >> unless you're shooting "transformers 4" this is not acceptable. >> in addition to the lens flare, there may be another issue. >> i just don't believe the bus would barrel right over without hesitating a little. >> i'm this bus driver and i see a dude in the middle of the street. oh, you know what? i don't like my job, i'm just going to try to kill him. oh, that's that kid who lays under my bus every time i go by trying to get on youtube.

>> well, it worked. daniel's clip receives thousands of hits and has helped him fine tune his skills. but for those who believe they can do the bus stunt without special effects, daniel has a message. >> my video is definitely fake. so do not try this at home. it's a lot of computer geekness making something look cool. >> from a stunt that seems super human to a dog that wants to be human. >> mishka, i love you. >> the three words we long to hear. but imagine hearing the phrase from your dog. >> i love you. >> i love you. >> i love you, little doggy. oh, my gosh. >> it's impossible not to join in. >> i love you. >> good girl. >> i love you.

>> everybody's always wanted to know if their dog loves them back. >> i would love to have my dog tell me he loves me. god knows i fed him enough. >> how could this dog possibly talk? >> it's so unbelievable a dog could say i love you. >> this is the easiest thing to fake. >> you could dub over the animal. >> all you need is a tape recorder and somebody that has a very dog-like voice. >> it's just too good to be true. >> i love you. >> unbelievably, mishka can talk. >> i love you. >> in february, 2008, after discovering mishka's talent, matt and elena post the video online. >> i love you. >> astonishingly, it racks up on youtube. >> it makes you smile every time you see it. >> i love you. >> animals are just awesome. you just love to see them acting

in ways we don't expect. >> i love the howling. it's like i'm so frustrated! stop making me say this. >> but they want mishka's voice to be heard. in fact, they post more than 450 videos on youtube chronicling her daily life. she becomes an internet sensation and a desirable tv show guest. mishka stops by the "today" show to speak to ann curry. >> when did you first make this discovery that mishka could mimic these words in this way? >> she was talkative and liked to howl. one time it sounded like i love you. so we said i love you back to her and she started mimicking us. >> do you think she'd talk to us this morning. >> oh, yeah, i think so. >> mishka, i love you. >> i love you.

>> she doesn't want to stop saying i love you. >> i love you. >> good girl. good girl. >> good job. >> but i can't help but wonder what is going on in mishka's mind when she says i love you? >> i'll put it simply. when she. >> i love you. >> i'll put it very simply, what the dog is thinking when the owners are asking her to say something is treat. i love treats. i love treats. ♪ ♪ coming up, look to the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane. it's a kayak? >> just crazy. that must be fake. >> that gives me so much anxiety watching it. >> it's obviously not something you see every day when "caught on camera viral videos fact or fiction" continues. [ male announcer ] sorry, buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. really?

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>> we're used to seeing daredevils push themselves to the limit. this video combines two extreme sports and pushes the boundaries of believeability. >> you have a guy in a kayak skydiving which is obviously not something you see every day. >> after sort of rolling around and as though he's in the jetsons or something flying through the air. >> i've seen people jump off bikes and skis and things like that, but that one is pretty new. >> this is a video that i almost wanted to be fake because it gave me so much anxiety to watch it. >> is kayaking is an extreme sport or extreme fiction? >> people fake things a lot with extreme sports. >> who jumps out of a plane in a kayak? >> it's like an ad for some type of testosterone body spray or something. that must be fake. >> well, let's ask the man in

the boat miles dasher. >> sky kayaking is very real. if you think it's fake, check this out baz here we go. i'm going to take you on a ride. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> skyaking is a daredevil sport it's like kayaking. >> his web of the extreme can be traced to 1995 when he attempts his first sky dive. his experience changes his life. it was hook, line and sinker, just, like, this is what i want to do. as a matter of fact, i quit my job and spent all of my money on jumping and living the dream. >> as if simply jumping out of an airplane and plummeting to earth isn't enough of a thrill, dasher keeps upping the challenge in order to chase new highs. >> i was actually the first person to land a bicycle, skybiking. i'm riding a bike and not a

parachute and, i'm on a bike! this is awesome! take my picture quick! i'm doing it! >> oh, dude, thanks a lot, man. geez, i'm trying to ump j out of this -- >> i'm a base jumper. i jump off of cliffs, buildings, antennas and buildings with parachutes and now i've had more base jumps than anyone else on the planet. >> he takes it to the next level when a buddy of his makes a unique request. >> a friend of mine makes kayaking movies and he asked me if i can jump out of an airplane with a kayak. >> kayaking is a different story. >> i kayaked some river, and i'm not really good, and it's kind of a scary sport, you know? because your legs are locked into a boat and as soon as you get upside down and you've got rocks flying by your head under the water, and you can't breathe. >> but never one to back down from a challenge, dasher decides

to give skyaking a try. >> the first jump i did i was real nervous, and i had an escape plan to get out of the boat in case things went wrong. >> luckily, dasher doesn't have to use it. >> it worked out great. not only did i sit upright on the boat. i can do spins, a flat spin. i can pump back and forth and push the air and tuck up and roll the boat just like you roll a kayak. >> he even sticks the tricky landing. >> when you land in this boat and you're in an l-seated position and you will take the impact with your back and take the skin and then settle it in real nice. >> from that moment, miles is hooked and attempts numerous skyak jumps. you need the right tool for the right job and i consider myself as an all-purpose tool.

i have the reflectiones of a jungle cat. >> his tools of the trade include a very specific kind of kayak. >> it takes the right boat to skyak. you have a boat that has concave tops in it and you get upside down, it will cut the air and you will not be able to flip out of it. he equips the skyak with an emergency chute to make sure it doesn't plummet to the ground if he needs to bail. it's perfect for the size of a 30-pound kayak. so he has a pimped out kayak and nerves of steel. >> he'll be the sky akre guy. i'll go to your birthday party in my skyak. bar mitzvah? skyak man. >> miles has parlayed his daring do into dollars. skyaking and performing other stunt as the red bull army.

>> we're not military, we're just a power in the sky. we're an aerial team and we go around the whole world. we get to go to cool air shows and people do all kinds of events. so with sky biking, base jumping and skyaking conquered, what feat could possibly be next for miles dasher? >> i think the next big sport may be jumping with animals. >> just plummeting, no parachute, just plummeting. i don't know if you get more extreme than that. >> a lot of people say i may have a death wish, but awe kont rare, i want to have more fun than i can possibly have in my whole life. >> from skydiving with a kayak to running over a car in an rememberered personnel carrier, the web is full of amazing videos. whether fact or fiction, one