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i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of when it comes to viral videos, seeing isn't always believing. >> fantasy football. >> man, did he really do that? >> no way. >> treacherous trick shots. >> bigger and bigger and bigger. >> parking pandemonium. >> i'm the crazy guy who cuts off parking meters. >> it feels real. >> breathtaking biking.
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. >> this is exactly the kind of place your mother told you not to ride your bike. >> this is a shaving helmet. >> something terrible is going to happen. >> sometimes we like it see bad things happen on the internet. >> that is 7,000 degrees. that will blow your skin right off. >> i can't believe i'm catching this on camera. ? neither can we. let's investigate. >> caught on camera, bogus or bona fide. >> some athletes are the most skilled in the world. >> pull! >> ready? go. >> but is it even humanly possible? >> we like to believe prour fegsal athletes are these sort
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of sewer heroes. >> you are put into situations where you believe they are exhibiting these super humanitarian feats of skills. >> the videos are part after series called fantasy files, promoting nfl.com's fantasy football league. >> right now there's about 30 million people playing fantasy football a year so we want them to sign up with the most authentic place it play, the nfl. >> i think people have clever videos to reinforce the fantasy side of fantasy football. >> time to pick me. >> in your league, you better pick me. >> that's why you pick me. >> in 2006 the series launches on-line. >> pick me. >> within days each video racks up millions of hits. >> that took on a life of its own. it is exciting. >> i watch it every morning. and not because i was in it. >> check this out. >> these are great videos.
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>> it is so-called because it does create a lot of conversation because some people believe it is true and some believe it isn't true. >> arm chair quarter backs across the globe try to cap turtd authenticity of the video. >> my first impression is this they're fake. if he can nail a disk flying in the air, that's precisely that far down, he should voo lot more super bowl rings. >> when i first saw this, i totally bought into it completely. >> pick me. >> it doesn't seem that out fd ordinary. they are athletes. why wouldn't they be able do something like this. >> yes. >> you would never do something that ridiculous and reckless because he was completely ruin his season if he injured himself. >> all good points. what's the official ruling on the field? >> are those real or fake? i think everyone should watch super bowl xxxxii and watch when he caught the balance in a pack
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of helmets. and there are plenty more moments on the field like that. >> okay, that's not really a clear yes nor answer. nfl quarterback and star of one of the videos, joe flacco, should be able to take us behind the scenes. >> i will say it is pretty straight forward. i pick up the football. they shot the skeet out into the air. >> pull. >> and i threw the football. i just through it as far as i could. it took a little while but it was worth it. it was a lot of fun and i gat good reaction from it. >> so we're not getting anywhere with flacco either. what about tight end chris coolly. >> i showed up and they said, we bought about 15 pieces of sheet rock from home depot. that's how many takes we have. >> i said we should probably be able do if in one. it took 15 takes. >> by far, the hardest part of the video is getting the ball back through the sheet rock. i started to get cuts and scrapes all over my arm. so they put make-up on the cuts on my arm.
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but it didn't hurt or anything. >> okay, so coolly is playing defense against doubters too. football fans want to get to the bottom of the real or fake debate. many try the stunts themselves as per dis flood the intermet. >> watch this. >> some were really bad. the worse they got, the more fun we had watching them. >> very funny. but we fill can't definitively answer if the original videos are real or fake. time to bring in the vince lombardi of viral video debunking. allen, aka, captain disillusion. >> greetings, children, captain dissolution here. i would be willing to stake my
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reputation of captain dissolution that these fantasy football videos are not real. >> here is a highlight from the captain. >> gentlemen, i give you nfl fantasy files. >> chris coolly positioned himself behind the wall but the pan serves as a transition from a violent looking port all has been precut with a digital touchup masks the hole in a few frames beforehand coolly thrusts his hand through the hole and an elegant dust and degree does the rest. a moment later the football is in coolly's hand to throw a clean background play and coolly emerges victorious. >> pull! >> and what about joe flacco at the shooting range? >> they film every element that makes this happen separately. joe flacco throwing the ball. the ball flying through the sky and the clay pigeon exploding and combine them together in a moelt motion tracked shot. to make it look real.
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>> all interesting theories. but until we hear otherwise from the source, that is just what they are, theorys. >> we may never have a clear winner in the bogus versus bona fide rivalry, but one thing is for sure, the fantasy files are entertaining. >> whether you think it is real or fake, it doesn't matter. >> people like to see people do cool things on the edge of being believable or not, you know. >> man, did he really do that? >> check this out. >> 30 seconds of something that's like, no way. it was neat for me to be a part of it. >> that's why you pick me. >> coming up. >> the world's longest basketball shot. >> the shot reason around the
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>> waj issing with do ever ever ev . /*. . warning, do not play horse against these guys. you will lose. >> welcome to aggie land. this is the world's longest basketball shot. big time! oh! >> here's these ratty looking guys, running around doing the most impossible looking basketball shot.
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>> they take sick shots to a crazy extreme. >> you just can't believe those shots are possible. >> did that ball really go in? >> this is the laser shot. >> it would be very easy to think that someone could fake this. the ball goes out of the screen, and therefore it must be edited. >> there it is. >> it just begs to be taken as a visual effect. it's in the hole. >> so are these great hoopsters or great video editors? >> our videos are 100% real, i promise. i would even bet my grandma's strawberry short cake and biscuits and gravy. >> okay, nobody messes with grandma's home cooking these guys must be on the level. >> this is the airplane shop. >> the ballers behind the video
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are five buddies hailing from texas. in april 2009, the guys discover their unique talent while roommates at texas a&m university. >> we were in the backyard messing around. before we were going to lunch. ty likes to do one-sided bets where he'll bet if he makes something and if he misses it's nothing. and i bet garret that if i made a shot from across the backyard
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he had to pay for my sandwich. >> of course, college guys. got to make a free lunch any way we can. >> i took the bet for some reason. i threw up a shot from behind the back and drained it. >> he made it. swished the shot his very first try. >> they can't believe their eyes. >> so we go grab the little picture camera. >> we'll see if we can get it on film. as soon as we saw it on the camera, that was the game changer. >> we all wanted to top each other. >> crazy shots behind the tree. >> standing up on the roof. it's in the hole! >> we started filming everything. bigger and bigger and bigger. >> this is the laser shot. >> the guys edit the footage together. but before they decide the posse needs a name. >> the name came about on accident. we were sitting in the backyard and we decided to put the camera up on the rail. he looked through the camera and
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saw it was perfectly in frame. and said -- >> dude, perfect. >> it's something guys say a lot. dude, perfect. nice shot. >> so let's start off. >> with a name in place and modest expectations, the guys launched the video on youtube. >> we figured we would share with our friends and hopefully get a laugh out of it. >> hut. >> but friends share it with other friends, setting off a chain reaction. within a couple of days the video scores more than 100,000 views. >> i literally remember watching someone a couple of rows in front of me watching our video in class. it was the greatest feeling ever. >> the dudes want to up the ante. they create even more extreme trick shot videos. and in many cases, the harder
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the shot, the higher the head count. while driving by texas a&m's football stadium, tyler and coby get an idea for their biggest shot yet. >> i looked over and saw how big it was. he said, i really think i can make a shot from up there. and i'm like, bro, there is no way. >> and i told him if he got me in there i would make a shot. >> a few e-mails later, dude perfect gets full access to the stadium. >> we had no idea if it was possible to make a shot from that high or that far. >> but after half an hour of attempts. >> welcome to aggie land. this is the world's longest basketball shot. >> yes! what! >> we just erupt in excitement. >> took my breath away. >> we were really freaking out.
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>> nobody had ever made a basketball shot from that far before. >> it was the first trick shot taken to absolutely perfection. >> in december of 2009 the dudes launch the clip under the title words longest basketball shot. >> i made it. >> it spreads like wildfire racking up more than 2 million hits in just two hours and becomes one of the most viewed videos of the year. >> it's one of the repeatable clips. it's got a lot of suspense. a great satisfying ending. >> this is a nice, simple, visual representation of achieving something nearly impossible. >> but many viewers believe the shot is impossible. online skeptics rigorously debate the video's authenticity. >> crazy ideas about how we strung a string up from the basketball down to the stadium. >> another guy thought we used some kind of device on the basketball. >> magnetism. magnet in the goal and magnet in the ball.
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>> we don't mind that people accuse it of being fake because it's just a statement about how unbelievable our videos really are. after the world's longest basketball shot, dude perfect becomes a youtube juggernaut. the guys launch dozens of videos and get tens of millions of hits. >> boom! yes! >> soon, advertisers come calling. >> yeah! >> you can't dispute millions and millions of people seeing your brand. >> dude perfect. >> corporations like southwest airlines and gmc hire the ballers to star in commercials. >> we started to pitch dude perfect as a brand to viral companies. >> this is the airplane shot. >> now, now, now. >> little known fact, tyler made that on his second try. >> happy to share their secrets
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to success, dude perfect's cory cotton writes a self help book called "go big." >> it's about our super fun story to tie in simple steps to take what you love and actually be able to do it. >> the crew also puts out their very own smart phone game called, what else, dude perfect. >> it's basically angry birds with a basketball. >> i had my hand in the design process. i'm definitely the best looking avatar in the game. >> there it is! >> so with all of their accomplishments, what's next for the kings of trick shooting? >> if i was able to create my own dream shot, i would get shot out of a cannon while i'm on fire over a large body of water, over some helicopters, and slam just the world's largest dunk of all time. and then i would get some of my grandma's strawberry shortcake after. yes!
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in february 2011, a video featuring a sharp new product hits the web. >> all right, so this is a shaving helmet. >> it's a helmet you put on and it shaves your head for you. >> i'll give you a demo. >> my first impression is oh my god. something terrible is going to happen. >> he's agreed to be our test subject today. >> you do not want to be the first person to test the moving razor blade helmet. >> any last words kenny? >> pray for me. >> you watch it like this. >> this is going to be a horror movie. >> blood is going to come
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pouring from the helmet. >> his head is going to fall off. >> it's going to be a disgusting mess. >> can you hear that? that's the screams of a man who has been shaved by this device. >> any nicks? >> amazingly, the test subject's head is in one piece. >> nice. it looks smooth. >> leaving many to wonder, is the shaving helmet cutting edge technology or a razor sharp ruse. >> there you have it, shaving helmet. >> the master minds behind the shave helmet, michael and james, reveal the truth. >> this is a hoax. and it would probably hurt you really, really bad if you tried to put it on and shave your head with it. >> in my most drunken stupor i would never wear this. >> james and michael head up think modo, a viral marketing firm. >> we create videos that ask the question, is this real or not? >> the process of trying to figure out how the trick was done is what engages people. the shave helmet video is a
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viral ad for a real invention called head blade. >> head blade is a shaving product for guys who shave their heads. >> head blade is a small company that wants a boost in sales. >> this type of vie marketing is a dream. millions of people go out of their way and actually outright tell people to watch this and watch it for fun. >> james and michael need an outside the box idea to attract the attention of the folicly impaired. >> as someone who shaves my head, i always try to figure out a way how to eliminate the time i spend every morning. what if there was a device like a helmet where you press a button and 20 seconds later you're done? >> where the idea in place, they hire designer cristo holloway to make the design a reality, or something that looks like reality. >> believability has to be an element. >> the helmet is an existing motorcycle helmet. this control panel has been
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painted. the shaving cream support was out of aluminum with a brass finish that looks slick. and then supposedly the shaving cream goes through this tube into the blades. on the inside we have the aluminum bar with four razors attached to it. it moves back and forth. >> so if the helmet doesn't actually shave your head -- >> how does it feel? >> what really happens in the video? >> a little strange. >> let's ask the expert. >> so at this point right here is where i thought they interrupted the take, had a chance to shave the guy's head and put the helmet back on and combine the different take in this camera move, sort of a fancy digital transition. >> nope. more low tech. in a world of digital tricks. this one outsmarts the expert. >> we pull the switcheroo. we look exactly alike.
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>> james and michael cast up and coming twin comedians, keith and kenny, to star in the video. >> in the ad they actually mention something about being comfortable having your head shaved. i didn't think much of it. >> it said that we would be getting paid, so we're like, sure, whatever, we really need the money. >> with the cast in place, michael and james planned the shoot. >> we had two identical helmets and two identical twins. one did not shave his head. the other was preshaven. >> we're going to switch them out with a part where the camera is off screen. >> and created the illusion that he had been shaved. >> but it's easier said than done. >> this entire thing was shot in a restroom. so the space is super tight. >> the twins would bump into each other while we had to switch them. >> you don't want to run into someone with a helmet on. >> not a helmet with razors. >> finally after more than a dozen takes they get it right.
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>> which is what the helmet is doing now. >> just two days later james and michael upload the shave helmet to this the masses. soon the video has more than a million views. one of the reasons this went viral is the fear factor. >> any last words, kenny? >> i don't know. pray for me. >> the truth is, sometimes we like to see bad things happen on the internet. it's the truth. sometimes we enjoy seeing other people have things go wrong. coming up -- one of the hottest videos online. >> honestly, i thought we were going to get some severed fingers. that's 7,000 degrees. lava is 2,000 degrees. >> and if that's not impressive enough -- >> no. >> i can't believe i'm catching this on camera. >> we can't either. >> the truth revealed when "caught on camera: viral videos bogus or bona fide" continues.
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the hour etop stories, funeral service will be held later this week for a pastor and reverend at ame church in south carolina. they are 2 of 9d people shot end killed in the church wednesday. the church held services today for the first time since the shooting. investigators in new orleans are trying to figure out how a suspect got a hold of a gun, then shot and killed a veteran police officer. they say travis boyd shot the officer while he was being transported to city jail. now back to caught on camera. what do you get when you combine green slime, a 7,000-degree flame, and a scientist willing to try anything? pure internet gold. >> so this guy introduces this fire retardant foam and actually
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spreads some on his hands. >> you can see him putting the flame right to his hand. >> it's like a really extreme sport version of bill nye the science guy. >> i was tensely waiting for something horrible to happen. >> he's actually withstanding it and not scheming in pain. >> i would say that's a good enough test for anybody. >> and as if that's not enough, what comes next will blow your mind, and potentially turn your stomach. >> give me a spoon. >> no, no. this is biodegradable nontoxic edible product, there it is. >> he took a spoon and ate it like it's ice cream.
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pretty sure it doesn't taste like ice cream. >> i got to hand it to that guy, he really believes in his product. >> he may believe in it. but many online viewers think it's science fiction not nonfiction. >> my first inclination is to think that this were not possible. >> but is it possible? for the answer let's ask the torch man himself. >> this is not fake. this is the real thing. >> tom is a scientist and inventor at the helm of his own research company. >> we're in the business of trying to create new products for the use of the public. every substance i make we made for the purpose of maintaining the environment and just keeping people safe. >> some of those inventions include a pepper spray neutralizer, a microwave blow torch, and even his own line of energy bars. >> it's enjoyable to eat. it will give you energy. it will boost the immune system.
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>> tom's innovations catch the eye of host of the web series "survive and thrive" tv. >> it's an interview series where i go out and film different people trying to survive and thrive in the new economy. >> the two meet and immediately click. >> tom just threw a bunch of different products at me and, i was like, you know, we should shoot some of this stuff because i've never seen them before. >> that includes a flame retardant foam that tom is developing. >> it was designed to put out a fire in intense heat. but it has to still be bio safe. so it doesn't damage you. >> tom figures the best way to prove his product works is -- well, trial by fire. and he's the begin knee pig. >> the torch could burn two to three inches of steel very easily. it melts like ice. >> that's 7,000 degrees. lava is 2,000 degrees. >> if i put the torch to my hand, it would turn to carbon
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with a few milliseconds. >> we're proving this product that we have as foam works in the most extreme and dangerous situation. >> even after making sure the foam works off camera, tom and george are nervous when we start the shoot. >> honestly, i thought we were going to get some severed fingers or something. >> i was scared to death. >> but tom brought that torch down to his hand and he was touching the foam. it's just like, i can't believe i'm catching this on camera. >> it would seem that potentially setting yourself on fire would be enough. so why on earth does tom eat the foam? >> if you're going to make a really nontoxic material, you should sit there and you should eat your own material to prove the material is safe. >> i have eaten the product. it's not like candy or anything like that.
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but it's bearable. i wouldn't say it's something you put in a bowl and eat for breakfast. >> i've been eating this stuff, you know, off and on for five years. i'm perfectly healthy. i'm a healthy man. >> in february of 2012 george launches the video on the survive and thrive site. it catches fire, recording more than 700,000 hits. >> it had all the elements to go viral. there was suspense. there was new information. there was danger. i think half the people that watch this video expect a horrible accident to happen. but the fact that it demonstrates something amazing is what compels people to pass it on. >> he's the typical crazy inventor in his garage creating something world changing and he's just crazy enough you might actually believe him. >> but here at "caught on camera" we still have our doubts. seeing is believing. and after we get the go ahead from our lawyers, tom agrees to recreate the hot action for our camera.
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>> and there you go. snow. i get to eat this lovely material. so, where is our spoon. all right. this is going to be so delicious. this is good. mmm. >> now for the answer to the question we've all been waiting to ask. >> how does it taste? >> like soap. >> coming up, a warning to parking enforcement officer ls all over the world. >> that guy is sawing off that meter. >> do not give this guy a ticket. >> i'm the crazy guy who cuts off parking meters. >> and later, is this really happening? or are we all a little tipsy? >> i immediately got nervous because i'm like please don't
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it's an all too familiar situation. you park your car, feed the meter, and come back just a few minutes too late. in october 2011, a video spreads across the web chronicling this very scenario, but with a twist. >> you have, it looks like maybe a cell phone camera that somebody sitting in the back of a cab has in new york. >> it looks like an expired meter. they didn't come back in time. >> we see this altercation between a parking attendant. >> then the sparks fly. literally. >> some guy shows up and cuts
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off the parking meter. >> there's no way you can get a ticket if there's no meter, right? >> it's a shocking moment that doesn't seem totally out of the realm of believability. >> the look of this video is authentic. it looks real. >> it seems like you're really catching a moment in time. it already started before you got there. >> others feel the video is fake. >> the mistake they made is over narrating the video. >> that guy is sawing off that meter. >> it starts reeking of a viral setup. >> captain disillusion is right. the clip is bogus. it's another master hoax by michael and james of think modo. they create the piece to promote the sci-fi film in time starring jus tin timberlake. >> the general concept is that money is replaced by time as a currency.
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once your time expires you die. >> and we came up with an analogy to the movie by somebody who rebelled against a parking meter that was controlling his time. >> the guys need the altercation to seem as real as possible. that starts with the cast. >> it's key to use people who are realistic. >> we use real people. we don't use actors. >> with that in mind, james and michael are ecstatic when she tries. >> i was a parole officer and a detective with the district attorney's office and never served as a traffic enforcement agent, but i've had numerous experience with people that have been noncompliant and difficult. >> and in the role of the saw wielding carpenter, they hire an actual carpenter, eric weis. >> eric was a carpenter o who put an addition onto my own home. >> basically he asked me if i
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would be interested in doing this viral video to promote a movie. i said yeah, sure, what the heck? >> on the day of the shoot, they painstakingly recreate a busy new york street scene in a not so busy part of the city. the cast and crew gather first thing in the morning to stay under the radar. >> not one person can see us do this. once the photo leaks it would be all blown. they would see it was a hoax. in another effort to make it look real michael shoots the scene using his iphone from the backseat of a cab. but it isn't easy. >> timing was a critical issue. we had to rehearse it many times. on the first take they encounter a serious setback. >> it took too long to cut through the post. but i cut through the post most of the way so when we did the cut it just takes a few seconds. >> now it takes half the time. the cast and crew nail the shot.
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that's a wrap, everybody. >> soon after the shoot they release the shoot with the title crazy guy cuts off meter with saw. the act of civil disobedience gains around a million hits in a few days. >> every now and then it would be nice to go crazy. a lot of people were there with that guy wielding an emotional chain saw. >> people want to know the truth, but those involved stay mum on the answer. >> all the people have to sign nondisclosure agreements not to reveal what they did. >> i had a couple of people call me, customers of mine that were concerned about my well being. i'm sure they didn't want me around their house thinks this
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is the crazy guy. >> even eric's mother is fooled by the video. she said, it was great, but i raised you better than that. with the help of the crazy saw guy, in time goes onto gross more than $172 million worldwide. with all the publicity, will we see them in another video? or a hollywood blockbuster with justin timberlake? >> justin, if there's a movie coming out, and you need an actress, call me. you owe me. >> the only way i would consider acting for a living is if my back goes out and i can't do the craft that i enjoy doing. after that last video, i bet we could all use a drink. in january of 2012 a tricky video hits the web leaving us scratching our heads and thirsty for the truth. >> we see a card. he sets it down. >> i could demonstrate this for you.
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we have to replicate the experiment exactly. i'm going to need a deck of those naked lady cards. >> he sets up two glasses. one of whiskey, one of water. >> put them against each other with a playing card in between them. >> when i first saw this, i immediately got nervous because i'm like, please don't waste any good liquor. >> in a tiny opening, the whiskey exchanges places with the water in the bottom glass. >> when the video launches it becomes a viral hit gaining hundreds of thousands of views. there are no spoken words in the video and you're watching something unfold. sometimes it surprises you at the end. people love a surprise in a viral video. curious viewers debate if the trick is real or a drunk hallucination. >> i still don't get it. i still don't understand it. >> the cameras are all close. you can't tell who is doing what.
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you might think he is tricking me to see if this bar trick works. then i'm going to go try it and get whiskey all over the house. >> if you have whiskey around the house, the trick is completely bona fide. >> i think anyone who thinks this video is fake would benefit from basic high school science education. >> that's right. it's no trick at all. but honest to goodness science. >> alcohol or ethanol is just less dense than water. so a certain amount of whiskey with really high alcohol content and a certain amount of water don't weigh the same. >> if you slowly pull out a playing card, the whiskey will rise up and water will sink down with minimal loss of liquor, which is the important thing. >> so there you have it. another helpful tip with your friends from "caught on camera." >> i will definitely try this trick now.
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it's a simple concept. a man and his bicycle. but there's nothing simple about this video. ♪ >> we've got this guy going through a train yard and using it as his personal playground.
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>> this is exactly the kind of place that your mother told you not to ride your bike. >> bouncing across rusted out buildings, old train tracks, using the world like a jungle gym on wheels. >> this guy had health insurance, he doesn't anymore. >> i don't think i could jump around like that on my feet, much less on wheels. >> when this clip, called industrial revolutions, hits the web, it's an instant phenomenon, collecting more than 5 million views. >> there's a fascination with people who have gone to great lengths to push themselves and do things that are seemingly impossible. >> are they seemingly impossible or actually impossible? >> it's a little like seeing a
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tight ropewalker at a circus. it's so unbelievable. >> you might think it's fake because you wouldn't think anyone would try something this crazy. >> so is he crazy or not crazy? hard to say. but this video is definitely bona fide. >> there's not much that you could fake about something like this. this biking video gets captain disillusion's seal of approval. it's totally real and very impressive. >> the daring biker is danny, a master of the sport called trials riding. >> trials in its basic form is trying to get your bike over obstacles without putting your feet down. >> it's dangerous, and danny takes safety precautions. >> it's important to wear a helm helmet. i've smashed 14 or 15 helmets over my life. every one could have been a
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fractured skull or worse. >> danny teams up with film mak maker stu thompson to create a documentary, concrete circus. >> we tried to come up with a five-minute film that showed danny off in the best light. >> their first challenge is to find a location. >> i was looking for buildings, all concrete, that's the back drop. >> they find that and more when they come across an abandoned iron works factory and train yard in the scottish country side. >> the location is stunning. it's beautiful. the color is incredible. >> over the course of a grueling week, danny and stu meticulously plan out and shoot various stuns. >> i remember last time i was too scared to jump that. i kind of still am. it's horrible.
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>> he likes to push himself really hard so there is an element of danger involved in what he's doing. >> i had a lot of crashes. you know, nothing ever happens first time. that's for sure. some of it takes hours of attempts. >> but when danny nails a stunt, it seems to defy the laws of physics. >> i'd say the favorite was riding along the top of the train. it made me feel like a kid, when i was filming it. the big draw for a lot of people is when i'm riding the cable. that was stepping up the game from the past and what he's capable of. >> you're holding your breath in case he falls. >> generally speaking, people
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who dallbal balance on a bar us take it between the legs. let's be honest. >> it was a case of trying to get on it and focus on getting to the end. i would make it 2/3 of the way down, maybe 60, 70 times. >> danny attempts the most difficult and dangerous trick the last day of shooting. >> danny's back flipping off a tiny bit of metal, six feet off the ground and landing on concrete. >> by that time, i was physically tired and mentally tired. i had to stay focused. i took a lot of run ups. >> just brakes on. don't got it. he kept doing that over and over again. >> you have to be 100% committed. >> attempt after brutal attempt. then finally, danny pulls off the incredible back flip.
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>> it worked out, which is great. even when you land it clean, you get stinging wrists and ankles. >> for danny, all of the pain and hard work is worth it. when industrial revolutions goes viral, it brings worldwide attempt to trials bike riding and awes millions. >> most of us have day jobs. we're envious of people who get to try these amazing things. we want to live vicariously through their experiences. >> it's inspirational. it's the reason why we dream, so that we can be like one of these guys. >> i feel very lucky to be in the position i am. i'm getting to ride my bike for a living. i hope to be able to do it for a number of years yet.
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on the streets of detroit and throughout michigan, hard times are leading to hard choices for a growing number of young women caught up in the underground sex trade. >> domestic trafficking in the state of michigan is a huge problem. >> police! coming in. >> we've seen cases involving 12- and 13-year-olds in small towns. we've seen cases involving young girls in the big cities here. they are modern-day slaves, on the streets all around us. >> out of work and out of options, more and more are turning to the oldest profession

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