A strange incident that happened in Pench, Madhya Pradesh is going viral on social media. Raju Patel, a 52 year old daily wage laborer, in an intoxicated state, went to give the tiger a drink while holding the liquor in his hand. This incident was captured in CCTV camera and the video is now a topic of discussion everywhere.
The incident took place on the night of 4 October 2025. That night Raju Patel drank a lot of alcohol. While returning home, he saw a big tiger on the way, but he continued moving forward without fear. It is seen in the video that Raju places his hand on the tiger’s head and caresses it. Not only this, he also tries to give the liquor bottle held in his hand to the tiger. In this scene the tiger is also seen drinking it.
This footage, captured in the CCTV camera of the Forest Department of Pench National Park, was later shared on social media. After the video went viral, people are praising Raju Patel’s courage. “Who has so much courage?” “Does he have a tiger friend?”, these comments are going viral.
On October 4, 2025, in Pench, India, a surreal moment was captured on CCTV. The photo shows Raju Patel, a 52-year-old laborer, patting a tiger he mistook for a “big cat” after a late-night card game. Tipsy from homemade liquor, Raju stumbled onto a street where a sub-adult Bengal… pic.twitter.com/FXbZsGeawy
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But experts say that this video is not real. Some wildlife officials and technical experts believe that it is a fake video created by artificial intelligence (AI). One netizen posted, “In this era, it is difficult to differentiate between truth and lie.”
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