Claim: Amid the nationwide lockdown, a video is doing rounds on social media in which a giant creature can be seen in a water body. It is being claimed that the whales were at Bombay High Oil Field and it was filmed by ONGC oil rig employees.
Fact-check: Whales were NOT spotted at Bombay High; here's the truth behind this video
Verdict: we extracted the keyframes of the video through invid. on putting them through reverse image search, we came across a video report by bbc indonesia dated august 29, 2019, which featured the same video. according to the bbc report, the video was shot when a group of humpback whales were spotted crossing the karimunjawa sea in indonesia.
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Date published: 2020-04-09T05:56:36