claim: video shows a woman getting eaten by an alligator while posing for a photograph along a riverbank.
question: alligator eats girl taking photograph?
origin: a video purportedly showing a woman being attacked by an alligator while posing for a photograph along a riverbank has been circulating on the internet since 2012.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the video does not show a real alligator attack, however: it’s merely a commercial for preview magazine.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  when the video was originally uploaded to youtube, it featured a few extra seconds of footage containing the tagline “choose your bag wisely,” the hashtag #imapreviewgirl, and a link to preview‘s web site. these aspects clearly identified the video as an advertisement; but (as is typical with such “reality” commercials) they were trimmed off by those who subsequently reposted it, making it difficult for viewers to recognize the clip as a commercial.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  although several versions of this video currently circulating on the internet (many lacking the final seconds of the original video) claim to depict a real alligator attack, preview  has made it clear that this clip (“how not to instagram”) is just a commercial. the magazine has listed the full creative team behind the clip on their web site, and the viral video has won a few advertising awards:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  preview magazine’s viral youtube video just reached new heights, not only was it our most viewed (and yes, funniest!) video to date, it is now award-winning as well! how not to instagram was a finalist in two categories for the kidlat awards: shareable content and online film. and in the end, the video collaboration between preview and blackpencil manila took home the bronze for online film.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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summary: a video purportedly showing a woman being attacked by an alligator has been circulating on the internet since 2012. the video does not show a real alligators attack, however: it’s merely a commercial for preview magazine. when the video was originally uploaded to youtube, it featured a few extra seconds of footage containing the tagline “choose your bag wisely,” the hashtag #imapreviewgirl, and a link to preview‘s web site.