That time a guy showed me how his 'military grade' survival video was just him in his backyard

Ran into this dude at a gun show in Phoenix last fall. He was selling DVDs of himself doing wilderness stuff, saying he was former special forces. I know enough about knots and shelters to spot bullshit. I asked him one question about building a debris hut in wet conditions and he completely froze. Then he admitted he filmed everything at his parents' 2 acre lot in Mesa. Has anyone else called out a fake survival or bushcraft video and gotten the guy to admit it?

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lisaf3823d ago

And yeah that's exactly the kind of stuff that makes people distrust actual survival training.

riveradams23d ago

Bet on that. The guy is still selling a product people want to buy, and half the folks watching those videos aren't going into the woods anyway, they're just dreaming about it from their couch. If his footage works for entertainment and nobody gets hurt, does it really matter if he shot it next to a sprinkler timer?

josephbutler1d ago

I get the point @lisaf38 but honestly, is it really that serious? People have been faking stuff for views since the dawn of YouTube, and it's not like anyone's life is on the line here.