Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Megalodon Shark Attack Of Fishing Boat -- Staged Production For 'Shark Week'
Fact Check
Did a megalodon shark, thought to be long extinct, attack and sink a charter fishing boat off the coast of South Africa as described in a video on social media? No, that's not true: The dramatic scenes in a video, filmed to appear like vacation footage by friends with a hand-held camera, was actually a scripted pseudo-documentary for the Discovery…