Does a real video show a fight between a moose and a polar bear in Alaska? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. The video contains several glitches and inconsistencies typical in AI-generated content. It also originated from a YouTube channel specializing in AI-generated tutorials and content, and was labeled with the disclaimer, "Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated."
The video appeared in a post (archived here) published on X by @SoveyX on Nov. 19, 2025. It was captioned:
Hey @grok
is this real? But more importantly, why am I picking sides?
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/SoveyX/status/1991178151481823490.)
At 9 seconds in, a promotional watermark (pictured below) appears on the video for the account Sthefanny TV.
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/SoveyX/status/1991178151481823490.)
There are several Instagram accounts with a similar name, but only one has a matching profile picture. The video of the polar bear and moose is not visible on the Instagram account. The linktree offered at this profile goes to a page advertising an AI videos tutorial:
Ai Videos Tutorial
👇How to Create Videos with Artificial Intelligence👇 👇Como a criar videos com inteligencia artificial👇 👇como a crear videos con inteligencia artificial👇
Lead Stories then checked the @sthefannyoliveiratv TikTok account, but the polar bear video was not visible on TikTok either. A different link-in-bio tool, Hoo.be contained links to other socials including the @sthefannyoliveiratv account on YouTube, where the polar bear video was posted twice in the shorts (here and here). One edition of the video was the mirror image of the other (pictured below). Both of the videos had the same disclaimer:
How this was made
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.
One video was titled, "This happened in Alaska 😱" and the other was titled, "This battle in the nature is amazing !".
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from youtube.com/shorts/A59l6INUUmY.)
As the video opens a group of photographers seem close to the battle. If this scenario really happened it would be dangerous and possibly a violation of animal disturbance laws.
Glitches in AI-generated video
One photographer (pictured above) leans over as if peering into a tripod mounted camera- but there is no tripod. If a person could lean so far without a support, they surely would not be able to hold a camera steady. When the moose falls, the antlers deform and fold with little resistance, as if made of rubber, without disturbing the snow beneath. In the moments after, the main palm of the moose's visible antler momentarily takes on the slender branched appearance of an elk antler.
