{"id":67788,"date":"2025-08-14T01:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67788\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T01:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:02:09","slug":"watch-after-fake-jessica-radcliffe-orca-attack-this-real-spine-chilling-orca-encounter-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/67788\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: After fake Jessica Radcliffe orca attack, THIS real spine-chilling orca encounter is going viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123287128.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: After fake Jessica Radcliffe orca attack, THIS real spine-chilling orca encounter is going viral\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> A viral video claiming that a 23-year-old orca trainer named Jessica Radcliffe was killed during a live performance has taken over social media in recent days. But there\u2019s a big problem\u2013 the story isn\u2019t real.Fact-checks and media reports have confirmed that the clip is fake, and that no such person exists. However, the buzz around the fake video has brought new attention to a real, older video that\u2019s now resurfacing\u2013 one that shows a kayaker\u2019s frightening moment surrounded by wild orcas in open water.The Jessica Radcliffe story is completely falseAccording to posts on TikTok and Facebook, Jessica Radcliffe was attacked by an orca during a show and later died. Some even claimed that the orca reacted because of \u201cmenstrual blood mixing with the water.\u201dBut none of this is backed by facts. As reported by the Economic Times and the Hindustan Times, there is no news coverage, no marine park report, and no public records confirming any such incident.Fact-checkers also found that the audio in the viral video is AI-generated, and that there is no trace of Jessica Radcliffe as a real person\u2013 no social media, no work background, and no mention in any official source.In short, the video is staged, and the story was made up.Real kayaker video gets attention againWhile the fake story spread online, it also brought back interest in a real video\u2013 one with a woman in a kayak, surrounded by wild orcas.The kayaker can be heard screaming in fear as the large animals swim very close to her boat. She struggles to stay steady, clearly panicked by how close the orcas are. The video had gone viral earlier, but it\u2019s now being widely shared again, as reported by the Times of India.<\/p>\n<p>Orca Chaos: Kayaker\u2019s Close Call Goes Viral After Jessica Radcliffe Video<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the fake trainer clip, this video is genuine. It shows just how intense and unpredictable a real-life encounter with wildlife can be.Wild orcas have never killed a humanOrcas are often called killer whales, but no human has ever been killed by a wild orca, according to the Times of India report.As per the report, the only deaths involving orcas have happened in captivity. In the wild, they are known to be powerful but not aggressive towards humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A viral video claiming that a 23-year-old orca trainer named Jessica Radcliffe was killed during a live performance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,42896,42889,42892,42897,42898,42890,42894,66,42891,42895,323,42893],"class_list":{"0":"post-67788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fact-check-jessica-radcliffe","11":"tag-jessica-radcliffe-orca-attack","12":"tag-kayaker-surrounded-by-orcas","13":"tag-myth-about-killer-whales","14":"tag-orca-attacks-humans","15":"tag-orca-trainer-hoax","16":"tag-real-orca-attack-footage","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-viral-video-orca-encounter","19":"tag-wild-orca-behavior","20":"tag-wildlife","21":"tag-wildlife-encounters-orcas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}