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Johnny Knoxville played chaos agent in Southern California<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n

A “double explosion” was captured on film outside of a dog park by a Simi Valley local, only for social media users to discover that Knoxville was behind the blast.<\/p>\n

“Apparently people thought a plane had crashed yesterday in Simi Valley,” Knoxville said in a @joeknowsventura clip shared online.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Knoxville has been at the helm of “Jackass” since the controversial stunt series debuted on MTV in 2000. (FOX)<\/p>\n

“Little did they know it was from a monstrous explosion @jemfxpopov created for us for the final day ever of @jackass filming.”<\/p>\n

A large plume of smoke was seen rising behind the hillside where Big Sky Movie Ranch operates just before the sunset in suburbia.<\/p>\n

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Big Sky has served as the filming location for a number of films and television shows, including, “Little House on the Prairie,” “Gunsmoke,” “Wild Bill,” and “Quantum Leap.”<\/p>\n

“We were standing near the explosion and couldn\u2019t believe what we were seeing,” Knoxville wrote online. “Immediately after the entire cast went and hugged @jemfxpopov\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n

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Bam Margera and Steve-O found fame with the “Jackass” crew, a group of amateur stuntman who were known for filming their wild antics. (Frank Micelotta Archive)<\/p>\n

“Thank you to Elia, his crew and the rest of our amazing crew yesterday to make sure we went out with a bang. 26 years and that\u2019s a wrap!!”<\/p>\n

Knoxville added, “Coming to theater June 26th, Jackass: Best and Last<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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The long-running and often controversial stunt series first debuted on MTV in 2000 and ran for three seasons while amassing a cult following and six feature films.<\/p>\n

Knoxville spoke too soon last year and admitted that the fifth film would be the last.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Knoxville previously confessed that the fifth “Jackass” movie would be his final. (Joe Camporeale)<\/p>\n

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“This will be the last one. This is the natural place to end,” Knoxville told Rolling Stone<\/a> at the time. “So it\u2019s going to be absolutely awful.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

His future plans included a lot of the same things he’s responsible for day-to-day: “Be a dad, play with our crazy dog<\/a>, hang out with my wife, work a little.”<\/p>\n

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He attempted to lower the standards for fans going into the fifth movie, and said he couldn’t do another film where he gets “another concussion<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“(I’m) way over my limit for concussions,” he said. “I just can’t get hit in the head anymore. But, a lot of other guys can.”<\/p>\n

Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.<\/p>\n