Viral glitter bomb video featured fake thieves, creator admits in apology

[jpak]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/21/viral-glitter-bomb-video-featured-fake-thieves-creator-says/2389954002/

The creator of a viral prank video which claimed to shame porch thieves using a high-tech glitter bomb has admitted that some of the reactions in the video were faked.

Mark Rober, the video's creator and an engineer who's worked on NASA's Curiosity Rover, tweeted Thursday that he had removed portions of the video after learning they were staged.

Rober's viral video has been viewed more than 40 million times. It features a highly engineered fake Amazon box that exploded glitter, emitted a stench and recorded supposed thieves reactions – all at once.

Rober said that during the creation of the video, he provided compensation to a "friend of a friend" for placing the bait package on their porch and successfully capturing a thieves reactions.

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[manor321]

1. He actually makes good videos. I've watched a number of them over the months.

[California_Republic]

2. Make sense

Make sense I was surprise he was always able to recover the box. Average person would’ve kept it or destroyed it or open it up to see what’s going on

[irisblue]

3. Still, I laughed

[Merlot]

4. That guy has to much time and money on his hands

Found his video on how he built his glitter bomb kind of annoying.