Published 19:32 IST, May 28th 2020

Fact Check: Did crows attack supermarket in Saudi? 'Is this the end of the World?'

Fact check: Claims are making rounds on social media saying that crows are not allowing the customers to leave their cars at a supermarket in Saudi Arabia

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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With an ongoing health crisis worldwide and or disasters that have followed, people tend to fall for false news on social media. A video on Wednesday went viral where lakhs of crows are seen to be gared outside a supermarket. video is said to be from Saudi Arabia.

video that looks scary has been creating panic and people are resorting to statements like 'Is this end of World?'. video also triggered many to comment that it reminded m of director Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie 'Birds'. video shows birds flocking and sitting on cars, cawing loudly and t scared of people around.

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scary video is t from Saudi, but at a car park in Houston, Texas outside Walmart store. rare sighting happened on December 14, 2018. At time of sharing this video, user captioned, "As temperatures dropped into freezing digits, tens of thousands of crows congregate and tailgate at a Wal-Mart car park. y are all over place."


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