Seagull Camcorder Owner Surfaces, Says His Viral Video Was Real [VIDEO]

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Remember that camcorder-stealing seagull video we showed you last week? On Sunday, a tipster led us to Lukas Karasek, the owner of that camera, who says the remarkable video was not faked.

We had our doubts about whether this was an actual occurrence, or a setup intended to be a viral video on behalf of camcorder maker GoPro. It is possible that Karasek did set down his tiny camera, which you can see in this video, in front of the seagull, which promptly flew away with it and into viral video history.

By the way, that video had viewership in the tens of thousands when we first posted it, and now it's been viewed more than 1.6 million times.

Crazier things have happened. Listen to his plausible explanation, and then let us know if you think this guy is leveling with us or not. Do you think that video was faked?