Massive Wave Hitting Durban Beach on Video Causes Panic, Internet Peeps Recognise Old Video of SA Disaster

• People were distraught seeing one horrifying video of a massive wave crashing into Durban beaches
• Tweeps were up in arms after the tsunami-like scene, which quickly had some peeps panicking, thinking it just happened
• Internet 'investigators' soon settled the matter after they realised an essential detail about the video

A video shows Durban beaches being swept over by a tsunami-sized wave. The clip frightened people as they were convinced that it was true.

Online users helped others when they realised that the video could not be trusted. Netizens first pointed out that the video quality did not look like it was filmed in 2022.

Freak wave on Durban beachfront debunked by tweeps

A video posted by @sammysolucky shows a giant wave sweeping over a Durban beach. Some people fell for the video, but a few soon realised it was a video from 2017.

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People were scared before they knew it was fake news. An article by East Coast Radio reported on the wave which hit Durban in March 2017. Listen to the interview with a man who was an eyewitness here.

Others said they remembered when the wave struck and how scary it was. A user posted a video proving it was an old video.

@youracake commented:

"I think this wave needs to come more often over December holidays…will clean all the k*k on the beach, there is more than enough."

@Absa_Mahlangu commented:

"Lol, fake news."

@Charley19692003 commented:

"Oh my word..."

@VusiMngoma5 commented:

"If I'm not mistaken, it was 2017. I was in college at the time this happened."

@thokozmathoko commented:

"What an old video."

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@AshDolz commented:

"Ehh, what in the baby tsunami...?"

'Meteor' in SA activates Mzansi CSIs as mysterious object causes debate

Briefly News reported that online users were amazed after seeing what they thought was a meteor. People guessed it was alien because it looked like it came from outer space.

Photos of the realistic-looking rock made peeps think they were seeing something more serious. Others were convinced that the mass was not a big deal.

Videos and pictures by @Gift_Makoti_ show a mysterious black mass perfectly perched on some soil. Peeps had many theories about what happened.

Source: Briefly News