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Man Hit by Inflatable Raft in Department Store

A clip from the movie 'Grown Ups 2' featuring a shopper being struck by an inflatable raft inside a department store is frequently circulated as genuine.

Published Oct. 4, 2016

Claim:
A video shows a shopper being struck by an inflatable raft inside a department store.

A video showing a hapless shopper being struck by an inflatable raft and thrown into an aisle of shelves at a department store is frequently shared online as genuine footage taken from a CCTV (closed-circuit television) security camera. One of the most popular versions, which has been viewed more than 10 million times, was posted by the Facebook group Vomitorium on 5 June 2016:

This video, however, does not show genuine security camera footage taken at a department store. This clip is an excerpt the 2013 comedy film Grown Ups 2 and shows actor Nick Swardson (or at least a CGI version of him) being hit by an inflatable raft:

This certainly isn't the first case of images from movies being circulated as genuine. A still from the movie Tropic Thunder was shared as a legitimate image of Vietnam soldiers, a picture purportedly showing "Arnold Schwarzenegger's first day in New York" was actually taken from the movie Hercules in New York, and a clip purportedly showing a gruesome shark attack was actually taken from the movie The Shallows.

Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes.

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