00:00 With artificial intelligence on the rise,
00:02 it's getting harder and harder to tell what's real.
00:04 Times are getting scary and strange.
00:07 And when you hear the words scary and strange,
00:08 you obviously think of Florida.
00:10 Here are 10 weird news stories coming out of Florida.
00:13 But here is the catch.
00:15 Five really happened and five are AI generated.
00:18 Watch until the end to see which stories are real or AI.
00:22 Can you tell which is which?
00:24 Let's find out.
00:25 Florida man saves stranded shark using hoverboard.
00:28 A man from Daytona Beach, Florida has become a local hero
00:31 after he used a hovercraft to save a stranded shark.
00:34 A video went viral showing the man, Cody Jenkins,
00:37 using the hoverboard to glide across a shallow sandbank.
00:40 There he found a young hammerhead shark
00:42 that had been stranded.
00:44 Using a makeshift harness,
00:45 he was able to guide the disoriented creature
00:47 back to deeper waters.
00:49 Florida man arrested for throwing alligator
00:51 through drive-thru.
00:53 A man from Palm Beach County, Florida has made headlines
00:56 after being charged with assault
00:57 for throwing an alligator
00:59 through a Wendy's drive-thru window.
01:01 Joshua James, who allegedly found the alligator
01:03 on the side of the road, flung the reptile
01:06 through the window after receiving his drink order.
01:08 After that, he promptly fled.
01:10 The alligator has since been returned to the wild
01:13 by local wildlife officers.
01:15 Florida man arrested for trying to sell moon on Craigslist.
01:19 A man in Tampa Bay, Florida was arrested
01:21 after an elaborate prank where he attempted
01:23 to sell the moon on Craigslist.
01:25 Richard "Ricky" Thompson, a known local prankster,
01:28 claimed he had legal rights to the celestial body
01:30 and could transfer ownership for a hefty price.
01:33 Authorities intervened when the post went viral
01:35 and bids started flooding in.
01:37 This led to Thompson's arrest for fraudulent activities.
01:40 Florida man dances on patrol car to escape vampires.
01:44 A Southwest Florida man who claimed to fear vampires
01:47 was arrested earlier this year after a bizarre incident
01:50 in which he danced on top of a patrol car
01:52 before summoning the sheriff of Nottingham.
01:54 - The sheriff of Nottingham!
01:57 (laughing)
01:58 - Christian Radecki was hoping the fictional character,
02:01 Sheriff of Nottingham, would help save him
02:03 from a human sacrifice that was about to occur
02:06 involving vampires.
02:07 Florida man successfully trained squirrel army
02:10 for neighborhood watch duties.
02:12 A Florida man, John Eastwood, has successfully trained
02:15 a group of squirrels to perform neighborhood watch duties
02:18 in his local community.
02:20 Eastwood, a retired animal behaviorist,
02:22 used an innovative mix of sound cues and food rewards
02:26 to teach the squirrels how to alert him to strangers
02:29 and unusual activity.
02:30 He even claims the local crime rate has seen a noticeable dip
02:33 since the squirrel patrol took up their duties.
02:36 Florida man uses homemade hot air balloon
02:39 to commute to work.
02:40 In an attempt to bypass traffic,
02:42 a Florida man, Leonard Leo Silver,
02:45 has built a homemade hot air balloon
02:47 for his daily work commute.
02:48 Silver, a former aeronautical engineer,
02:51 reportedly crafted the balloon using recycled materials
02:54 and equipment bought off eBay.
02:56 He claims that his new transport not only saves time,
02:59 but also has a zero carbon footprint.
03:01 Florida man asks trooper if he can leave crash site
03:05 to get more meth.
03:06 A 32-year-old man from Central Florida was arrested
03:09 after a car crash under unusual circumstances
03:12 involving illegal drug possession.
03:14 According to local law enforcement,
03:16 Scott Eklund proposed to the responding officer
03:19 that he be allowed to flee the scene.
03:21 Stating that he could get the trooper more meth
03:23 than he had found in his car.
03:25 He currently remains in custody at the Orange County Jail.
03:28 Florida man survives eating nothing but oranges for a year.
03:32 Tommy Porter has claimed to have survived a full year
03:35 eating nothing but oranges.
03:37 Porter, a citrus farmer from the Florida Keys,
03:39 started the diet to win a bet with friends,
03:42 but continued the practice due to reported health benefits.
03:45 Though he seems healthy,
03:47 nutritionists are baffled by Porter's dietary choice
03:50 and warns others not to follow his citrus-based diet.
03:53 Florida man gets tired of waiting at hospital,
03:56 steals ambulance, drives home.
03:58 Fed up with waiting at the hospital,
04:00 a Florida man decided to steal an ambulance to get home.
04:03 He had initially been brought in due to concerns
04:05 over his inebriated and distressed state.
04:08 He then made his way home in the stolen vehicle.
04:11 Adding to the bizarre nature of the situation,
04:13 he parked the ambulance in his neighbor's driveway
04:15 as an act of retaliation.
04:17 He was later found in the trunk of his own car
04:20 and has since been detained.
04:21 Florida man tries to rob GameStop
04:23 while wearing transparent bag on his head.
04:26 Surveillance video shows a man robbing Georgia GameStop
04:29 with a plastic bag used to package bottle water
04:32 on his head as a disguise.
04:34 It didn't take long for police to track the man down
04:37 since the unique disguise was completely see-through.
04:40 Cary Hammond is charged with burglary
04:42 and criminal damage to property.
04:44 All right, let's see how you did.
04:47 The real and the AI, and yes,
04:50 the alligator was thrown through the drive-thru window.
04:53 How many did you get right?
04:55 Either way, right or wrong, two things are for sure.
04:59 AI is scary and so is Florida.
05:02 Thanks for watching.
05:03 (upbeat music)
05:05 (camera shutter)
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