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That Video Of A Wolf Stalking The Olympic Village Halls Was A Hoax

PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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US luger, Kate Hansen, posted a video to Twitter yesterday of what looked like a wolf stalking the halls of the Olympic village. The video ended up on a load of websites and other media outlets and now has nearly 2 million YouTube views.

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It emerged last night that the video was actually a hoax, fabricated by Jimmy Kimmel, the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. The show went to some extreme lengths to make the hoax believable, creating a replica of the Sochi accommodation where Hansen was staying.

It was a real wolf though, named 'Rugby'.

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