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I couldn't find it with a few Google searches, but I recall an interview with a Bansky-like character who 'created' this video and story as a sort of viral art project. Her interview also included a few other examples of strange phenomena she was behind. Since I'm unable to find evidence of said interview, however, I'm doubting myself...

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Sounds like Zardulu

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/24/14912316/zardulu-viral...

I was going to flag this as not really being a HN story so much as something I'd expect to see go by on Facebook, but it did produce an interesting article link there.

I could see this going either way; a mouse could probably be trained to do this for a viral video. On the other hand, you can see animals get mental diseases known to occur in humans sometimes as well; an obsessive-compulsive mouse is also plausible to me.

(A disturbing number of "Look at my dog/cat/whatever doing this funny thing!" videos appears to my eyes to be the dog/cat/whatever having a seizure, for instance.)

Maybe the mouse escaped from a behavioral lab.

Yep, this one is Mr. Frisby. The rest were rats.

Rather than flag, why not post something you think is worthy? Zealous post flaggers remind me of HOA tattles.

I don't think it is that person in this case.

The gentleman behind the video talks about it here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-bristol-47625284/mo...

The other person trained a rat, this one is a mouse. I doubt it’s fake.

Old people can be actors to. I think it's unknowable really, whether or not it's real. And I think that's part of what Zardulu wishes to accomplish.

> “I don't do animal fauxtography any more,” she told me offhandedly. “So, I've been talking about some of my pieces.”

What over purpose could be served by revealing the deception?

Wonderful ReplyAll about Zardulu:

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2ho6j

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