Fact Check: Man in India climbs down 8th-floor balcony to flee affair? No, it’s a parkour stunt
A video claiming that a man fled from the eighth floor of a building after being caught in an extramarital affair is going viral on social media.
By M Ramesh Naik
Claim:A man caught red-handed with someone’s wife is seen fleeing from an eighth-floor balcony to escape. The video is being widely shared online.
Fact:The claim is false. The viral video shows a parkour stunt performed by a trained athlete and an Instagram influencer.
Hyderabad: A dramatic video showing a man climbing down the exterior of a multi-storey building—allegedly fleeing after being caught in an affair—is circulating widely on social media. The video appears to show him escaping through the 8th-floor balcony, while someone else watches from above. The footage, which carries the watermark of ‘Raphouse TV’, is being shared with captions claiming the man was escaping after being caught with someone’s wife.
An X user shared the video along with the text, “This is what happens when you mess with someone’s wife. India has 30-40% people in affairs, according to Aaj Tak. (sic)” (Archived)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is not related to any real-life extramarital affair or a dramatic escape. It is a parkour stunt performed by an Instagram influencer.
Using a reverse image search of a keyframe from the video, we traced the video’s source to Instagram user @matthias_josue. The video was posted on June 16 with the caption: “Funnn one, felt quick :)”
The influencer’s Instagram bio describes him as a parkour and stunt performer, and his feed is full of similar high-risk stunts performed on building ledges, balconies and urban structures. These are professionally executed and choreographed feats meant for entertainment and to showcase agility, balance and training, not real-life emergencies.
What is parkour?
Parkour is a physical discipline where practitioners move through urban environments by running, jumping and climbing, often in highly creative and physically demanding ways. Videos like these are common among parkour communities and are filmed with safety measures and planning.
The viral video of a man ‘escaping’ from an 8th-floor balcony is not related to any extramarital affair. It is a staged parkour stunt by a professional. The claim circulating on social media is false.
