The hoax was generated by AI and has all of the signs of being computer generated, starting with the fact that the story would have made national news.

After a video went viral showing a whale trainer named Jessica Radcliffe being killed in front of an audience, the video was debunked as being AI-generated.

The fake video clip gained popularity because there have been multiple confirmed incidents of orcas hurting or killing their trainers in captivity. These tragedies have been extensively chronicled and remembered in documentaries like Blackfish. Some well-known orca attacks that happened are listed below: