However, by repeatedly stating the video was not altered or “photoshopped,” she’s being truthful … but also misleading people down a thought-path by making it seem that video manipulation would be the only possibility for creating such a video (other than the figure being a real “creature”). Gomez’s son, Bobby, is nine years old and appears (according to available photos) to be just as skinny as the figure in the video. Creating a video like this only requires the antics of a young boy acting goofy for a few seconds. However, there’s no indication that this video required any special effects. With CGI special effects dominating films, television, and commercials, it’s easy to assume any strange video like this was created by use of software anyone with a computer can download. Gomez seems to really want people to believe she has no idea who or what this figure is, because in the next line of the article, Gomez is quoted saying, “If anyone tested it or whatever they do, it would confirm it’s not altered.” This is both true and misleading at the same time. But Gomez insists it’s real.” I agree, I think it is a real video of a real boy doing a real chicken dance as he struts down the driveway. According to the USA Today article (and several comments on the Facebook thread), “Some people suspect that the video may be doctored, while others say that someone could have created an elf-like puppet. I watched the video several times, focusing on different aspects of the short video to see what clues could be found. After looking into it a bit, this is still what I believe it is, and the figure is most likely Gomez’s son, Bobby. My first impression is that this is just a kid who wandered outside and was acting goofy. After receiving over a dozen emails and messages about it, I decided to take a closer look. The video, which has since been dubbed the “Dobby Video” due to the figure’s resemblance to the character Dobby the Elf in the Harry Potter stories, has since gone viral with over 178,000 shares and almost 16 million views on Facebook alone. The description included with the post states, “So I woke up Sunday morning and saw this on my camera and am trying to figure out … what the heck? First, I saw the shadow walking from my front door then I saw this thing … has anyone else seen this on their cameras? The other two cameras didn’t pick it up for some reason.” The video was originally posted on June 6, 2019, by Facebook user Vivian Gomez (Gomez 2019). Within seconds a small figure comes out of the door (just off camera) and does a chicken dance/wobbly walk down the drive until the video cuts out. There is a sedan parked in the driveway and a light illuminates the scene from below the camera. I took the (click)bait and watched the video, which shows the driveway and walkway outside the front door of a house. In early June, I was sent a link to an article claiming a security camera captured an “odd creature” (Brown 2019).
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