Believe it or not, these are fake — chicagotribune.com

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We’ve seen some really fantastic videos online lately.

How to use your cell phone to pop popcorn. A professional kicker putting a football between the uprights from 110 yards away. A ball girl making a remarkable catch as she scales the outfield wall. And a tornado ripping through Nebraska.

All these videos have one thing in common: They didn’t happen.

Well, the twister happened, but news organizations that used the video retracted it Thursday. According to The Associated Press, which distributed the clip, a storm chaser claimed the footage as a manipulated version of a video shot four years ago.

Check it out here.