Flake news! TV reporter is caught out after claiming snow was waist-high in Japanese town when local takes a photo of what REALLY happened
- Reporter posed himself up in a waist-high snowbank on the side of the road
- But a resident posted an image showing accumulations were much less dramatic
- Sukayu is a hot spring community in Aomori that experienced snow in December
A news crew in Japan was caught out while exaggerating a report on snowfall after a local resident posted the real photos on social media.
Public broadcaster NHK reported on 'waist-deep snow' in the town of Sukayu, which had been covered in a blanket of snow on December 9.
The reporter said: 'As you can see, so much snow has piled up that it's as high as my waist.'
NHK reported on 'waist-deep snow' in the town centre of Sukayu, which had only been covered in a blanket of snow on December 9
Pictures from a local resident show the reporter (left) intentionally positioned himself within a mountain of snow in order to exaggerate the report, while the cameraman and crew (right) stood on just a blanket of snow
But a resident tweeted images comparing the exaggerated news footage with her own behind-the-scenes pictures of the report which showed that the town was not covered in the same depth of snow.
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The pictures show a cameraman and crew standing on a blanket of snow while filming a reporter who is intentionally positioned in a waist-high snowbank on the side of the road.
'"What the heck are they doing?", I wondered,' Koichinamini posted before seeing the exaggerated report on the evening news.
The reporter said he was waist-high in snow: 'As you can see, so much snow has piled up that it's as high as my waist'
The local resident tweeted the real pictures of snow-covered Sukayu to compare the news report to the reality
Sukayu, which is a hot spring community in Aomori City in northern Japan, had experienced snowfall in the town centre on December 9 but waist-deep snow could only be found further out of town.
A local Aomori news crew filmed footage of legitimate waist-deep snow the following day, which showed snow so deep the reporter struggled to move and an entire area behind him covered in deep snow.
