This viral video, allegedly showing a woman crawling upside down on a church wall under a pastor’s command, is AI-generated

A video is going viral on social media (here, here, and here) platforms that shows a woman performing alleged paranormal activities, crawling upside down on a church wall while a person, who appears to be a pastor, commands her from the stage. The video is being shared with claims that it depicts a real incident. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.

The archived post can be found here.

Claim: The video shows a real incident of a woman crawling upside down on a church wall under a pastor’s commands.

Fact: The viral video does not show a real incident and was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). It was uploaded on 20 October 2025 by the Instagram handle @rafaelbarbanegra2025, who regularly posts similar AI-generated videos. Some of his videos carry visible “Sora” and “RunningHub AI” watermarks, indicating they are AI-generated. Additionally, a 97.2% AI likelihood score from Hive AI confirms that the video is artificially created. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

A reverse image search of key frames from the viral video led us to the same video uploaded by the Instagram handle @rafaelbarbanegra2025 on 20 October 2025. Several users commented that the video was generated using artificial intelligence. Upon reviewing the account, we found that the creator frequently posts similar videos (here, here, and here). Some of these clips contain visible “Sora” and “RunningHub AI” watermarks, suggesting that they were created using Sora AI (here, here).

To further verify whether the viral video is AI-generated, we analysed it using the Hive AI content detection tool. The tool flagged the video with an aggregate score of 97.2%, indicating that it is likely fake.

We have also reached out to Barba Negra for clarification regarding this video and other details. The article will be updated once we receive his response.

To sum up, this viral video, allegedly showing a woman crawling upside down on a church wall under a pastor’s command, is AI-generated.