5 viral videos breaking the internet this January
Dive into an exciting round-up of the most share-worthy moments captured by Newsflare’s filmers during the month of January. As we bid farewell to the first month of 2024, join us in revisiting our best-selling videos, from the bitterly cold weather through to heartwarming tales of rescue.
No horsing around
A guard’s horse bit and ripped the coat off a tourist who was posing for a picture outside the Horse Guards Parade in central London. The footage shows the moment the horse tried to take a chunk out of the women's puffer jacket. Fortunately, she managed to escape the situation quickly without injuring herself or the horse.
Filmed by Another Alternative
Adopting Dobby the elf
This stray cat has been adopted after a video of it went viral on TikTok, with viewers making comparisons to Dobby from the “Harry Potter” films.
The filmer told Newsflare, “When I just uploaded it on my TikTok account, it turned out that the cat video went viral and reached 50 million views and 7 million likes.”Not long after the video went viral the cat had been adopted, much to the filmers dismay as they were keen to take care of the unique animal.
Filmed by puputamelia
Frozen fun
Braving freezing temperatures, our dedicated filmers headed out into the icy conditions across the globe to capture this week’s cold weather effects. This filmer showed the extent of the cold weather in Yukon, Oklahoma, by freezing a fork in mid-air after taking a bowl of ramen outside into -13 degree temperatures.
Filmed by ViralHogCP
Shock at Utah airport
This video shows the shocking moment a rampaging passenger who missed his flight climbed into the turbine of a plane at the Salt Lake City international airport on January 1. CCTV footage showed how the man tried breaking through a locked door before barging through an emergency exit door.
He ran down a stairwell and found his way into the airfield, where he was seen charging toward an Airbus A220 taxiing on the tarmac with 95 passengers onboard. Officers said they found the man ‘partially inside a wing-mounted engine’, which was reported to be rotating when he entered. Medics tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Filmed by ViralPressTrending
Unsung heroes
Two workers travelling from Severn Trent to Northumberland rescued a sheep after spotting the distressed animal stuck upside down in a field on January 6. Sam Porter and his friend, who both work for a water company, were on their way to repair a water main on a farm when they saw the sheep on its back. Porter’s friend immediately leapt over the field’s fence and gently helped the struggling sheep back to its feet.
Filmed by Sam-porter
