Motel Flood Escape Fail

About

Motel Flood Escape Fail refers to a viral video of a man jumping from the second floor of a motel onto a sports utility vehicle, slipping and falling to the ground.

Origin

On April 4th, 2020, Instagram user @prophetamenra posted the video. The post recieved more than 46,000 views and 3,000 likes in less than three days (shown below).

Spread

The following day, they posted the video on Twitter where it received more than 11 million views, 7,400 likes and 2,100 retweets in less than two days (shown below).

This clip I posted yesterday has been going viral all over FB & IG. I just happened to be walking by and caught this – chanelwestcoast</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/robdyrdek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">robdyrdek – Ridiculousness</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/SteeloBrim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">SteeloBrim – MTV</a> - ! Wild times during the Quarantine <a href="https://twitter.com/Complex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Complex @WORLDSTAR pic.twitter.com/0huxsmMCFz

— Prophet Amen Ra – 預言者アーメン-ラー (@Deethebestemcee) April 6, 2020

Following the post on Twitter, others began sharing the video and commenting on the situation. For example, the Twitter account for the MTV series Ridiculousness tweeted, "this video changed me" (shown below).

this video changed me https://t.co/HbXkfiJIl5

— Ridiculousness (@Ridiculousness) April 7, 2020

Twitter^[1] user @QueerioEzra tweeted images from the video with the caption "A tragedy in 4 parts." The tweet received more than 1,500 likes and 170 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Various Examples

😂😂I got too many questions like why did he hop over like that and why is that girl still screaming pic.twitter.com/B7kAWHHdGc

— ً (@whoisjoshva) April 7, 2020

If you're wondering how my 2020 is going, I'm somehow everyone and everything in this chaotic video at the same time https://t.co/uplAsjChhi

— Adam Brown (@AdamBrown1770) April 7, 2020

Search Interest

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