Jimmy Kimmel was the man ‘behind the curtain’ when US Olympic luger Kate Hansen tweeted a chilling video showing a wolf wandering the hallways of her dorm in Sochi…And lit a firestorm of terrifying news stories world-wide! Within minutes of Hansen’s video, almost every news, sports and even weather station and website ran a story on it. After watching the 17 minute clip, on CNN, a voice excitedly reported:
“The wolf’s in the hallway, and I’m not talkin’ Blitzer!” The wolf strolled down the hall of the Olympic dorm with ease – as if wild slavering wolves, regularly amble down from surrounding mountains, taking possession of the town much like the bad guys in old western movies.
This is a typical story from ‘Lilhub.’
“Frightened American Olympian Kate Hansen captures footage on her phone of an actual wolf roaming the halls in her hotel. Things have been bad enough for Russia from the dirty brown tap water to the multiple stray dogs roaming the streets and now… wolves. Russia has really dropped the ball when it comes to safety #SMH.”
The goosebumps and speculation continued until last night when Jimmy Kimmel revealed a carefully crafted prank, which “Dancin’ Hansen’ had participated.
Kimmel also revealed the ‘other half’ of the video which is a ‘don’t miss,’ as is the chance to meet Meet Rugby,the terror of the Olympian world. The Timber-wolf mix is a beautiful creature with big brown eyes that could melt snow. To think he has terrorized half of the connected world this week!