A number of viewers have speculated that the footage shows an alien or some other mysterious creature

A video from Jharkhand that has created quite a stir online appears to show a strange figure — which some claim is an alien — walking on a road at night. The footage first emerged online a few days ago and has since gone viral on social media. A number of viewers have speculated that the footage shows an alien or some other mysterious creature – baseless theories that only gained traction when the video was picked up by several news outlets and even reached international media. UK-based news website Ladbible described the figure as a “strange humanoid”, while Ekta Kapoor shared the video on Instagram and said it was “scary”.

Over the last few days, the clip has been widely circulated on social media and over messaging platforms like WhatsApp, with claims that it was filmed in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh. Some viewers even managed to spot a “UFO” in the clip and tagged NASA.

While the sight of a lanky figure walking down a dark road alone certainly presents a strange spectacle, the truth is that there is nothing supernatural or otherworldly about the video.

A local news channel, interviewed the two men who filmed the video, and they confirmed that the figure is actually a woman walking naked at night.

Deepak, one of the men, said he and his friend were returning to Seraikela when they spotted the strange woman walking naked. While they were initially scared by the sight and continued on their way, they returned a few minutes later to film the woman.