Piglet saving drowning baby goat video 'a hoax'

A video of a piglet saving a baby goat from drowning has been revealed as a hoax.

The video was uploaded last September and went viral with over seven million views. However, filmmaker Nathan Fielder has admitted it was a film stunt.



Metro quotes him as saying that it was filmed for Nathan for You, a series on Comedy Central that looks to make small businesses more profitable.

Fielder said: "My mission was to make Oak Glen Petting Zoo a must-see destination but what they needed was a star animal.

"The plan was to create a hero pig by staging a viral video in which he rescues a baby goat from drowning."

A film team created an underwater track and used a professional pig to create the illusion.