A California man dealing with a federal cost for an alleged unlawful BASE leap in Yosemite Nationwide Park is claiming a really distinctive and really fashionable protection, the video proof in opposition to him is pretend and generated from AI.
The alleged BASE Bounce off Glacier Level in Yosemite Nationwide Park occurred throughout the 2025 federal authorities shutdown when park workers was at a naked minimal. Jack Propeck was arrested after authorities used an Instagram video and vehicle-tracking knowledge to establish him.
The investigation started again in October, when somebody referred to as the Nationwide Park Service Tip Line to report an Instagram video of a person leaping from the favored overlook earlier than deploying a parachute on October eighth, 2025. The video (as seen beneath) got here from an account with Propeck’s identify and the digital camera seems to pan to the his face as he deployed the parachute.
When contacted by a Yosemite Park Ranger in regards to the incriminating video, Propeck denied he was the person within the video and informed them he had used synthetic intelligence to superimpose his face onto the footage. Slick protection however he additionally has one other unhealthy truth to deal with, a license plate reader detected Propeck’s automobile getting into Yosemite on October seventh and leaving October eighth. There are additionally pictures exhibiting Propeck behind the wheel, sporting the identical purple mirrored sun shades the person was seen sporting within the Instagram video.
Propeck is charged with one rely of delivering or retrieving an individual or object by parachute, helicopter or different airborne means based on a U.S. District Courtroom criticism. Propeck is representing himself is subsequent due in court docket April 7 for arraignment.
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