It was all supposed to be staged — but something went terribly wrong. The cages weren’t properly secured, and the animals actually broke free.The camera kept recording as the blogger, trying to save himself, climbed onto a checkout counter to capture “exclusive footage,” not realizing that everything was now happening for real.

When the video hit the Internet, it gained millions of views — but the creator ended up in jail. The irony of fate: he did become famous, but not in the way he had dreamed.