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‘“Man vs. Wild” and “Born Survivor” star Bear Grylls may not actually be roughing it in the wild, new reports claim.  An investigation is being conducted in Britain into the allegations that his show “Born Survivor” is misleading the public to believe that he is actually living in the harsh environments, when in fact, he has been staying in hotels. Here are some other claims that his show mislead the public:

In one episode filmed in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains he was shown biting off the head of a snake for breakfast and boasting that he was living on ‘just a water bottle, a cup and a flint for making fire’.

Viewers were not told that he was actually spending some nights in the Pines Resort hotel at Bass Lake…In another episode when Grylls declared he was a ‘real life Robinson Crusoe’ stuck on a desert island, he was actually on an outlying part of the Hawaiian archipelago and retired to a motel at nightfall.

In another episode, Grylls was  filmed attempting to lasso ‘wild’ mustang in the Sierra Nevada, when the horses were actually tame and had been brought in by trailer from a nearby trekking station.

Show consultant Mark Weinart also asserts that in one episode, which showed Grylls building a raft, it was actually his production team that built it and then took it apart so that Grylls could be shown making it on camera.  He says:

If you really believe everything happens the way it is shown on TV, you are being a little bit naive.’

Source: thejellyfisher.com