A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.

A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself.

A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall - billed as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall - was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.

The clip has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was first posted on Monday. Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.

“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the caption of the video posted by user “Farisvov” reads.

    • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      The government does not hold a monopoly on violence. You can just start punching people and they can just start punching you back.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•7 months ago

        It’s illegal to punch someone unprovoked, unless you are a cop; there is no legal repercussions for law enforcement to hit you in your sexy face. So no, the monopoly still remains with the government.

        • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
          1•7 months ago

          It’s illegal to punch someone unprovoked, unless you are a cop

          It’s illegal when a cop does it, too. Although enforcement is scattershot at best. Spousal abuse statistics confirm as much.

          there is no legal repercussions for law enforcement to hit you in your sexy face

          Sizeable civil legal settlements suggest otherwise.