A new trend is sweeping across social media platforms: highly realistic AI-generated videos created with Google's Veo 3 are going viral. These short clips mimic CCTV security camera footage, showing scenes like leopards and cats interacting on porches or raccoons jumping on trampolines at night.
One particular video — featuring a leopard and a cat caught by a "home security camera" — went viral on Instagram in late July 2025, gathering over 120 million views in just one week.
Veo 3 is a cutting-edge AI tool capable of generating realistic video content with audio, and it's available through paid subscriptions only — $20/month for Pro and $125/month for Ultra. It’s also accessible via the Manus platform, starting at $19 per month.
As the trend spreads, users are now creating their own custom CCTV-style animal footage, from hyper-realistic to comically surreal scenes. To generate these, people are sharing both short text prompts and detailed JSON scripts, specifying camera settings, lighting, actions second-by-second, and visual rules.
This viral wave highlights how AI tools like Veo 3 are pushing the boundaries of creativity, turning ordinary users into creators of content that feels eerily real — and incredibly shareable.
