Some things are so stupid nobody would believe it without video. A person that stupid probably wasn’t long for this world anyway.
I guess they figured he was a goner anyway, so they might as well record and post it.
I remember seeing a home video program (not “America’s Funniest”) that showed a man getting out of his car to feed a bear while his wife videoed them. The bear took the food and then grabbed the man by the arm and pulled it off at the shoulder.
Now, this video had to have been submitted to be on the show. I wonder how the conversation went with the couple. “Hey, Ralph. Do you remember the time when that bear pulled your arm off? I wonder if we still have the video. We should send it in to be on this show.”