I've got no proof but common sense, and my answer is:

Hell Yeah it was faked!


Well, I'm not saying he did it on purpose! If it isn't faked, it happened because they forgot they parked the van just over the rise of the hill. Surprise!

On the other hand, it is hard for me to imagine someone being so careless. And, think of the camera operator -- obviously he was in a position from start to finish of the video to see that the van was there, and it is not unreasonable to assume that he might have warned the rider.

I think what I'm after is to find some flaw in the editing that would demonstrate that it was faked even to my uneducated eye.

tanstaafl.