UPDATE:
Jared Michael, the viral video star I suspected of pranking us, appeared on the syndicated news show Right This Minute last night and promised that the video was "100-percent real." (Although, in skeptics' defense, Michael also said "It certainly looks fake. I totally understand why people think it is.")
Michael was, as many a kind, globe-trotting reader emailed me last night, near the tracks of Peru Rail, which runs from Cusco and a few smaller destinations to Macchu Picchu. That goes a long way toward explaining why he mysteriously wasn't hurt. A lot of tourists walk the route instead of taking the train, which means the tracks are often crowded with people. The route is also very windy.
Accordingly, trains go pretty slow: Peru Rail says the leg from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu takes an hour and a half, and it's only about 26 miles. So the train that hit Michael moves at an average speed of 17 mph — way, way slower than the speeds typical of passenger trains in the U.S., and a little more than half the speed of your average flying soccer ball.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-selfie-video/
baahahahahhahaa
He was probably worried as **** seeing that kid standing there, he could've stepped on the breaks thinking he was gonna jump or something 
