A video circulating widely online appears to show a girl picking up a tongue depressor before licking it and putting it back where she got it from.
The video footage was reportedly filmed inside of a doctor’s office in Jacksonville, Florida.
The footage was posted on Facebook on July 9 by a user who said it was filmed there, reported First Coast News, a Florida broadcaster.
The video was later taken down from Facebook.
The outlet said some users named a facility where the incident allegedly took place and a representative responded, saying workers were trying to confirm if it did happen in their office.
According to Action News Jax, another broadcaster, the video originated on Snapchat and was shared by a concerned Jacksonville resident on Facebook.
During the video, a banner appears stating: “Don’t tell me how to live my life.” A piece of paper above the canister containing the tongue depressors states: “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH MEDICAL SUPPLIES! THANK YOU.”
The footage also later cuts to three children in another part of the office with a banner stating: “When you are running late … this is how I’m gonna let my kids act.”
Christy Turner, a reporter with the outlet, said that she spoke with the mother who posted the video online.
If legitimate, the footage is the latest in a new trend of people tampering with food items and other objects.
At least two people have gotten into legal trouble after being filmed tampering with ice cream inside containers before placing them back into store freezers.
A female spotted on video licking ice cream at a Walmart in Texas was apprehended after police identified her. Officials didn’t release her identity, noting that she’s a juvenile.
This done gotten out of hand. Now his old ass should know better????????♀️@ILoveBlueBell @WAFB @Kiran_WAFB pic.twitter.com/TKX0jUikok
— Mrs. Franklin (@Ms_Pisces_Slay) July 7, 2019
A man in Louisiana who was filmed licking ice cream was identified as Lenise Martin III, 36, and charged with food tampering.
Video footage showed a man appearing to be Martin holding the Blue Bell container while keeping the freezer door open with his body. He took the lid off of the container, licked it, looked both ways, used a finger to take a little out and eat it, and licked it again.
Martin told WVLA that the video was a joke.
“It was a joke with no criminal intent or activity … but I was locked up with murderers and real criminals on maxim security,” Martin said. A picture showed him smiling and holding the ice cream container.
“Who would be crazy enough to just go walk in the store you know what I’m saying and actually do that and put that back in there? I wouldn’t do anything like that,” he added.
But Commander Lonny Cavalier of the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office said it didn’t matter if Martin bought the container.
The fact that video footage showing the act was posted online indicated Martin wanted attention for the suspected tampering, Cavalier told CNN.
“Taking into consideration that he eventually purchased the same container is one thing, however he puts it on Facebook to gain this notoriety and at the end of the day, it gives other people ideas that are not in the best interest of public health,” Cavalier said, adding that Martin seemed to be inspired by the Texas girl.