TULSA, OK – A local man’s attempt to fake an injury and skip work backfired spectacularly when he accidentally became the center of a live news broadcast about “heroic bystanders.”

Josh Carter, 32, had been looking forward to a long weekend of doing absolutely nothing when he realized he had used up all his vacation days. Facing the horror of actually working, he came up with what he thought was a foolproof plan: calling his boss and claiming he had sprained his ankle while “helping an elderly woman cross the street.”

“I figured it was a solid excuse,” Carter admitted. “It made me sound like a good person and got me a free day off.”

His boss, apparently moved by his selfless act, even insisted he take an extra day to recover. “She called me a hero,” Carter said. “Which, you know, felt a little undeserved.”

But karma wasn’t about to let him off that easily.

Later that afternoon, while enjoying his day off at a nearby coffee shop, Carter heard a commotion outside. Curious, he stepped out—only to find himself face-to-face with a local news crew.

Apparently, an actual good Samaritan had helped an elderly woman cross the street earlier that morning… right in front of a news camera. And because Carter happened to resemble the blurry figure in the background of the footage, the news crew assumed he was the anonymous hero.

Before he could react, a microphone was shoved in his face.

“Tell us about this selfless act!” the reporter beamed. “You carried her across the street even with a sprained ankle?”

Now fully trapped in his own lie, Carter had two choices: confess or commit.

“I committed,” he admitted. “Hard.”

What followed was a bizarre, exaggerated retelling of an event he hadn’t actually been part of.

“She was so frail,” Carter told the news crew. “The light was about to turn red, so I just… scooped her up.”

The reporter gasped. “You carried her?”

“Oh yeah,” Carter nodded solemnly. “Like a firefighter rescuing a kitten.”

Unfortunately, Carter had overlooked one key detail: his perfectly fine ankle.

When the reporter asked how he was feeling, he panicked—and dramatically grabbed the wrong ankle.

“Yeah, uh… the adrenaline was so high, I didn’t even feel the pain,” he stammered.

At that moment, his phone exploded with messages. His boss. His coworkers. His mom.

“YOU’RE ON TV.”

Realizing his mistake, Carter did what any logical person would do: he fake-limped away mid-interview.

Unfortunately for him, the station played the clip all day. By the time he got home, he was Tulsa’s newest viral meme.

His boss? Not amused.

Carter is now seeking new employment—preferably somewhere without TV access.