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While fans around the world continue to mourn the tragic death of pop icon Michael Jackson, a 29-second video has leaked on YouTube that many conspiracy theorists are convinced shows a very much alive Michael Jackson hopping out of a coroners van and being escorted out of some type of underground parking garage.

Michael Jackson Still Alive?

The video, which has already logged more than 700,000 hits on YouTube, attempts to support claims that Jackson covered up his reported death on June 25th and seized the opportunity to get himself out of the public eye as the pressure continued to build on his sold out “This Is It” farewell tour.

The individual seen emerging from the van in the grainy video certainly does appear to have the same hunched posture, build and haircut as Michael Jackson did at the time of his death. But in conspiracy fashion, neither the individual’s face nor the license plate of the van he jumps out of are clearly visible in the footage.

Minor flaws of logic as far as conspiracy theorists are concerned. The video shouts out a loud YES to the Michael-Jack-Still-Alive quesiton as thousands of MJ fans say the video proves that Michael Jackson’s death was in fact a huge hoax, perpetrated so that the pop star could escape his creditors and the intense public scrutiny under which he has lived his whole life.

Earlier this week the Los Angeles coroner confirmed that Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol in his body when he died in June aged 50. His death is being treated as homicide.

Dead or alive the media flurry surrounding the fast life and tragic times of Michael Jackson doesn’t look to be ending any time soon.