Racial tensions are clearly thick nowadays, especially following the Charlottesville rally and the subsequent similar/counter protests. However, as social media becomes the primary source of news, you have to take it all with a grain of salt.

Case in point, 26-year-old Joshua Witt, a white man who claimed that another man attacked him with a knife in a Sheridan, Colorado, Steak ‘n Shake after he mistook him for a Neo-Nazi. He reported the story to police two weeks ago.

However, per Buzzfeed, the whole thing was a lie. And it was confirmed via Witt’s own admission. According to a statement released via the Sheridan Police Department, Witt finally succumbed after being confronted with evidence that the attack never happened.

Witt had initially posted his claims via Facebook (which has since been deleted), detailing the alleged attack. "I was just getting out of my car to go get myself a milkshake and the next thing I hear is 'You one of them neo-Nazis" as this man is swinging a knife at my head over my car door," Witt had previously informed Buzzfeed. "I threw my hands up out of natural reflex and then I kind of dived back in my car as the suspect took off running."

However, surveillance video made police suspicious since it didn’t show anyone running from the scene as Witt claimed the suspect did. Further, Witt’s description of the attacker led the police to someone "who is a transient and lives in the area was cleared as a possible suspect."

The surveillance video didn’t show anything that matched Witt’s initial story, but it did show Witt buying a small knife minutes before the alleged incident.

"Where he was confronted with all the information listed above. Mr. Witt subsequently admitted to accidentally cutting himself with the knife while parked in his car in front of the sporting goods store and admitted making up the story about being attacked," Sheridan police confirmed after conducting another interview with Witt.

Witt has been charged with falsely reporting to authorities. Witt, who has been released on a summons, has not issued an updated comment.