CERN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO MOCK SACRIFICE. August 17, 2016 YouTube video with additional information, by Richie from Boston, apparently the guy who broke the story.

Another YouTube video, MAN WHO FILMED "SACRIFICE" AT CERN: FOUND DEAD!!! This video is more than an hour long. At 9:20, describes that the video was taken from "The Hostel," housing for students who come to take science classes at CERN. At 18:00, talking about the source of the video being dead, and references this article: Source Of CERN Sacrifice Video Found Dead. Excerpts: The video was uploaded to YouTube by ‘Richie from Boston’ ... Speaking to The Mirror, he said: “So it turns out the origin of the video posted for the sacrifice at CERN has been found – the problem is, the man is dead. ... ‘Richie from Boston’ refused to give any more information about himself or the source of the video for fear of his own life.

Added: A couple links for anyone curious about the statue at CERN.

Maha Shivratri 2017: Why world's largest particle physics lab CERN has a statue of Lord Shiva

CERN Defends Its Statue of Hindu God Shiva ‘The Destroyer’