Little Girl's Lion Roar Impression Is So Good Internet Convinced It's Fake

Plenty of children love to do impressions of their favorite animals, but one little girl has blown them all out of the water.

Five-year-old Riley lives with her mom, Amy Scott, 31, in Scotland, and has found herself going viral for a lion roar impression that was so good many people thought it was fake.

An adult male lion's roar can be heard up from up to 5 miles away, according to National Geographic Kids.

They are also most often found in the savannah or grasslands in Africa, the organization writes, but you could be forgiven for thinking one had recently landed in Scotland.

Scott regularly shares updates on her life as mom to Riley on TikTok, and has been blown away by the reaction to one particular video showing her daughter's impression of a lion.

After Scott shared a clip to TikTok telling Riley they were going to the zoo, the little girl let rip with a very believable lion's roar.

So good, in fact, that Scott then had to share another TikTok proving that it really was the little girl making the noise, and not a pre-recorded lion sound on the app.

The clip, which you can watch here, has been viewed over 14 million times since being posted on April 25 from Scott's page @rileykayscott.

In it, Scott told Riley: "So many people loved your lion noise yesterday. Everyone thought it sounds so real."

"It is super real," Riley declared, before launching into another roar as Scott burst out laughing.

Dance teacher Scott told Newsweek that her daughter has "always been a big Lion King fan and always loved to pretend to be Simba.

"She started roaring about age 2 and we always thought she was surprisingly very good, but as the years have went on she has got better and better," she explained.

But because Riley's family is used to her roaring, they "never realized just how good she actually became," with Scott saying she was "so surprised" when TikTok users even thought the video was edited to insert a real lion's roar.

Lions are not Riley's only talent however, as Scott added that "she has always been good at animal sounds and does a good horse."

She added: "She is just the biggest animal lover, ducks have always been a favorite, but lions are definitely her second favorite."

In the video, when asked how she does the unique sound, Riley said she had been practicing since she was little, and advised anyone wanting to try the noise themselves to "get some air and roar."

"You need to practice. My mom's not really good at it, I am an expert," Riley added.

Even with Riley's tips, people are struggling to recreate her sound — and they've certainly tried.

One user wrote on TikTok under the video: "Not me, a 45 year-old sitting here trying to make the noise."

And another said: "I tried it and almost threw up," while one wrote they were "trying to follow her instructions and failing."

Plenty praised Riley for her unusual talent, some urging her to get into voice acting or even death metal music, where that growl would certainly come in handy.

And as one person put it: "She doesn´t even know this, but she might have just unlocked a skill no human on earth might ever be able to replicate."