Dutch magician Ramana has been doing his best to freak out American people by levitating in Times Square and in front of the White House. The illusionist, real name Wouter Bijdendijk, hovered several feet above the pavement with apparent ease. His only "prop" was a stick that he held with his left hand.A household name in his native Netherlands, Ramana has performed for Queen Beatrix and has  been honoured in India with the Golden Cloth award, the highest cultural honour ever given to a westerner, metro.co.uk reported. "This is an art," he said. "And in India, they see it also as a science.

I hope I make people wonder," Ramana said.Ramana's repertoire also includes "flying" up to 10 metres above ground, mind reading and other forms of Indian street trickery. 

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oh come on not this old stunt theres a seat attached to that stick that he holds.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22634351-2,00.html

Doesn't he know that the white house is a no fly zone?

It's silly to just write it off as a magic trick. If there was a reasonable explanation, wouldn't some jerk run his mouth and tell us all about it? You kind of have to accept that we don't really have the firmest grasp on everything, and chalk it up to individual power.

hahaha..i fell of my chair reading about the so called 'golden cloth award' - 'the Golden Cloth award, the highest cultural honour ever given to a westerner'.....pfahhhh..there is no such stupid award....and he is just a chep illuisionist!

I've seen the show, 'When magicians reveal their secrets' but how is this trick done exactly ??

If it was a "stick with a seat", how come he doesn't topple over sideways ?

Meow Purr.

I saw it once as well on a show where magicians reveal some of their secrets. The stick is actually a pole driven into the ground far enough to support him while he sits on the seat attached to it. Thats all there is to it

The only problem with that explanation is that someone went right up to him and looked underneath, at his butt. If anything was underneath, like some sort of seat, it would have become public knowledge, but it wasn't.

He is sorta leaning to one side but I still can't see how he does it.

magnetic pants / magnetic rug ..lol

amusing trick.

cant be done without the stick tho id imagine.

I think it is a really neat trick. A little old and tired, but pretty cool all the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJm10zt_fA


already on another post , but here ya go anyway....

Criss Angel can top that