nightmare91 Posted June 19, 2018 #1 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Found this crazy video in the telekinesis subreddit and it really tripped me out. I wouldn't automatically assume it's real, but I have to admit that it's pretty damn convincing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 19, 2018 #2 Share Posted June 19, 2018 This is another good one. Like you, I wouldn't rule out a trick but damn! it's a clever one if that's what it is. I don't know whether it's significant or not, but in both videos we don't get to see behind the levitating person. We're shown that there's nothing supporting them from above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted June 19, 2018 #3 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Saw something like this in Trafalgar square. It is a trick. The person taking the video is absolutely hopeless at filming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted June 19, 2018 #4 Share Posted June 19, 2018 This is one of the oldest magic tricks. Indian fakirs have been doing this since at least the 9th century. It is widely known how this trick is preformed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 19, 2018 #5 Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 19, 2018 #6 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 35 minutes ago, seanjo said: Of course they are tricks. Why else would they not show you their backs? 29 minutes ago, freetoroam said: Saw something like this in Trafalgar square. It is a trick. The person taking the video is absolutely hopeless at filming. 23 minutes ago, Imaginarynumber1 said: This is one of the oldest magic tricks. Indian fakirs have been doing this since at least the 9th century. It is widely known how this trick is preformed. Please can one of you explain exactly how the men in each of the above videos have done the trick, because I can't work it out at all. Thanks. The man in the second video is seen to rise off the ground .... apparently. Edited June 19, 2018 by ouija ouija Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted June 19, 2018 #7 Share Posted June 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, ouija ouija said: Please can one of you explain exactly how the men in each of the above videos have done the trick, because I can't work it out at all. Thanks. The man in the second video is seen to rise off the ground .... apparently. Notice the sh** quality of both videos? Notice how is slows and gets blurry as he "rises"? Notice how in the first video the camera seems to stay a mile away at all times? Come on. Don't be this dense, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 19, 2018 #8 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) So you're saying they're both photoshopped? I see no 'blurriness' as he rises. I think it's interesting to watch his shadow as he rises. Edited June 19, 2018 by ouija ouija Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 19, 2018 #9 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yet none of these "amazing" telekinetics are willing to do their tricks under lab conditions. I mean, if such a thing were real, we'd have to rethink both physics and biology. Yet, no one does it and if they do they always fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare91 Posted June 19, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, ouija ouija said: This is another good one. Like you, I wouldn't rule out a trick but damn! it's a clever one if that's what it is. I don't know whether it's significant or not, but in both videos we don't get to see behind the levitating person. We're shown that there's nothing supporting them from above. Fake and bad physique. He needs to put a shirt on, am I right guys? 6 hours ago, Imaginarynumber1 said: Notice the sh** quality of both videos? Notice how is slows and gets blurry as he "rises"? Notice how in the first video the camera seems to stay a mile away at all times? Come on. Don't be this dense, Doesn't really see any extra blurryness. Just looks like a normal slow motion effect. Maybe it has something to do with the trick, maybe not. But the second video does not stay a mile away at all times. Like most people, you seem to have stopped the video 5 seconds in and I guess you assumed that 5 seconds represents the whole video. 6 hours ago, XenoFish said: I don't understand how you think this is relevant. Obviously not at all how either video was created. 7 hours ago, Imaginarynumber1 said: This is one of the oldest magic tricks. Indian fakirs have been doing this since at least the 9th century. It is widely known how this trick is preformed. Widely known except to you apparently. Otherwise, why not enlighten us? 7 hours ago, freetoroam said: Saw something like this in Trafalgar square. It is a trick. The person taking the video is absolutely hopeless at filming. The one you saw was probably the one in Xenofish's diagram. I doubt you saw a levitation like the ones in the videos. Edited June 19, 2018 by nightmare91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 19, 2018 #11 Share Posted June 19, 2018 So people still buy into fakes and frauds. Nothing ever changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare91 Posted June 19, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, XenoFish said: So people still buy into fakes and frauds. Nothing ever changes. So far, I don't see anyone who has completely "bought into" the supposed levitations in these videos. Nobody seems to actually believe that this is truly real just based on the videos. We just aren't so desperate to prove that they are fake, grasping and clinging to explanations that don't even make sense. Is it really that hard to just say we don't know something? I think the most reasonable explanation is some sort of video editing, but I can admit that they still look real enough to impress me. I swear, it's like some of you guys are actually afraid of it being real despite your absolute certainty that it's not. Edited June 19, 2018 by nightmare91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 19, 2018 #13 Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, nightmare91 said: So far, I don't see anyone who has completely "bought into" the supposed levitations in these videos. Nobody seems to actually believe that this is truly real just based on the videos. We just aren't so desperate to prove that they are fake, grasping and clinging to explanations that don't even make sense. Is it really that hard to just say we don't know something? I think the most reasonable explanation is some sort of video editing, but I can admit that they still look real enough to impress me. They don't impress me. Perhaps my standards are way to high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare91 Posted June 19, 2018 Author #14 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, XenoFish said: They don't impress me. Perhaps my standards are way to high. I've seen people like Criss Angel put levitation effects on TV that look more fake than the videos posted here, especially the first one. You'd think Criss would have the resources to do a better job than these guys. I'm a guy who's seen a lot of video tricks being passed off as magic, and I'm not really able to detect any signs of editing in the video I posted. Only thing that seems fishy to me is no footage of ascension and descension. The second video seems to lend itself slightly more to some sort of video editing, but that's just my amateur opinion. I'm not an expert in video editing. So yeah, I'm just saying I'm impressed by this compared to other things I've seen. Edited June 19, 2018 by nightmare91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted June 19, 2018 #15 Share Posted June 19, 2018 13 hours ago, ouija ouija said: So you're saying they're both photoshopped? I see no 'blurriness' as he rises. I think it's interesting to watch his shadow as he rises. In videos it is not really 'photoshopping' - video editing is generally done in specialised programs like 'After Effects'. It doesn't take much effort at all, and someone who is good at using the program will not leave a visible trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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