London ‘levitating’ magician’s secret revealed

London ‘levitating’ magician’s secret revealed

LONDON: Sad news, levitation fans: Dynamo, the magician who caused a stir in London earlier this week by appearing to levitate alongside a double-decker bus, was not, in fact, levitating. It was an illusion. According to an investigation conducted on Australia’s news.com.au Facebook page, Dynamo’s “arm” was actually a steel prosthetic that was fastened to the bus. A harness lifted Dynamo into position, the site concluded, as his hand was tucked inside.
A video of the stunt was thoroughly dissected. “His fingers don’t move in the clip and there are no people around when he hovers up and down the bus,” the news site noted. “In fact, at second glance the arm attached to the bus looks pretty phony.” Of course, Dynamo’s not the first illusionist to pull off a levitation stunt using a fake arm.