Agent Zero here with a fascinating submission about one of the oldest (alleged) magic tricks in the world — with a surprise twist! Read this if you’ve ever wondered about how they do this trick. I tripped out!
“My name is Vijai and I want to tell you about how I saw the famous Indian Rope Trick performed when I was young, and what happened after I saw it.
“I grew up in the Indian state of Gujarat not very far away from Gandhinagar. Once when I was 12, my father took me to a theater to see someone perform the rope trick. As I remember, there were other performers there too, but the rope trick was what everyone came to see.
“If you have heard of the Indian Rope Trick before you probably have been told it is a hoax or a myth. Of course it is a trick, but some people in India do not believe such a trick really exists. And in America, the same.
“So I took a little camera with me and hid it under my shirt. We were not supposed to bring cameras to the performance but I did not know that and probably I would have tried to bring it in anyway.
“It was a long time before the curtain finally opened and the fakir came out. Everyone clapped as if he was famous but I had never heard of him. (And now I can’t even remember his name.) He wore traditional dress with a headpiece. He had a young assistant who was dressed very modestly. He was about my age at the time.
“The fakir did not explain anything or say anything besides just greeting the audience. Then he took the end of a coil of rope and threw it up into the air. The rope just stayed where he threw it. What was so amazing was the way it froze in the air as if someone had just hit a pause button.
“I started taking pictures right then.
“The boy on the stage bowed to the fakir and started climbing the rope. I remember very clearly that the rope did not swing or bend at all while he climbed it. I took more pictures while I watched. When he reached the top of the rope, the boy disappeared, as if he had gone into an upper room.
“The fakir picked up a large sword and held it in his mouth, and he climbed the rope as well. I can remember that the room was very quiet at that moment and that you could hear the sound of the fakir’s feet on the rope as he climbed. He too disappeared at the top.
“Then the body parts started falling. It was horrible. No one made a sound because of the shock. The boy’s arms and legs and other parts fell from above the stage, and there was blood. I could not believe my father would take me to something like this! I was still taking pictures but at that point I thought I was photographing a crime scene.
“The fakir climbed back down the rope with the sword in his mouth. I think you could see blood on the sword.
“He went to open the basket where the rope had been stored, and out jumped the boy! He was in one piece and unharmed. I looked but could not see any of the body parts that had fallen. They had disappeared.
“The audience clapped and stood and the fakir and the boy both smiled and bowed. And then the curtain closed.
“I went the very next day to have the film developed. (This was before the digital camera!) It took about three days, and then I got it back. I looked at every one of the pictures, unbelieving.
“And then I showed my father, and he couldn’t believe it either.
“You see, the pictures only show the fakir and the boy standing on stage. No rope in the air, no sword, no blood. Just the two of them, standing there. We had all been hypnotized.”
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September 18th, 2008 at 9:08 am |
Can you send me then pictures???
September 18th, 2008 at 9:12 am |
Can you send me the pictures???
October 9th, 2008 at 3:37 am |
Please send me the photos. I shall tell u the secret.
its not hypnotism.
Now a days this trick is performed in front of video cameras.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:56 pm |
send pictures and tell trick please, because I plan to be a great magician. thx
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm |
send me those pictures!!! please!z
March 4th, 2009 at 12:00 am |
haha..Iwant them too!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:04 am |
no really though…if you want to know more interesting information on these things…try and find the book called Occult ABC. The man tells a similar story as you where he said that when he got the photos backm there was no rope and no boy. Very interesting! People must realize and remember, those who believe anyway…that there ARE a third of the angels of heaven (fallen) that are roaming this earth. Another fact is that hardly anyone, experiences these kinds of things in America and there is a reason for it. America is in prohesy…Babylon is fallen, Babylon is fallen!
April 18th, 2009 at 12:15 pm |
This is SO false.
Firstly, as far as I know, whilst hypnosis is a very powerful technique, it requires the consent of the subject. People can’t be hypnotized without knowing it (don’t quote me though!). And secondly, if you are hypnotized you go into a state of semi conciousness. Meaning it would be impossible to recount such a vivid story if you were under hypnosis.
This version of the Rope Trick has not been seen for many decades and this supports a more established are far more gruesome theory. The boy who climbs the rope and disappears is infact one of a pair of twins. And there is no illusion to his dismemberment. Supposedly, the boy who climbs the rope is infact murdered and his remains put into a basket where his twin is concealed. It was
apparently a way of disposing of unwanted twins which is almost certainly why it has not been performed for many many years. I still have no idea how the fakir gets the rope to stand upright though… And I’m almost certain its not a hidden wire supporting it from above.
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:05 am |
I saw the trick performed in Indio California in 1950 – it remains in my mind the most skillfull sleight of hand ever performed. Stunning!