Hypnotist defends leprechaun spell
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Hypnotist Peter Powers from The Comedy Channel’s The Power of One has defended himself against claims that one of his live stage show guinea pigs fled the theatre and remained under a “spell.”
A 22yo Sydney builder claims he was running through traffic chasing leprechauns, as the effects of Powers’ magic stunt still transfixed him.
“He told me to go look for a leprechaun and that’s when I freaked out,” said the man who didn’t wish to be named. “At the time when I ran out I thought someone was following me, I was paranoid.”
He claims to have travelled to the other side of the city with no memory of how he got there. He was “awoken” by a phone call on his mobile phone.
But Powers is flattered his skills have had such an effect and pointed out that the young man managed to run via a nightclub.
“I give suggestions that no-one is to leave the building or be alarmed when performing the leprechauns routine,” Powers says of the claims. “Additional to this I remove all hypnotic suggestions from stage participants at the end of my shows. These instructions are more than sufficient to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all audience members and participants alike, and have served me well for more than 23 years and over 60,000 hypnotized people.”
He has since rung the man in question to advise all suggestions from the stage show had been removed and left a contact number in case of future emergencies.
Maybe it’s a job for Mythbusters?
Additional Source: news.com.au
3 Responses
Our beloved ACA actually did a story on this… and they had the “victim” reninact the incident wth dreamy special effects and all!
The “victim’s” conclusion? “Wow he really does have powers!” cutting to a picture of the theatre with performing dates.
And they apparently they de-hypnotised him…. over the phone!
Seriously this would be funny if it wasn’t so much of a con!
Ah yes, the good old “man who did not wish to be named”. Otherwise known as The Publicist’s Friend.
If Powers actually had, err, powers, he wouldn’t be doing cheesy TV programs and live shows for suggestable bogans. He’d already be ruling the free world by now.
Kudos to the Comedy Channel’s publicity kids, though. They got this one in the actual news ahead of actual important things.
Fact is that hypnotisim is bullshit.
Every major text you read on it will show you that even the “random picks” is only the power of suggestion coupled with the excitement on stage in front of a huge crowd.
When people think they are being controled they can do anything!
Obviously this story is a setup for publicity 🙂