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I have read about this man here once' but not in its own thread so here goes.
Today walking my way back from the dentist just about near the food market on the junction of Asoke and Sukimvit roads when i was aproached by an Indian Man in a nice suit and turbon claiming to be a 'Holy Man'
The trick is very clever and involves the old magic of hand faster than the eye some veryfast talking (psycology) and a Wallet style note pad that he uses as a prop'
First he tells you how lucky you are as he writes something down on a scrap of paper and scrunches it into a ball and makes you hold onto it and then put it inside his Wallet style folding notepad and take it out again and put it back again all inbetween some fast talking. He then takes his business card out of his foldup notepad and gives that to you to read' some usless info about his skill. While you look at that he explains that he is a Holy Man and gives all money he gets to needy people.
Then a barrage of questions for you to answer' a bit like numerology. He gives you a scrap of paper to write down your answers without showing or telling him' here's the prop, he draws a circle on a piece of paper inside the notepad and asks you to put your paper on that before you write your answers, of course he cannot see. There are thin loose pieces of paper inside the folder. Then at the end of all this he takes out the scrunched up paper from the note pad that he wrote on in the beginning that you held for a while at the start' and of course it has the same answers on it as if he read your mind before he even met you.
He then writes down a choice of donation for you to give to him and to bring you luck blah blah. All i will say is that the lowest choice he gives you is 2000bht. I believe he has several tricks as he was trying to pull another one to prove himself but after i started questioning him the trick was not work (only works if you play by his rules) so he gave up on me' tryed to make me feel quilty and went on his way. (one last try to get some cash)
He is very good and you will think you have seen a miracle' yes he is that good but SADLY FOR HIM he did not get any of my money nor answer my questions about his 'Special ability'
Anyway his secret is carbon paper and the delivery of the trick (prop and fast talking) to fool you into thinking he has real ability.
If you see him just enjoy the trick and wish him luck' it took me hours to figure it out as it really does seem like he read your mind', that part is very clever and i did not see him read any paper, well at least he made me think i didn't.
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