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Trick #4
Houdini Rubber Band Escape
A miniature escape that demonstrates how solid can pass through
solid!
REQUIREMENTS: One medium sized rubber band.
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This is sometimes also called
the Hopping Rubber Band. You loop a rubber band over your
first two fingers, and then it inexplicably jumps to the
second two fingers.
Begin by placing a rubber band
over your forefinger and middle finger as shown in Figure
1. Bring the rubber band all the way down to the base of
the fingers. Hold your hand so its back is facing the
audience.
Pull the rubber band with your
other hand to show that it is solid, and then at a point
when the rubber band is still pulled a little bit out
towards you, curl your fingers down as in Figure 2.
From your audience's view, it
looks like the rubber band is still around only two of
your fingers.
Pause for just an instant, and
then straighten your fingers out. The band will instantly
jump over to your ring finger and pinky (Figure 3)!
To make the rubber band jump back
to your first two fingers, follow the same moves again.
If you twist a second rubber band
over the fingers above the first band, as in Figure 4, so
that the fingers appear tied together, and then follow the
same moves for the trick as above, the first rubber band
will still be able to jump, seeming to penetrate right
through the second band! |
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