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Anyone see Criss Angel walk on water at Lake Mead last night?

I know it's an illusion but how does he do that??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I saw the jet skis cross his path, so that rules out anything permanent. this BS about the camera guiding him, I believe to be false, as well. There are a few points where he proceeds forward at least 2 or three steps before pointing the camera back at his feet. Maybe he just "remembered" where the "pillars" are? But in a lake that's God-only-knows how deep 100 feet off shore?

    I also highly doubt the floating shoes theory. Have you seen the Mythbusters episode where Adam tries to walk on his "water shoes"? It ended in utter failure. It was the ninja episode. Jamie ended up mixing a huge concoction pf water and corn starch. Interesting goop.

    I did notice on the show, Mindfreak, that the shoreline where he intended to begin his walk was clearly altered from the surroundings.

    I'd be surprised if the two girls that ran out in the water weren't actors, much less the entire audience. I'm very skeptical about things I see on TV, they have the ability to manipulate pretty much anything with technology and enough money.

    I will say this though, he is good. He's not God, but he is good.

  • 1 decade ago

    The one thing I can say for sure is, Criss Angel, is good at what he does. He has no problem telling the audience that most of his performances are illusions. He is the best at what he does. The lake crossing was interesting, because the jet ski crossed the area he had just walked on. That elliminated the chance of something being under the water, at least in my mind. As far as having something to suspend him from the air, I didn't see anything, even from the shot of the family in their boat. Maybe he has done what Einstien formulated as possible. He has learned to manipulate gravity. Who knows, it's his illusion. David Blaine should kneel at the feet of Criss......

  • 1 decade ago

    I think Criss Angel is great at what he does and so I let myself enjoy it. But, when it's over, I have to ask "How did he do that?". Remember, he lives in our world and all the laws of physics etc... apply to him too. And when you watch the show, you realize that he surrounds himself with a team of consultants, scientists, etc... I think that is what makes him so good, surrounding himself with smart, creative people who can "push the envelope" of what science can do in the realm of magic.

    As for walking on the Lake, I noticed he didn't do it barefoot and wearing shorts... he walked on one path, about 100 yards or so out, then sank. Didn't turn around and come back, didn't veer from the path. It was cool and well done but there is a logical answer. It could have been plexiglas pillars, shoes that float, I dunno.

    Maybe these guys helped him ==> http://www.bencraven.org.uk/walking_on_water.html

  • 1 decade ago

    I am continually amazed of the excuses and lame *** explainations people give to try and simply what is so clearly a freaking amazing trick.

    He wasn't standing on ****, and there was clearly nothing holding him up, try again lol, at the end he "slowly" decended into the water.

    I don't know how it was done either but atleast I'm not making a fool of myself trying to explain it when not a one of us clearly has any idea.

    I've personally met him in Vegas a couple years back and he did a trick for me and 2 friends, all of which I can verify were not "actresses", He told me to write something on a dollar bill and put it in my back pocket. While standing atleast 5 feet away he pulled a dollar from his back pocket that looked exactly like mine, with what I wrote on it and mine was no longer in my back pocket.

    Needless to say I now keep a very open mind, he calls it illusion, but i'll be damned to try and explain most of it.

    Source(s): Personal experence tells me its better not to try and understand it, enjoy it for whatever it is!
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Uhmm, idk how he does that. but all these people are sayin that they used some kind of wires or plexiglass. UNTRUE.

    the person asking is asking about the largest manmade lake in the country. LAKE meade. i mean they cant put that much plexiglass that deep in a lake, and if it was that simple, he wouldnt of done it again cuz he already did it one int the pool. i think that it could have been anything, and it cant be plexiglass becuse the girl came and tryed to do it but fell in and she felt under his feet, and there was nothing there. now if anyone has a better answer and knows how he did it please tell me.

  • 1 decade ago

    there's theories out there that say its all a trick with glass in the water but come on... i love his work whether its fake or not, plus he's hot... Even though my mom thinks he the anti-christ i the kind of person to believe anything as long as im the one to test... so whenever i go to vegas and see him walk on water i'll be sure look through where he's walkin and get back to u.... :-)

  • 1 decade ago

    omg i saw that last night too and was completely amazed

    one of the girls that was helping him in the beginning ran her hand under his feet so he was standing on nothing

    and he was standing in the middle of a freaking lake so how could he be faking it by having some thing hold him up it would have to be invisible

    either was he has some sort of majic with him

    i was completely amazed though

    did you see him get sawed in half

  • 1 decade ago

    The floating glass explanation is very interesting.....I mean wouldn't the glass float away or move around somewhat.....I mean he walked in a straight line. I do not try to explain anything he does.....the man is just amazing.

  • 1 decade ago

    yea ur all dumb...just like he did the pool trick they probably set up these glass or plastic pillars that are specially made so you can't see them in water. why is he filming himself? when there's already 3 million cameras recording it....his camera is used to detect those pillars in the water. its all been planned....he can stop trying to be jesus and shave himself

  • 1 decade ago

    He has these pieces of glass that float on water and can support a certain amount of weight like under 200 lbs. and you can only see it in the water with a specific camera. That's why you always see him holding a camera pointed down every time he walks on water. He uses actresses to wave their hands under the front of his foot while he is balancing on the heel of it. Hopes this helps!

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