# Headless Halloween prank. You have to see this video!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headless-halloween-prank-you-have-to-see-this-video/639484>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headless-halloween-prank-you-have-to-see-this-video/639484 "2012-10-31T21:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headless-halloween-prank-you-have-to-see-this-video/639484/1 "2012-10-31T21:10:04Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tsL_JDtVbww/hqdefault.jpg "Head Drops OFF MAGIC PRANK!! \*\*AWESOME\*\*") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsL_JDtVbww)

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headless-halloween-prank-you-have-to-see-this-video/639484/2 "2012-11-01T21:53:02Z")

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Leno had him on The Tonight Show. He came out and did the gag.

Pretty obvious, but a funny surprise.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headless-halloween-prank-you-have-to-see-this-video/639484/3 "2012-11-02T00:44:58Z")

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Yeah, I understand more or less how he does it, but it’s still a great illusion.

He’s in the alley because he can’t have people looking from any angle other than straight on.