# Levitation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 26, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292 "2003-03-26T15:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PHA\_for\_life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PHA\_for\_life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PHA_for_life)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/1 "2003-03-26T15:05:10Z")
i was watching E last night and David Blain’s Street Magic came on. in this program he performed some difficult tricks with playing card and coins, but what baffles me most is how he levitates in mid day in the middle of a street. so my question to you is: is levitaion possible, and is david blain possessed? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/2 "2003-03-26T15:08:53Z")
Here are all of the past threads on this exact question with detailed answers: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?action=showresults&searchid=509798&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?action=showresults&searchid=509798&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/3 "2003-03-26T15:11:59Z")
No, but he’s a clever showman. His levitation stunts usually involve artful editing and wires or other hidden supports. He’ll intermix scenes with an audience present, and reacting with scenes taken earlier before there were others watching (when he’d do the mechanical parts of the trick). ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/4 "2003-03-26T15:28:23Z")
I was going to post a “WARNING - DAVID BLAINE WAS ON TV AGAIN LAST NIGHT” thread but forgot. (btw, I finally watched the street levitation, and while he does the Balducci thing, there is obvious camera trickery that makes it appear he went much higher.) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/5 "2003-03-26T15:37:28Z")
I taped it last night. I’d seen it before, but wanted to be able to look at that _gorgeous_ face anytime i so chose.😉 I liked the biting-the-quarter trick. So…how does he do the trick with the card ending up the other side of the window? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/6 "2003-03-26T15:38:33Z")
BTW, I absolutely _loved_ the hippie guys reactions “Wow!..” ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levitation/164292/7 "2003-03-27T12:56:52Z")
Nyah…I do that levitating trick to my friends in bars all the time…nothing too it really. Remember, all magic is just directed attention…it just LOOKS cool. I can do about 25% of the tricks in that tv special… Daylon