Barbaric & Sickening

[adadadog]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_caught_stealing_bread.htm

 

[cstfx]

did you get to the part where its a street fair magic act and the boy was not only a willing participant but relatively unharmed?

 

[adadadog]

Quote from cstfx:

did you get to the part where its a street fair magic act and the boy was not only a willing participant but relatively unharmed?

Thanks for reminding me. I read it. From the picture I would I guess the boy's arm bone would be crashed.

 

[byteme]

Quote from cstfx:

did you get to the part where its a street fair magic act and the boy was not only a willing participant but relatively unharmed?

Yep. It's an old trick where on one side of the vehicle there are heavy weights such that the weight of the vehicle is almost entirely carried by the tyres only on that side of the vehicle.

I think Penn and Teller did a similar demonstration once where they ran over Teller with a large truck.

Yep, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g7jEyonsqs