I vote for a pant leg trick. Notice how baggy the cuff is at the beginning and how there's a strap of some sort visible at the end.
Posted by MagicFaireDust on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 12:41 AM
Yep. It's a trick. I've seen the explanation of it before. I will share with anyone who would like to know.
(Of course, you could probably Google it pretty easily, too. Or maybe not if Alex didn't find it.)
Posted by Tah on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 01:24 AM
Yeah I saw this a month or two ago. If you look it up on YouTube the search for the video actually pulls up a couple of different vids showing exactly how it's done.
It's still pretty cool though!
Posted by Nettie on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 05:51 AM
What's a "shoelack"?
Posted by Doug Nelson on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 07:18 AM
sorry, but "shoelack" cannot be found in the dictionary, much like the word "gullible", so the definition is open to personal interpretation. I would suggest that a "shoelack" is a person without shoes. Case closed
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 09:53 AM
Posted by red_dragon_girl_69 on Wed Sep 05, 2007 at 11:48 AM
I got it on the third watch.
EXTRA LACES!
His sneak was tied all along, (covered by the bottom of his pant leg). An extra pair of untied laces are sticking out. As he shakes, he retracts the spare laces (probably with left hand), and shakes the pant leg to reveal the tied shoe. It would have been better if he threaded the spare laces through the eyesof the sneax, instead of under the other laces.
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(Of course, you could probably Google it pretty easily, too. Or maybe not if Alex didn't find it.)
It's still pretty cool though!
explains how to do it. seems easy enough.
EXTRA LACES!
His sneak was tied all along, (covered by the bottom of his pant leg). An extra pair of untied laces are sticking out. As he shakes, he retracts the spare laces (probably with left hand), and shakes the pant leg to reveal the tied shoe. It would have been better if he threaded the spare laces through the eyesof the sneax, instead of under the other laces.
Nice illusion. Simple and elegant.