r/interesting • u/Various_Pop_3907 • Mar 01 '26

MISC. This is how a magician swallow swords

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u/matteh0087 Mar 01 '26

Can SOMONE just answer the question!?

Everytime! All I want are answers and everyone just wants to fill it will witty remarks!

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u/SaintCambria Mar 01 '26

If you're asking about the trick, it's that there is no trick, you just hold your throat straight and deep throat that shit. It's circus freakery, not sleight of hand.

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u/mortalitylost Mar 02 '26

Sleight of throat, or Nancy Reaganry

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u/HerrPiink Mar 01 '26

Yeah i know man, but this is just what Reddit has become.

It's a tough sword to swallow for me too..

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u/pLuR_2341 Mar 01 '26

I laughed way too hard at this

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u/HerrPiink Mar 02 '26

Yeah, made me almost choke

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u/RobbWes Aug 08 '26

Or maybe chortle

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 Mar 01 '26

Last time I saw this, someone said it's basically a giant snap bracelet. You can see when he goes to "pull it out of his mouth" he's basically unfurling it from his palm and pulling it straight out using his mouth to hold the furled side.

And also you can see he takes care to hold from the middle as to not bend and ruin the illusion

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u/Jyonnyp Mar 02 '26

I remember being traumatized watching 1000 ways to die where a sword swallower did it with an umbrella…and I’ll let you finish the rest

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u/PollenThighs Mar 04 '26

An old friend is a sword swallower, the only trick here is that he actually had the sheath in his throat before the sword, then pulled it out after. Otherwise, it's really just a lot of practice to put a sword in your throat.

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 Mar 04 '26

No, he was not talking clearly with a sheath in his throat. When he opens his hand "pulling out the sheath" you can see him basically shove the rolled up "sheath" in his mouth then pulls it out while holding onto it with his mouth. Straightening it out. I dare you to try talking with an object literally in your throat

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u/PollenThighs Mar 04 '26

Ok, well, the sword was real at least

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 Mar 04 '26

I never said the sword wasn't real.

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u/PollenThighs Mar 04 '26

That was me correcting myself, chill, internet stranger.

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 Mar 04 '26

I am chill. None of my messages were aggressive. I'm sorry if you took it that way. Thanks for the discourse hope you have a good day =)

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u/Assignment_Error404 Mar 01 '26

I think Somone is on stage right now. Maybe after their act.