{"id":155770,"date":"2023-05-17T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=155770"},"modified":"2023-05-17T14:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:54:25","slug":"video-of-magicians-flying-stunt-viral-with-false-claims-about-powers-of-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-magicians-flying-stunt-viral-with-false-claims-about-powers-of-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of magician&#8217;s flying stunt viral with false claims about powers of Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is rife with the video of a man levitating in the air with the viral claim that this can only be possible with the power of Yoga. Vijay Bharat News, A Karnataka-based media outlet, wrote an article titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230515093916\/https:\/\/vijaybharat.in\/the-young-man-showed-it-by-flying-in-the-sky-on-the-strength-of-yoga-due-to-which-the-scientist-was-also-surprised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The young man showed by flying in the sky on the power of Yoga Vidya, due to which even the scientist was surprised<\/a>&#8220;, which claimed that the man was able to fly in the sky using Yoga powers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-151112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1122\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-151112.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-151112-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-151112-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-151112-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Twitter user named &#8216;Satish Nanda (Son of Odisha)&#8217; also posted the viral video with the caption, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This boy is from Tamil Nadu, he has shown flying in the sky with the power of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#yoga<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. Scientists are surprised to see that.<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@bnn_bharat&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230515094445\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPWWO_BECT_YHR\/status\/1655523388453171201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This boy is from Tamil Nadu, he has shown flying in the sky with the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yoga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#yoga<\/a>. Scientists are surprised to see that. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bnn_bharat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bnn_bharat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/srwkYQAe5Z\">pic.twitter.com\/srwkYQAe5Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Satish Nanda (Son of Odisha) (@TPWWO_BECT_YHR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPWWO_BECT_YHR\/status\/1655523388453171201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=flying%20the%20sky%20yoga%20tamil%20nadu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-220440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-220440.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-15-220440-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>First, we broke down the video into key-frames using Invid software and then reverse-searched one of them on Google. This led us to the original video on YouTube. It was shared on a channel named &#8216;Vignesh Prabhu&#8217;. As per the description on the YouTube page, Prabhu is a &#8216;magician, mentalist and illusionist&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-133001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1311\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-133001.png 1311w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-133001-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-133001-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-133001-768x415.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1311px) 100vw, 1311px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The original video is titled &#8216;FLYING MAN OF INDIA at 160 FEET | Magician Vignesh prabhu | Exclusive flying magic | Jai hind&#8217;.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"FLYING MAN OF INDIA at 160 FEET | Magician Vignesh prabhu | Exclusive flying magic  | Jai hind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOrWWA9Lfg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>According to the video description, the performance is only for &#8216;entertainment performances&#8217; and that the magician did not use any visual effects, cranes or ropes for the trick. We found several other videos of the same magic trick on YouTube. A YouTube channel by the name of &#8216;Magic Secrets Revealed&#8217;, which has over 1.6 million followers, revealed the trick which can be performed using cranes and extremely thin air-craft cables which lift the magician off the ground. The video reveals shows the magic performance from different angles, similar to Prabhu&#8217;s viral video.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"MAGICIAN DEFIES GRAVITY! FLOATS IN MID AIR!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAoltMUhJDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xAoltMUhJDY?t=237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3:55 mark<\/a>, the magician reveals that these tricks are usually performed in broad daylight and how the thin cables are sometimes invisible to the human eye since the cables reflect the sunlight and that magicians also employ VFX effects and editing software to remove the cables that might be visible in the video.<\/p>\n<p>We also found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?ref=search&amp;v=10218188873927040&amp;external_log_id=6344b3ae-3742-45e2-95ab-a13cc23fd102&amp;q=vignesh%20prabhu%20magician\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the &#8216;flying&#8217; video on Facebook<\/a> shared by a digital creator named Raghav Rao. The caption of the video says &#8216;Magician Vignesh Prabhu &#8230; Excellent magic show.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1897\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101.jpg 1897w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-134101-1536x1015.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hence, it is clear that Prabhu, a magician, performed the flying stunt with his usual magic tricks, and not by &#8216;yogic powers&#8217;, as claimed by several users on social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>Abira Das is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is rife with the video of a man levitating in the air with the viral claim that this can only be possible with the power of Yoga. 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