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Re: Electricity guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not
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- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:32:49 -0600
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In a message dated 9/9/05 12:01:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
I think Ripley's was trying to
"hoodwink" us on this one or maybe they were hoodwinked
theirsleves by this gentleman from India. I figure that
he was probably using a sensitive capacitive feedback
circuit that was triggered by his touching with any part
of his body, much like a touch lamp circuit. Thoughts?
David Rieben
David,
I believe your are correct in your assumption of fakery. As a TV
network exec said when challenged on another show's veracity "This is
human interest entertainment, not science class."
Matt D>