Zig zag girl illusion

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The zigzag girl illusion describes a magic trick of the large illusion division , which was invented in 1963 by the Englishman Robert Harbin and presented for the first time.

Course of events

A person enters a cabinet that consists of three parts. The doors are closed. There is an opening in each door to show the head at the top, a hand in the middle and a foot at the bottom, as proof that the person is actually in the cabinet.

The demonstrator pushes wide blades between the three parts. Then he pulls the middle part out almost completely to the side. You can still see heads, hands and feet (zigzag) in every part of the cabinet. After the middle section has been pushed back and the blades removed, the person emerges from the cabinet unharmed.

proof

  1. Magische Welt magazine , issue 2, 2009
  2. The Magic of Robert Harbin, CW Mole and Sons, (1970)