jakem1 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Police in London have released CCTV footage of a man apparently using hypnotism-type distraction techniques to rob the owner of a shop without the victim realising what was happening. The film, shown on the BBC?s Crimewatch programme on Thursday night, shows the alleged robber enter the off licence in Highgate, north London, and engage the owner in conversation, standing very close to him. The CCTV shows him gently touching the shop owner several times, on the stomach and shoulder, with the victim standing motionless. The man is seen going through the shopowner?s trouser pockets twice as he speaks rapidly to him, removing a large bundle of cash, believed to be shop takings. As the man leaves, the shopowner apparently emerges from a trance-like state and attempts to walk after him. The Metropolitan police said the alleged robber told the victim his wife was pregnant and that he needed some bottled water. He can be seen on the footage mimicking a bulge on his stomach, and touching the shopowner?s stomach. Det Sgt Dave Bullock, from Haringey police, said: ?The victim in this incident said that he was momentarily unaware of what had happened to him. The suspect?s distraction tactics appeared to have worked as he robbed the victim of cash from his pocket. If anyone recognises the suspect or has been a victim in similar circumstances, please contact us.? The suspect is described as possibly east European, 30-35, slim and about 5ft 8ins tall. He was wearing dark jeans, a grey polo shirt and a black bomber jacket. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/05/hypnotist-thief-robs-shopkeeper-london-trance London thieves do it with style :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadPirateRoberts Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Well instead of using that skill to rob people maybe he should put it to good use by preforming in the street and stuff and who knows he could have ended up having his own show but now the only thing hes going to end up doing is going to jail. Hes clearly very good at what he does tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 5, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2014 Convinced it was/is a scam FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 So Derren Brown's turned to a less subtle life of crime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Watched that on TV last night. Too amazeballs to be true. Insurance scam? The fact they put it on TV (Crimewatch is a serious, and respected TV show in the UK), baffles me even more. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddman Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Even to this day, after reading countless articles, etc., I still don't exactly know how hypnotism actually works. Somewhere it says a hypnotist can hypnotize someone with them not even realizing it. Somewhere else it says that, no, the person being hypnotized is awake and fully aware and can actually stop the process at any point. Can anyone elaborate on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's Dead Jim Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It's the power of suggestion, some persons are more susceptible to it than others.... +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The man is seen going through the shop owner?s trouser pockets ... I don't know how many times that's happened to me. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It's the power of suggestion, some persons are more susceptible to it than others.... I always thought you had to be a willing participant in hypnotism? As far as I know no hypnotist can just walk up to you, put you into a trance and rob you. I can't watch the video so I can't say much else. Alera 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 6, 2014 Member Share Posted December 6, 2014 I always thought you had to be a willing participant in hypnotism? As far as I know no hypnotist can just walk up to you, put you into a trance and rob you. I can't watch the video so I can't say much else. Yes and no. It can still be used as a suggestion and distraction technique whether you like it or not. This article states "Hypnotism" but it's more along the lines of talking someone in to a more relaxed state and detaching them from what's going on. Not a true hypnotic state and it's the same technique used by many NLP practitioners rather than full blown hypnotism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 waves hand "you will open the register" gets arrested, "I am not the suspect you are looking for" "i can go free" you can go free. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intersect Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yes and no. It can still be used as a suggestion and distraction technique whether you like it or not. This article states "Hypnotism" but it's more along the lines of talking someone in to a more relaxed state and detaching them from what's going on. Not a true hypnotic state and it's the same technique used by many NLP practitioners rather than full blown hypnotism. this is defiantly the work of some one who knows NLP, I have seen this kind of thing demonstrated at a hacker con a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 If the CCTV had sound, you would have heard him say Imperio. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yes and no. It can still be used as a suggestion and distraction technique whether you like it or not. This article states "Hypnotism" but it's more along the lines of talking someone in to a more relaxed state and detaching them from what's going on. Not a true hypnotic state and it's the same technique used by many NLP practitioners rather than full blown hypnotism. this is defiantly the work of some one who knows NLP, I have seen this kind of thing demonstrated at a hacker con a few years back Sorry if I am being dense but does NLP refer to Neuro-linguistic programming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intersect Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Sorry if I am being dense but does NLP refer to Neuro-linguistic programming? yes that is what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 yes that is what it is OK. That has been dismissed as pseudo-science, as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intersect Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 OK. That has been dismissed as pseudo-science, as far as I can tell. Dismissed or not NLP does work and has both positive and negative out comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Dismissed or not NLP does work and has both positive and negative out comes. No, that's the point, it doesn't work. It's pseudo-science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Watched that on TV last night. Too amazeballs to be true. Insurance scam? The fact they put it on TV (Crimewatch is a serious, and respected TV show in the UK), baffles me even more. It was aired in the UK? yikes. could go either way. I guess time will tell if this is a truth or a lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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