Firstly... is it just me or does "Tarzan" the dog look like someone we know here on the forum?
Ok then. . . levitation is one of the supposed proofs of "enlightenment" or "power" that spans historic record. Images, such as the one found here () seem to be more than abundant since the advent of the camera and there's a myriad of drawn images that pre-date the phenomena by millennia the world over.
Present Day Exhibitions tied to the idea of levitation including the following. . . (not all of these are "Magician's Tricks" -- in the sense of being presented as such; they are all "illusions" however)
Then we have the New Age perspective of such miraculous things. . .
And sadly, the Military application of Levitation that involves the troops themselves. . .
Why is it such a big deal?
All teasing aside. . . the stunt of staging an out door/in the middle of nowhere or on a busy city street LEVITATION really is as old as the hills (
HINT: Magicians get bored easily, especially when they have a new toy or method to play with and the
need to show off). I've personally staged similar shots for newspapers on several occasions. Franz Harrary used to do a bit right on Puget Sound (Seattle
Bay area), in which he floated a motorcycle some 6 feet into the air. . . it's just too easy to do, especially with today's technology.