Crazy! Hold this length of rope at the middle. The rope hangs limp- until with a simple twist of your wrist, you make the rope stand straight out and stiff!

This startling effect can be repeated immediately, can be done surrounded and can be performed right under the noses of the spectators. It's eerie!!

 

Great for a Halloween themed show, as it seems as though the rope has a "spirit" of its own.

 

Wesley Whitehouse introduced the concept of this trick.