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Video: Archer Snags Arrow Out of Mid Air
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Posted on 12/10/2017 9:32:42 PM PST by nickcarraway

This bow and arrow trick shot will make your head spin, but watch carefully how he pulls it off.

A lot of people online have already called this video fake, but they’ve failed to notice one important detail, and we can confidently say this is 100% real.

Notice the guy is shooting an arrow with red fletchings, because in a second an arrow with blue fletchings is going to be fired at him, and he’s going to catch it. . .

Oh, we forgot to mention he’s doing all of this with a blindfold covering his eyes too!

Admittedly, watching a man attempt to snag an arrow out of mid air while blindfolded made us a little nervous. While he clearly had the timing down for this video, we can’t help but think of the close calls that came about while trying to learn that timing!

This probably took hours of practice, and should never be recreated at home. Safety first!


TOPICS: Hobbies; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: archery

Video at site.

1 posted on 12/10/2017 9:32:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 12/10/2017 9:38:24 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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It looks real to me. He had to do the relays to setup the catch. The last bow probably was not a heavy compound bow. He could time his catch from the sound of the last arrow releasing. He could practice with a large blunt rubber point which would only cause a bruise if it hit his hand. Good trick!


3 posted on 12/10/2017 11:31:38 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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In 1973, my small Sheriff’s office of 14 sidearm-carrying co-workers had a “Fletcher”, “Archer” and a “Bowman”—all female, but still... ;)


4 posted on 12/11/2017 1:49:00 AM PST by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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Nice.

The dentist who pulled my wisdom teeth was Dr. Slaughter.


5 posted on 12/11/2017 4:49:14 AM PST by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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David Carradine used to deflect arrows with his arms on Kung Fu. Drove the Indians crazy.


6 posted on 12/11/2017 5:23:23 AM PST by utax
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But can he catch a flying chair out of mid-air?


7 posted on 12/11/2017 5:25:36 AM PST by dfwgator
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What I find funny is he could snag the arrow out of flight, but he had a hard time picking up the bow.


8 posted on 12/11/2017 5:28:40 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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No one holds a candle to Lars Andersen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk


9 posted on 12/11/2017 5:32:10 AM PST by XEHRpa
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Urologist in Rochester, NY specializing in vasectomies was Dr. Stoop.


10 posted on 12/11/2017 5:38:20 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (If we're going to look at nature to justify our actions, then I say let's start flinging poop around)
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To: Does so

And the physician named Bonebreak.


11 posted on 12/11/2017 5:43:56 AM PST by BOBWADE (RINOs suck)
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LOL


12 posted on 12/11/2017 5:46:28 AM PST by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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Actually, it was Dr. Stop. I knew him in the 1970’s.


13 posted on 12/11/2017 11:27:18 AM PST by shortstop (I used to wrap fish in the New York Times, but it made the fish stink.)
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Nice Airstream! Got to be late 50’s / early 60s, sweet.


14 posted on 12/11/2017 3:46:54 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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