Infusion escape at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

[verticalzero]

David Straitjacket ( www.davidescapes.com ) was chained, handcuffed and padlocked into the most extreme rollercoaster in the UK, the Infusion ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The escape had come about as a challenge from master locksmith Mick Hanzlik, a Houdini expert and escape enthusiast who runs his own locksmithing company in Northampton, UK.

 

Video: http://www.tbppbguideforums.info/bpb/dm_mmc_page.php?media_id=38

 

Old ride footage at BPB: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Archive-footage--Blackpool-Pleasure.4259574.jp

[Kennyweird]

That's incredible, considering he did it on an SLC.

[Team Thriller]

David Blain did this also on Desperado, Buffalo Bills Hotel and Casino. But this must have been harder because it's an SLC.

 

--James

[RCFreak]

^It was Lance Burton and was much more impressive.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOA6lLnJxmw

[robbalvey]

^ Is that even real? I don't believe it is. First off, the coaster is shown completely out of order and then when he finally jumps the shadows don't look right.

 

Like the took footage of him jumping and footage of the coaster coming by and composited it all together.

 

It looks really fake to me.

 

--Robb

[piers]

It is a fake!!

 

I saw something about it, although, I cant remember where or when and I drink a lot. I could have imagined it!

[PURE]

Unless the video is one constant clip without all the editing and cut ins, when magic is done on video or on TV, it just doesn't do it for me.

 

Like that Lance Burton video, it'd be much more believable if they showed the jump from a POV camera placed on the front of the train. Kinda convenient they neglected to show more than 2 clips from 2 practically identical angles.

 

And we wonder where kids get the idea to run in front of coaster trains...

[cca2]

In the video they showed a car that is passed the lift hill and then another train on the lift hill again.

That was most likely fake!

[Purplepills]

That Lance thing was totally fake. It didnt even look real when I saw it on TV.

[handy-andy]

You can tell its fake because they wouldn't haver put any people on the coaster during the escape, plus the people in the train kept changing!

Spooky...

[KPfreak519]

^Those weren't people, they were water dummies But yeah, it still looks fake to me.

[Kennyweird]

It's obviously fake. There's simply too many issues with the video.

[mike12]

its 100% fake simply no doubt

[ECZenith]

^ Completely agree with you guys. I remember seeing the video years ago and being pissed that they tried to pull it off as real. They kept showing the same elements of the ride over and over again. Must have been lame to see live...