Well ... not really a thief, to be honest.
So this man, Apollo Robbins, is an illusionist/magician and an expert pickpocket. As a pickpocket, he's able to steal items from people such as watches, wallets, pens, rings, ties and other common things that they carry with them simply by controlling their attention where he wants them to be. And he's amazingly good at it.
Here are some demonstration videos below to show you what he does and how well he does it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTa7rC1oUnk
This is a segment from a 3-part series on the National Geographic channel called "Brain Games":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLm_dQzoC5E
And here, Apollo pickpockets a pen from Neil deGrasse Tyson and another man's wallet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqSmUnd4cU
So this man, Apollo Robbins, is an illusionist/magician and an expert pickpocket. As a pickpocket, he's able to steal items from people such as watches, wallets, pens, rings, ties and other common things that they carry with them simply by controlling their attention where he wants them to be. And he's amazingly good at it.
Here are some demonstration videos below to show you what he does and how well he does it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTa7rC1oUnk
This is a segment from a 3-part series on the National Geographic channel called "Brain Games":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLm_dQzoC5E
And here, Apollo pickpockets a pen from Neil deGrasse Tyson and another man's wallet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqSmUnd4cU
