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Lets make a brief list of people with the ability to fly. As it likely is for you, the first person to come to mind is the Great Gazoo. He didn’t really soar – he more kinda poofed in and hovered. Still though, he never touched the ground.
Evel Knievel did his fair share of flying about. He couldn’t always control it though, as his wired and bolted skeleton would attest.
Lastly there’s Subbayah Pullavar, a Yogi who hovered for a solid five minutes in front of 150 people who were invited to come up and check for strings and such.
We’ve told you about flying people before, right? Remember this Mexican witch? You don’t? Well she was flitting all around Mexican countryside not terribly long ago. Flying like a songbird on the wind. With evil intent or something.
If Hecklerspray were granted the ability to fly our legs would probably wither and shrivel. It wouldn’t be good for our shoe supplier, that’s sure. What it would be good for is fetching frisbees off of roofs. We’d probably delve into a business like that. See you later, internet.
Yogi Pullavar, full name Subbayah Pullavar, was probably above any tasks remotely dog-like.
In all actuality, before June 6, 1936 we don’t know much about the man. On that date, however, we know he caused quite a stir. This is what Wikipedia has on it:
“Yogi Pullavar?s assistants erected a small tent in an open area where Pullavar began by ritualistically pouring a circle of water around the perimeter of the tent. Shoes were not permitted within the area marked by the circle. Yogi Pullavar then entered the tent where he remained hidden from view for a few minutes, after which the attendants then removed the tent. Once revealed, Yogi Pullavar was seen suspended horizontally several feet above the ground. He was in a trance, lightly resting his hand on top of a cloth covered stick. It was asserted by witnesses present that Yogi did not exert pressure on the stick for support, but instead used it as a point of reference. Many photographs were taken from various angles of this exhibition and witnesses present were permitted to thoroughly examine the levitation. They meticulously searched for strings, props and any means of possible support above, below and around the levitating Pullavar, however nothing was found.
“After four minutes the attendants erected the tent around Yogi Pullavar to shield him as he made his descent. P.Y. Plunkett positioned himself so that the sunlight enabled him to discern Pullavar through the thin cloth tent walls. He reported noticing Yogi Pullavar gently swaying for a short time while still in mid-air. Finally, he slowly sank in a horizontal position to the ground. The entire process took an estimated five minutes to complete.”
The tent was then taken down by the same people who put it up. The Yogi was still lying there in a trance. The spectators were invited to come up and try to bend his limbs. They couldn’t, though they tried.
The assistant then splashed him with water, rubbed him down for a few minutes, and the man returned to normal. Multiple pictures from different angle were taken showing the man hovering there. It definitely seems like only the cloth covered stick was there connecting to the ground. In the pic above you can see that there doesn’t appear to be any stress in the hand touching it.
And the stick was examined too. You can see it unwrapped for yourself if you Google image “Yogi Pullavar.”
We don’t know what to make of it, frankly. But we would like to know if he could still float in the presence of kryptonite. If he can’t – well then we’d have a theory about him.
We don’t want to discuss that now though. So you’ll just have to wonder about what it might be.