Johnny Coulon, “The Unliftable Man.” Despite his small stature (around 5 feet tall and weighing about 110 pounds), Coulon mystified audiences and even strongmen, wrestlers, and later, legendary boxers like Muhammad Ali, who were unable to lift him off the ground. c 1970s

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    1. This has popped up before. The first thing I found of it on YouTube was his trick not working.

    2. Friend of mine came to the States from France as a teen, knowing zero English. Was basically a street thug who fled to avoid jail time. By the time I met him, he had earned 2 black belts and was running a successful business. Def one of the mentally & physically toughest people I know.

      Told me he saw some people practicing tai chi in the park and wanted to know more about it. Old ass guy tried to explain it then essentially was like fuck it lemme show you. Guy was about 5ft and 100lbs, maybe 80. Told my friend to push him. He did, easily.

      Then the guy took a deep breath and focused and “grounded himself” and said to do it again. No matter how hard or from what angle my friend pushed him he couldnt get the guy to budge. Said it was like trying to move a statue. Guy told him he simply locked himself into the earth.

      Dunno if thats what the dude in the pic was doing but I don’t doubt things like this are possible!

    3. Technical-Outside408 on

      Derren Brown does a trick like this. 15 years since I’ve watched it, but I think he positions the lifter just far enough away that he’s too hard to lift with extended arms (with a lot of bullshit mentalist talk saying how heavy he’s become. He’s a great showman).

      Of course, the above picture doesn’t show that, but it might just be a publicity shot.

    4. CordiallySuckMyBalls on

      The answer is obvious.

      He had a massive shlong that was simply too heavy to lift

    5. Tall_Inevitable_6695 on

      He just smelled like shit, you wouldn’t want to be close to him for to long or else the stink would stick on you

    6. WASP_Apologist on

      Nobody wanted to embarrass the nice old guy by actually lifting him. Times were different then.

    7. Quetzalsacatenango on

      The Bloodhound Gang from 3-2-1 Contact investigated someone who did this among other feats of strength.

    8. He simply ensured that his center of balance was behind him and the other person had to lower theirs. Physics is phun kids!

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