Carlos Hoax - Video

[Richard]

"Carlos" was the name of a 2,000-year-old spirit allegedly channeled by José Alvarez when he toured Australia in 1988.

The Australian version of '60 minutes' set it up with the help of Randi. The video is here :

http://rapidshare.de/files/24329057/Carlos.ram.html

It's a RealVideo download, about 90mb.

[Hawkeye]

Thanks Richard, awesome video!
It really shows the disturbing power the media wields over the way people think and act. Fascinating.

I think the one news reporter midway through summarizes it best:
"We've given this man more publicity than he ever deserved."
Oh the irony!

P.S.
My respect and admiration for Mr. Randi has grown to new heights. That man is a saint. Or at very least, he’s channeling the spirit of one. :czchief:

[TheBoyPaj]

The free download limit has been reached at... four downloads.

[Richard]

The free download limit has been reached at... four downloads.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. I'll try elsewhere.

[alfaniner]

If it's not too large, put it up on YouTube. Besides, I won't install Real Player after the last fiasco...

[Richard]

Here it is...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8392582596446539758

[Tanstaafl]

Thanks guys, I watched this last night and it is really... amazing. And an awful lot of effort for Randi to go through to make a point. Too bad so few, especially here in the USA, will ever hear about it.

[RandFan]

I'm blown away. I know, I shouldn't be. I've been reading Randi's commentaries since 2002 and I like to think that I have a pretty good understanding of these kinds of scams but I simply had no idea how simple it would be. Now, to be sure, it took the expertise of Randi and others to pull it off. But the "actors" were not experts and there were so many hints out there.

Great job Randi, again, simply amazing.

[chran]

Thanks for posting this, and yes it is simply amazing!

[TheBoyPaj]

When was this done? It's great.

EDIT: Answered my own question. 1988.

http://skepdic.com/carlos.html