Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_Dr-508-c
Someone posted this video and asked me what I thought. I said:
Source: https://twitter.com/MickWest/status/1055477817503186944
Because it looked too much air displacement for a punch. But then I saw this version (filmed for a commercial):
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5257MyiaE
In this he is shown doing the same trick with progressively increasing numbers of candles, up to 8.

Which then made me think it was plausible.
However I then tried to replicate it, and found it really hard have get any kind of effect on a candle that was more than a few inches away. So then I got suspicious again.
Finally I replicated my original suggestion, to see how that works.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chIp1gPD0f8
With a longer version here.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enePoDBch-E
But I'm still not 100% sure.
Someone posted this video and asked me what I thought. I said:
Source: https://twitter.com/MickWest/status/1055477817503186944
Because it looked too much air displacement for a punch. But then I saw this version (filmed for a commercial):
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5257MyiaE
In this he is shown doing the same trick with progressively increasing numbers of candles, up to 8.
Which then made me think it was plausible.
However I then tried to replicate it, and found it really hard have get any kind of effect on a candle that was more than a few inches away. So then I got suspicious again.
Finally I replicated my original suggestion, to see how that works.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chIp1gPD0f8
With a longer version here.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enePoDBch-E
But I'm still not 100% sure.
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