Mysterious smoking man makes a cup and his cigarette levitate

In the smoking area of a shopping centre in Japan, a man and his friends discover this mysterious gentleman, who can make objects levitate…

昨日ベルの喫煙所にすげーおっちゃんおった

どーなってんだ pic.twitter.com/vexStIOd5o

— Fé∇Felipe▱ (@FustDrift) October 23, 2016

You should probably stop reading now if you want to believe that magic is real. Still here? Great! Here’s a possible explanation.

@FustDrift @mrb_rides_again he's attaching it to a string and someone above is moving it. Camera guy probably in on it.

— Evil Lil Luna. ^_^ (@LunaRezErection) October 24, 2016

@mrb_rides_again notice his hand never goes directly above the object. I'm more impressed he didn't burn himself with the cig tho.

— Evil Lil Luna. ^_^ (@LunaRezErection) October 24, 2016

And a demonstration of the trick in action, but without the conspiracy theory.

So there you go.