Ambulance called to woman who failed to wake from hypnotist's trance during live show
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 @ 12:11 PM
A WOMAN who took part in a hypnotist's show in Madrid had to be attended by paramedics when she did not wake up from her trance – and even they were unable to rouse her.
She was a volunteer on stage at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid in the El Mentalismo en el Cine show, led by renowned hypnotist Pablo Raijenstein (pictured left, on his own poster advertising the event).
But she went under so deeply that the organisers had to call out an emergency SAMUR ambulance with life-support equipment when Raijenstein was unable to bring her out of her stupor after an hour of trying.
Then, even paramedics were unable to awaken her, causing increasing alarm – all of this happening live on stage in front of an audience.
In desperation, an emergency psychiatric team was called in and they were able to stir her to some degree, after which she was taken straight to hospital – conscious, but not completely compos mentis.
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