Spencer Horsman Almost Died!

How's that for a clickbait title, huh?

There's a video going around showing escape artist Spenser Horsman (no relation to BoJack) being rescued from an escape gone wrong. I remember him from a few seasons back on AGT. I liked him, and he seems like a capable performer. Too bad he didn't go further on the show.

That said, I doubt the legitimacy of the footage and the story behind it. That's my PC way of saying I think it's shady as fuck. According to some of the comments, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Again, I have no knowledge one way or the other, this is just my gut.

I think it's just a little too perfect. You've got the show a couple days before opening, trying to generate some buzz. You've got a weird cellphone video of a rehearsal that I would assume would be a closed set to begin with. You've got Criss Angel heroically climbing the chains and knocking something free to get the box open (which incidentally, as an escape, should be harder to open right?) and then an abrupt finish with no word on his condition.

I mean, it's dramatic as hell and it certainly got me talking about the show so I guess as a publicity stunt it served it's purpose. I think the main thing that's got me smelling a rat is that I've recently been toying with a similar idea to draw some heat for a future project. Again, I don't know for sure that's what this is, but there's enough there to make me question it.

This is a good lead in for an article I want to write about escapes, but I think I'm going to save that for another day. A brief teaser: The audience knows you're not going to die and a capable performer is not going to put themselves in danger. This above all else is why I feel this whole thing is just a sham.

I could be wrong. I'm probably not. Either way, I hope Spencer's doing well. He seems like a nice guy, and I wish him luck on the show or more fake drownings or whatever he's up to next.

Come back next week for a post on thirty ways to write your own clickbait titles! Number seven left me speechless! This one weird trick will triple your readers! Bloggers hate him!

-Andster

Edit: Upon further viewing of the video, it appears the lid to that box is made up of a metal grate. How the fuck do you drown when all you have to do to breathe is tilt your head up? That makes me feel like this whole post is unnecessary and nobody in this world took the stunt seriously.