Several years ago we visited an amusement park in Southern California that has a western motif. I'm sure you know which one. We came upon an area that was set up as an old wagon camp and in the center, was a stage. Outside, there was a sign that advertised fun and somewhat naughty hypnotist. My girlfriend was excited as she had never been hypnotized and I thought the whole thing was a crock, but I agreed to go to the show anyway, since it was advertized as being naughty. I had no idea how naughty it would turn out to be!
There were about 100 people or so at this outdoor stage and the first part of the show he tried to hypnotize the whole audience, to get everyone to relax. He started talking slower and slower and having us to concentrate on him alone and then he started spinning a top like thing that the sun reflected off.
So, right off, my girlfriend nodded off and got so completely limp I had to grab her from falling off the bench.
I thought, "Well, what the hell," and pretended to nod off too and leaned on her to keep her from falling, both of us with our eyes closed.
Turns out, what he was doing was seeing who in the audience was acceptable to hypnosis. So, when he woke us all up, he went around and picked about a dozen people to go up on stage. I and my girlfriend were both picked.
He then started to work on hypnotizing just the folks on stage and had a different spinning thing for us to focus on.
The Hypnotist counted down slowly from 20, saying, "Your eyes are getting heavy, you are very sleepy," and similar comments.
Well, my girlfriend went out before he got to 10 and I went ahead and pretended to fall asleep too. But, I kept my eyes sort of open to see what was going on as I slumped in my seat. I could see my girlfriend was out cold, though, for real. About half the people in the seats were out. The Hypnotist then sent the other half back to their seats.
The rest of the show was an exhibition of hypnotic suggestion. Those on stage that were really hypnotized believed the floor was hot, and jumped up and down like their feet were on fire. Later, we believed we were freezing, so we all cuddled up together. I played along, but wasn't really hypnotized.
At one point, the Hypnotist told my girlfriend and another girl, "You are madly in love and want to show it to each other."
They ran over to each other and starting hugging and even kissing (no tongue though) and sort of rubbing each other. That was hot to see. Now, my girlfriend is completely straight, so I was pretty sure she was really hypnotized and out of it.
The rest of the show was more silly stuff, such as we were in a dance contest that required each of us to do a little dance. The crowd was laughing hysterically. My girlfriend was wearing a sun dress and I was wondering if anyone in the front row got to see her panties as she twirled around.
Overall, it was pretty fun and silly and the crowd loved it. He finally woke us all up at the count of ten, saying, "You will remember nothing about what happened but will feel relaxed and happy."
I popped up with the other people and got applause as we headed off.
When we got back to the seats, the show was about selling DVDs or something so I asked my girlfriend, "Do you remember anything?"
She said, "I only remember going up on stage and coming off, so what happened?"
I told her what I remembered, but she really had no clue about anything. It was pretty amazing. I was convinced it was real, especially how she reacted when I told her about the other girl and her being in love.
At this point, we started to file out when the Hypnotist pulled us out of the line and thanked us for helping in the show. He said, "It was rare for a couple to both be so easily hypnotized we were the stars of the show."
He had free DVD's for us. Then he asked. "Do either of you need help with anything, like stopping smoking, losing weight, or sleep problems?"
My girlfriend said. "I could lose a few pounds."
This is not true, as she is in great shape, weighing only about 105 pounds and being a little over five feet, three inches. She is Asian, with long black hair.
The Hypnotist said, "I have a few minutes before the next show, why not come backstage and can help with losing pounds?"
She basically dragged me back there and I was getting a bit tired of the whole thing. Little did I know the show was just about to start.
There were only two seats back there and it was a dark room, with only a couple of lights on. He had us sit down and then he put in this tape that had really spooky kind of music and pulled out a cone like thing that when he turned it and you looked into it, it was really mesmerizing.
The Hypnotist started with me, although I didn't help with anything, but I played along. I actually started to feel drowsy, but surely not hypnotized, but faked it and slumped in my chair. He snapped his fingers at me and clapped his hands, but I didn't react. He was sure I was completely asleep.
He said, "Go into a deep sleep, remember nothing and awake only when I tap you on the shoulder."
I opened my eyes just a bit to peek out as he did the same thing to my girlfriend and she went out for real. He snapped his fingers, clapped, and even sort of pushed her in her chair. No reaction from her.