Going one better than his idol Harry Houdini, Winnipeg escape artist Dean Gunnarson clawed his way out of the earth after two days buried alive in the Manitoba city
Going one better than his idol Harry Houdini, Winnipeg escape artist Dean Gunnarson clawed his way out of the earth after two days buried alive in the Manitoba city.
"Happy Halloween, Harry," said Gunnarson, dirty and staggering after being helped from his "grave."
"Nothing is impossible if you truly believe."
He told the crowd that had gathered to watch the stunt that he didn't know how much energy he'd have after more than 40 hours without food or water.
He said it was cold and damp and he could hear the regular rumbling of the trains that went by on tracks only about 180 metres away.
Friday evening, Gunnarson was locked into chains, bound and then placed inside a steel coffin. The coffin was then locked and wrapped in more chains.
It was buried almost two metres under the earth in the parking lot in south Winnipeg.
Visitors got the chance to speak with Gunnarson via a pipe.
Gunnarson timed his escape to be as close as possible to the exact moment that Houdini died in 1926 1:26 pm But he said this was a stunt Houdini never tried.
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