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Jedi in Highgate


My wife brought to my attention about what she saw on the BBC News yesterday Friday, 5th of December, 2014. The bizarre incident occurred at 9.45pm on the 11th of September, 2014 at a shop in Highgate, London. The CCTV show the shopper keeper Mr Aftab Haider, 56 going about his normal business what seems to be stocking up his wares. Then a man who looked Eastern European, wearing a black bomber jacket entered his shop. The gentleman tapped Mr Haider on his right upper arm as he passed him and waited at the end of corridor. The CCTV showed Mr Haider after reaching the end of the corridor turned back and go to meet the gentleman. The man began talking to Mr Haider and touching Mr Haider abdomen and shoulder and after doing was seemed to be miming the gesture of a pregnant woman’s belly he began emptying the contents of the shopkeeper’s pockets. As another customer entered the shop, he used Mr Haider body to expertly block from the view of the new customer, a wad of pound notes he had just removed from Mr Haider pockets. He then proceeded to fold the money in his hand and made a quick exit after tapping Mr Haider on his shoulder on his way out. Detective Sergeant Dave Bullock of the Metropolitan Police said: “The victim remained motionless and unable to stop the robbery taking place. He said that he was momentarily unaware of what had happened to him.”


Africans would just know that this is juju. The elders will explain that once you put certain herbal portions or leaves under your tongue whatever you tell person to do he will do it. He will be totally under your control. Some of the nerds will recognize that it is “The Force”, used by Jedi and Sith Lords although I thought that Jedi mind tricks only worked on the weak minded, and I certainly did not consider shopkeepers to be in that category. A lot of Christians would categorically be conceived that he uses demons and spirits to control Mr Haider, and if he had covered himself with the 'blood of Jesus' he would have been protected. A friend of mine told me that there is an Iman in East London that will give you charms, amulets, or tailsman that you can wear and put in your shop at strategic locations that will 'turn to water' anything that a thief is planning to use on you.



On a more serious note, now knowing people can use steal from you without you actually knowing it or willingly precipitating now puts it in a different bowl game entirely. The report says that there has been a string of such attacks; the only thing that the victims remember hearing is “look into my eyes” and when they recover their tills and pockets are empty. The thieves have been able to make off with thousands of pounds. I could image all kinds of crimes could be committed using such methods and maybe the term “I did not know what came over me” may ring true. In this day and age when science is supposed to explain everything, it seems that Mr Haider was hypnotize, as by looking at the video you could see that he looked memorized, dazed and confused, and when he realised what had happen, he tried to chase the thief. By this time, had made a quick getaway.Although some of the sceptics will say this is an insurance con, what better way to dish out money than to say it was stolen especially if it is on CCTV. But the fact of the faces of these individuals are clearly seen and did touched certain items in the shop, hence they would have his finger prints on record. But from the number and distribution i.e. Eastern European, I am more likely to believe that they were actually under the influence of “whatever force” that these men were using.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-hypnotist-put-shopkeeper-in-a-trance-before-stealing-hundreds-of-pounds-in-cash-9904960.html

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