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David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

Posted on by My2Cents

David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth

By Jane Sutton Tue Aug 15

The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles.

Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million (26.4 million pounds).

One of his islands in the Exuma chain, Musha Cay, is a private resort that rents for up to $300,000 a week and the other islands serve as buffers to keep prying eyes away from celebrity guests on the white sand beaches.

Copperfield is coy about his reasons for the Fountain of Youth claim, but the man best known for entertaining with grand deception insists his archipelago also contains the legendary waters that bestow perpetual youth. Seriously.

"I've discovered a true phenomenon," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "You can take dead leaves, they come in contact with the water, they become full of life again. ... Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting."

Copperfield, who turns 50 next month, said he had hired biologists and geologists to examine its potential effect on humans but he's not inviting visitors to swim in or drink from it just yet.



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Let me guess....In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottled water.



To: My2Cents

He thinks he's found a Fountain of Dumbasses to buy his crap.



To: My2Cents

the fact that he had $50million is disturbing.



To: My2Cents

"David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth"



What's its name and how long has he been banging it?



by 4 posted onby jdm (I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)

To: My2Cents

water urine . There. Messianic fix.

In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottledThere. Messianic fix.



by 5 posted onby peyton randolph (No man knows the day nor the hour of The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief.)

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To: Baynative

From a magician?? nah.



To: Suzy Quzy

Fountain of Ambiguously Gay Magicians who once hired Claudia Schiffer is more like it.



To: My2Cents

Bugs or insects that are near death, come in contact with the water, they'll fly away. It's an amazing thing, very, very exciting." After quenching their thirsts, bugs fly away? Woop-de-doo. I've got a puddle in the back yard where you can see the same phenomenon.



by 9 posted onby Millee (A joke then, a joke N.O.W.)

To: My2Cents; beaversmom

Bugs or insects that are near death How does one know if a bug or insect is near death?



by 10 posted onby TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)

To: My2Cents

Abbra-Kadabra Nip & Tuck snakeoil juice.



To: Suzy Quzy

He thinks he's found a Fountain of Dumbasses to buy his crap. I'd bet on him finding a Fountain of Dumbasses. There never seems to be any shortage.



by 12 posted onby Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)

To: TXBubba

How does one know if a bug or insect is near death? From the little tiny insect voice: "Help me! Help me!"



by 13 posted onby My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)

To: Riley

We have at LEAST 33% of our population that are dumbasses.



To: Riley

We have at LEAST 33% of our population that are dumbasses.



To: My2Cents

Let ME guess.....it's magic. ;)



by 16 posted onby Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)

To: Millee

The 'Puddle of Youth' doesn't quite have the same ring to it. :-)



by 17 posted onby Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)

To: My2Cents

Let me guess....In a year or so he'll be selling his own bottled water



I always thought if one rented a hotel room in Beverly Hills, and started bottling the sink water, people would pay top $ for BH Tap.



To: My2Cents

I guess I always miss that part while stomping on them.



by 19 posted onby TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)

To: Republicus2001

David Copperfield....hmmm

I am waiting for a similar claim by Miles Cupperwith !



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