Contrary to what magicians like David Copperfield, George R.R. Martin or Amit Shah P.C. Sorcar would have you believe, making people disappear is actually not that easy. I mean, it’s a whole person for god’s sake. One does not simply stop existing. The most intricate disappearing acts involve clever manipulation of the environment in which the trick takes place. But in today’s world, we often don’t realize how we contribute to creating such environments around us.

Watch this magician make a 24-year-old man disappear in broad daylight.