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Londoners Hurl Taunts, Eggs at Illusionist Blaine
Blaine pelted with eggs
Tue Sep 9, 4:15 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Some Londoners do not want showman David Blaine to succeed in his bid to spend 44 days without food in a glass box suspended from a crane in the centre of the capital.
Since the American began his stunt on Friday he has been pelted with eggs, taunted with the smell of fish and chips and woken up by a man banging a drum.
Police said on Tuesday officers had been called in to deal with one man who was throwing eggs at Blaine's transparent box late on Monday evening.
"The man was given a stern talking to. But he was not arrested," a police spokesman said.
The 30-year-old New Yorker is used to drawing admiring crowds for his other feats in the United States, including being buried alive and encased in a block of ice.
But newspapers said some Londoners were devising ways of breaking the American's spirit, saying they were already bored with his latest challenge.
"We were watching him at home on TV and it was really dull so we thought we would come down and liven things up. I wanted to wake him up," impromptu drummer Shiraz Azam, 21, told London's Evening Standard on Monday.
The stunt is also causing traffic problems with motorists driving across the city's Tower Bridge slowing down to take a look.
Tue Sep 9,12:22 AM ET
David Blaine sits in a glass box suspended near Tower Bridge in central London on Saturday. Some Londoners have hurled abuse and eggs at the American, who hopes to spend 44 days in the box without food. REUTERS/Paul Sanders
Tue Sep 9, 4:15 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Some Londoners do not want showman David Blaine to succeed in his bid to spend 44 days without food in a glass box suspended from a crane in the centre of the capital.
Since the American began his stunt on Friday he has been pelted with eggs, taunted with the smell of fish and chips and woken up by a man banging a drum.
Police said on Tuesday officers had been called in to deal with one man who was throwing eggs at Blaine's transparent box late on Monday evening.
"The man was given a stern talking to. But he was not arrested," a police spokesman said.
The 30-year-old New Yorker is used to drawing admiring crowds for his other feats in the United States, including being buried alive and encased in a block of ice.
But newspapers said some Londoners were devising ways of breaking the American's spirit, saying they were already bored with his latest challenge.
"We were watching him at home on TV and it was really dull so we thought we would come down and liven things up. I wanted to wake him up," impromptu drummer Shiraz Azam, 21, told London's Evening Standard on Monday.
The stunt is also causing traffic problems with motorists driving across the city's Tower Bridge slowing down to take a look.
Tue Sep 9,12:22 AM ET
David Blaine sits in a glass box suspended near Tower Bridge in central London on Saturday. Some Londoners have hurled abuse and eggs at the American, who hopes to spend 44 days in the box without food. REUTERS/Paul Sanders
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