Some were bold enough to try to talk to the twins. A few got really excited and started asking others on the train if they knew what it was. Most folks laughed quietly to themselves. People coming down the stairs realize an army of twins is passing byAs with most of our missions, we got all sorts of reactions from all sorts of people. The woman theorized that there must be some sort of twin conference happening in town.Ī man looks back one last time as he exits the train ![]() They were among the first the notice the mirror, and immediately started laughing and taking photographs. It was easy to see if you were standing, but those seated had to look to their sides to get what was going on.Ī woman quietly smiles This couple was from Sweden. If you were only looking at one side of the car it seemed perfectly normal. To be fair, there were several people seated on train who didn’t notice at first what was happening. He sat and read his entire journey and exited not knowing what had gone on around him. There was a man quietly reading on the bench, and our agents surrounded him. The start of the first mission was particularly funny to watch because our agents weren’t able to get every seat in a row. The hot dog vendor above couldn’t stop laughing. Several folks stopped to gawk as we walked to the subway. People were running up to us and snapping photos of the twins at the meeting point. If anyone asked them what was going on, they should claim not to notice anything unusual and not to even be able to see their sibling.Įven before the mission started, we were attracting tons of attention. If one scratches his head, so should the other. Once in place, their job would be to mirror each other as closely as possible. We would get on the 6 train at the start of the line at Brooklyn Bridge and the twins would sit on either side of the car, directly across from their sibling. The Rosenblum twins I explained the mission to everyone. The Drinkwater twins matched several accessories It really was impossible to tell them apart, especially when meeting 8 pairs at the same time. They did an awesome job dressing exactly alike and matching accessories. We had some fun taking posed photosI instructed the twins via email to do everything they could to look identical. The Krueger brothers weren’t present for the group photo above, but did make it on the train. We even had some high school twins this time around. They were joined by 8 new sets who couldn’t make the first date. The second set of twinsOnly two of the original sets of twins (the Vieyra and Port sisters) could make the second mission. We invested in some wireless microphones and a new button camera and gave it a second shot. It’s very difficult to capture audience reaction to a mission like this in the subway while still keeping our cameras hidden. ![]() The first attempt was a total success in terms of how it unfolded live, but our video footage wasn’t as good as we knew it could be. We actually did this mission a second time a few weeks later. Most of the twins could not make the day and time of the mission, but we were delighted to have 8 pairs turn out, nearly all of whom had never participated in one of our missions before. Within a day we heard from over 50 pairs. ![]() Last summer, we found out how many redheads we could recruit, and this time around we sent out a request for identical twins. Our mailing list has grown so large that we’ve started brainstorming different ways to narrow it down. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos. For our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror.
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