Shadow exposes ‘fake’ prophet

Seeing may be believing, but few would be fooled into thinking footage of a Zimbabwean pastor walking on air captures a miracle. Shepherd Bushiri, who has 239 000 followers on Facebook and another 13 000 on Twitter, is part of the Enlightened Christian Gathering. After being labelled a fake, he invited cameras into his home to prove he can pull of a levitating trick – but this video has done little to improve his credibility. The Daily Mail reports that the footage shows Bushiri float on air after walking off the last step of the impressive wooden staircase in his Malawi mansion but at the crucial moment, the camera pans to his feet. As he is about to land, the camera quickly pans away to avoid filming one of the men who helped to suspend Bushiri in the air to make it look as though he was floating. But the footage catches the man's shadow as Bushiri's feet touch the ground. The video has been viewed more than 320 000 times after it was uploaded to YouTube by his followers.