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Firefighters in France were called out to deal with a highly unusual case last weekend: a man frozen to the spot in front of his TV after apparently being hypnotised while watching the latest show by the Canadian hypnotist, Messmer.

The man's family called the emergency services after he stayed immobile for an hour. His wife said she initially laughed at his situation but when she couldn't wake him up she began to panic. Eventually, she managed to wake him up by shouting at him. He said later that he'd felt like he was in a coma.

One of the world's best known hypnotists, Peter Powers, told Dan Damon that it was possible for a person to be hypnotised via their TV.

(Photo: Matt Lucas as hypnotist Kenny Craig in the first series of Little Britain / Credit: 蜜芽传媒)