Improv Everywhere sets up a massive prank that involves walking backwards for five minutes

Apr 2, 2013 12:10 GMT  ·  By

The Improv Everywhere team has put together one of its most exciting pranks, by asking people in New York to walk backwards, just to see tourists' and other residents' faces while that happens.

About 2,000 people took part in their latest mission, moving backwards for five minutes while outsiders gazed upon them in utter confusion. Oddly enough, no police officer stops any of them to ask them what they are playing at.

Some of the Improv Everywhere group's other missions include Frozen Grand Central, in which some 200 volunteers tried to freeze their movements in NY's Grand Central.

The Mute Button included 20 or so improv actors and, from what I can read in the video description, two dogs. The experiment referred to going silent for certain periods of time in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.