Hypnotized by Jerrod

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Back in college there was this friend of mine Zach. He was one who always enjoyed a good prank once in a while. Everyone liked him and since he was involved in sports he made sure he kept his body in shape. He seemed to be naturally endowed with a muscular torso.Which he kept up with regular workouts.There were few who did not take to him with his easy going personality. Especially, the coeds on campus all were eager to get a date with him. His red,thick, curly hair was accented with a well groomed goatee. The women just loved to run their fingers through his hair. And Zach made sure it was cut just right.

There were few things that would get to us when a group of us went out on weekends. Zach just could not hold his liquor very well. After a couple he ended up clowning around. And often became a scapegoat for pranks. Maybe, he was just going along with us due to his easy going nature. We never pulled anything that would hurt him. Zach just went along with our joking and pranks. One time on Spring Break we were with some girls we had met. We had gone to the hotel where we were staying and having a few drinks around the pool. There was a diving board over the pool. One of us dared him to dive into the pool with all of his clothes on. Now Zack was wearing an expensive shirt, shorts, and brand new sneakers.

Without a second thought he got on the board and dived into the pool. He came out soaking wet looking like a drowned rat. Zack just laughed saying that was fun and dived in again. He enjoyed making a fool of himself. That is as long as it was all in good fun. Zach was game for a good time and just made our good times better. The next day however was a different story. He did not remember what he had done.

We were always coming up with something new for him to do. Another night we had been out and the scene was very mellow. On our return back to our room we wanted to see what we could get Zach to do. One of those with us Kevin blurted out let us see you shave your legs. We did not think he would even do it. He replied okay I`ll get my a razor and shaving cream and shave my legs but that is it. Now Zach had very hairy legs as well as a hairy chest. We talked among ourselves joking about getting him to shave his chest and perhaps his goatee and head.

Zach returned and asked what we were laughing about. We told him it was seeing him shave his legs. Nothing was said about his goatee or anything else to shave. We watched as Zach carefully shaved his legs smooth. Everybody laughed and then we went to bed. The next morning Zach was surprised to see his shaved legs. He asked who did this. When we told him he had done it the night before, he said he did not remember. Kevin than added we were thinking about getting you to shave off your goatee and your head too.

Zach responded with no way would I do that my hair and goatee are too important to me. I have to admit I just go along with your pranks and know what is going on. He then listed all the pranks and tricks we had played on him. Many which we had forgotten about. But it was all in fun and nobody was hurt. However, the three of us who were with him that time,Kevin,Chris and myself began to wonder how far we could go with him, without doing anything that hurt him. We were not sure if he really remembered every little thing we pulled when he had a few drinks.

Our chance came one night when we returned back to college. A well known hypnotist was appearing in the area. The three of us decided to put Zach to the test. We had it well planned and Zach had no idea of what we intended to do. We were with our dates for the night and had ordered our food and a round of drinks. It was not long before the show began and I do mean show. The hynotist appeared and asked for volunteers to be hynotized. We all watched and enjoyed seeing those hypnotized perform.

Then Zach piped up you cannot hypnotize me. We urged him to get up and go on stage.Which he did. Now to come up with something to get Zach to do that he would not ordinarily do. Something really different in front of everyone. Zach was soon in a deep trance. We came up with the idea to have him shave off his goatee and hair. We called out have him shave off his goatee and hair. The hypnotist responded to us with I cannot go that far on stage. But will give him the suggestion.

He had Zach perform like a monkey and a barking dog. Everyone in the place enjoyed the performance. We now waited to see how our suggestion would be proposed. The hypnotist spoke to Zach and said I am going to give you a beard trimmer and want you to shave off your goatee. We wondered if Zach would do it. Since, he really liked the goatee. The trimmer was handed to him. Zach did remove the chin growth he was so proud of..

Hooting and calls went out as he did it for him to shave his head. Zach did not respond to what was being yelled out. The hypnotist explained that only at his suggestion would one in a trance do something, and then only that which they were willing to do when a post hypnotic suggestion is given. Rats we said, we were hoping he would shave off his head with his goatee. The hypnotist called to us to come to the stage. The three of us were not going to be hypnotized-no way.

Instead he asked if we were friends. We told him very good friends. He then told us what he would do. He would give a post hypnotic suggestion to Zach to shave his head. But not to expect much even though he did under suggestion shave off the goatee. We went back and sat down. The hypnotist proceeded and gave Zach the following post hypnotic suggestion. When you awake at the sound of my voice you remember nothing . You will like shaving your goatee off so much that you will want to shave your head. But you will not shave your head tonight and will remember nothing. Tomorrow morning when you get up you will see you goatee is gone and like it. But nothing else. You will return here tomorrow night and volunteer to be hypnotized and have your head shaved when you hear the sound of clippers.

We did not really believe what we were hearing. Everyone was told not to say a word a come back the next night to see if Zach would shave his head. Now I leave you wondering, pondering and tearing your hair out egging to know what happened. (TO BE CONTINUED)

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