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If the Rapture Really Happened, It Would Look Like This

By Casey Chan Published November 16, 2012, 1:00 am ET

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Do you remember the Rapture? Yeah, the idea of people freaking disappearing was so hilariously dumb. It never happened! But if it did, it would totally look like Greg Condon’s ‘drop-motion animation’. Watch him disappear over and over again and just leave behind a pile of clothes. [Vimeo via The Awesomer]

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