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This man can repeat a phrase backward immediately after hearing it

!?kceh eht tahW.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

We all have some weird skills we can use on demand to impress people at parties, but this dude from Australia has one that is mind-blowing.

Rob went on the Hamish & Andy podcast to show off his unique talent: Immediately being able to speak back a sentence in reverse. Normally this isn’t the kind of thing that people can test on the spot, but Hamish and Andy recorded his lines during a test and played them back in reverse as a test — and while the intonation is totally off, there’s no doubt he’s saying the lines.

This man is either a wizard or Satan. Still deciding which.

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