- One responsibility of a sniper
is to shoot targets with deadly accuracy.
Today, I'm meeting a former sniper
to see if I can escape him without getting shot.
My brilliant strategy is not to outrun him
but to confuse him.
- You guys want to grab some quesadillas?
- I had three muffins today.
- Yeah, I can go for one. - No.
- What experience do you have as a sniper?
- I served six years in a special operations unit
in the Marine Corps as a sniper team leader.
- What does a sniper do?
- A sniper does not just take shots.
A sniper conducts what's called overwatch
and looks over the troops during an operation.
He also gathers intelligence.
He reports back to the command.
He scans for IEDs or other various threats.
- How do you divide your responsibilities?
- 80 to 90% would be gathering intelligence
and reconnaissance,
and 10 or 20% would actually be firing the weapon.
- I'm going to challenge you to shoot me.
I have 10 minutes to escape your sight.
I'm gonna do whatever I can
and try and get away from you.
At the end of those 10 minutes,
you can fire at me.
- I'm ready.
- What will you be firing at me?
- I'll be firing a simunition round.
It travels 300 feet per second.
It has green paint.
Upon impact, it will explode
and shoot green paint all over you.
- So, it will not kill me?
- It will not kill you.
- If I do not get shot, I can eat
my favorite candy in the world, Reese's peanut butter cups.
If you shoot me, I will be punished
by having to eat cat food.
- That simu round will hurt,
and the cat food is nasty.
- Please don't shoot me in the face.
- I will shoot you center mass.
- You're gonna aim for my ass?
- Center mass which is your chest.
- Do you think you're going to shoot me?
- I do think I'm going to.
- How confident on a scale of one to 100?
- I'll say 98.
- Good luck.
- Good luck to you.
- What the sniper didn't know
was that I spent the last two weeks
planning the perfect escape.
The first step of my master plan is taking my clothes off.
If you think I'm getting naked,
you have no idea how many tricks I have up my sleeve.
- I am wearing a ghillie suit.
It's used to blend in with the natural terrain
and surroundings and to avoid enemy detection.
It's gonna be very difficult for Mike
to see my movement out there.
Oh, he took his tie off, I see.
It is hot as (bleep) out here
with this ghillie suit on.
Oh, he's taking his shirt off.
Wow, he's getting down to business.
Do I see pants coming off too?
Is this gonna be R-rated or X-rated?
He has like a unitard or something.
Interesting.
- Under my clothes, I'm wearing a zentai suit.
This conceals my identity
and shows off my incredible beach bod.
In the middle of my escape,
a random car pulled up next to me.
Was it a pizza delivery?
No, it was a decoy delivery.
I asked four people with my exact body shape
to wear matching zentai suits.
- [David] Okay, we got all kind of people assisting here.
- Who are these four decoys willing to get shot for me?
One decoy is the barista
who I buy coffee from every morning.
- Going into this escape,
I wanted to be the one that got shot.
I like Mike, and I wanted to make his plan work.
- Another decoy is my coworker,
who I've only spoken to three times.
- Mike's kind of a mysterious person.
I work with him, but I don't really know him.
- Another decoy is my coworker's roommate,
who I've never met.
- Hi, I'm Nick.
- The final decoy is a comedian I met
at a party last month.
- I don't know Mike at all.
I don't really care if he gets shot.
- Now it's time to disappear using smoke grenades.
- [David] We got, smoke's popped up.
(laughs) I like it.
We have colored smoke,
multiple suits.
- My goggles were not working properly,
so I made sure that all of the decoys dropped their goggles.
I hope everyone was cool with that.
- The first thing he said to me was
don't wear your goggles,
which was the only protection we had.
And then I really wanted this not to work
and for him to get shot.
- Next, the decoys and I will dance in a circle
as fast as possible.
This should make the sniper dizzy
and jealous of all the fun we're having.
- [David] Okay, so he has multiple targets,
all with colored smoke,
obscuring the target.
It's gonna be very difficult to tell who's who.
- After dancing up a storm,
we will pair off in groups of two or more
and hide under blankets together.
This should make it impossible to identify
which one of us is me.
- [David] Well, they're making it real (bleep) tough.
He get five guys wearing the same colored suits
under a blue blanket.
- We were under the blankets for a while.
We decided to play a little shell game
where we mixed up each other under the blankets.
- Does the sniper have any idea
which one of us is the real Mike?
Watching this footage, even I have no clue.
- [David] God, they all look the (bleep) same.
I think they have no idea I'm behind them.
Instead of the Blue Man Group, he's the Gray Man Group.
Let's see what we can figure out here.
- Now that time is expired, the sniper may fire one shot.
Remember, if the sniper shoots one of my decoys, I win.
If the sniper shoots me, I lose.
If the sniper shoots himself in the leg,
I would be very surprised.
- [Alex] Once we heard the first whistle,
we took off the blankets and lined up.
- Once we were standing in that line
and had to raise our hands to let the sniper know
that we were ready to be shot,
my adrenaline went to another level.
- We had been given the direction to put your right hand up,
aka do not protect your face after Mike had told us
not to wear the goggles.
- Dancing around was probably my favorite part
because I love acting like a fool,
but as soon as we were standing in that line,
my heart kinda sank and I knew I was going to be the one
who was going to be shot.
I just felt it.
- You know, Mike had mentioned something,
that he said, I wonder if someone could get shot
in their ass.
- You gonna aim for my ass?
(warped voice) You gonna aim for my ass?
- So, since I had circled around
to my vantage point behind them,
I thought why not shoot him in the ass?
- When we were lined up to be shot, I wasn't nervous,
but I was just mentally preparing myself to be shot
in different places.
I thought, the stomach would be painful.
The throat would be painful.
The arms would be painful, but I'm ready.
Who will the sniper shoot?
A barista, a comedian, a coworker,
a coworker's roommate, or me?
- So, under normal circumstances,
I would not shoot at anybody if I wasn't 100% certain
that they were the correct target,
but under these strange circumstances,
these interns were cleared to shoot at so I took the shot.
- Not Mike.
- [David] So, if I didn't get him, I'm damn close.
It's down to two.
- Yeah, baby.
- Not Mike.
- [David] Oh (bleep).
- Originally, Mike asked me to lead the group vocally
so the sniper would think I'm the leader
and hopefully lead to him shooting me.
I'm not sure if that led to his decision.
Getting shot felt a little less pain than a paintball.
It hit me right in the right cheek.
When I heard that the sniper was aiming for my whole,
that was a little disheartening,
but I'm glad that he got me in the cheek
and not up my canal.
- Mike's escape plan was outstanding.
I mean, using the vehicle, using the smoke,
using the five people, the different,
the suits that they wore to blend in,
the blankets like a shell game,
it was a really, really good plan.
- I'm thrilled I was able to escape.
My master plan worked.
I'm more than delighted.
This is me delighted, yes.
Now, it's time for my reward.
I've loved Reese's peanut butter cups
since I was a little boy.
Chocolate, peanut butter, there's nothing better.
Ooh, it's mine.
Yummy.
You want to feed me one?
- No, I do not.
- I won.
- I'm not gonna feed you.
We're not getting married.
We're not sharing cake here.
- Overall, it was an interesting experience.
The other decoys were really good guys.
I'm happy to have them as new friends.
Mike is trash.