One of the best rational explanations for such reports is that the participants are tricking their minds, by way of the chanting, into believing that the person being lifted is "light as a feather".

对此类报告的最佳合理的解释之一是，参加者欺骗他们的思想，通过吟诵的方式，以为在吊运人是“轻如鸿毛”。