An Edinburgh street performer was caught on film having a "mare" of a performance surrounded by onlookers on the Royal Mile .

The entertainer stood balanced on a pair of stilts in front of House of Cashmere and Taste of Scotland near St Giles Cathedral when the ordeal went down.

He was surrounded by a throng of observers while holding two juggling pins. A video was posted to TikTok with the caption "Street performer at Edinburgh on the Royal Mile. He's had a mare, still fun though."

Things went south when the juggler dropped one of his pins. He was waiting for a participant in the crowd to toss him a third juggling pin, which he seemed poised to catch. However, the seemingly nervous participant had stage fright and the pin never came, forcing the performer to juggle longer than antici

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