Our leaders are humans... or are they?

People across the world complain about how their government is run. If they knew that many of their public officials were space-traveling lizard people, would that change things? Conspiracy theorist David Icke claims that many celebrities and world leaders actually come from what he calls the Babylonian Brotherhood, which is a reptilian race of lizard-like beings who have disguised themselves as humans to gain power in the world. If this sounds plausible to you, you're not alone. Close to twelve million Americans are on board with this theory, according to a Public Policy Poll.¹ 

Conspiracy theorist David Icke

Photo from Wikipedia

Several public figures have been accused of secretly being a power-hungry reptile, including Queen Elizabeth, (this could explain the cannibalism), Barack Obama, the Bush family, Brad Pitt, Madonna and Donald Trump, among many others. In fact, anyone who has ever held a public office or been in the public eye has probably been accused of being a reptile by someone at some point. If you want visual proof, here is a YouTube video showing some examples of people whose human disguises temporarily slipped, showing their reptilian identities.

Luckily for us, David Icke has extensively documented the origins of these reptilian imposters in his book "The Biggest Secret." Read an excerpt here, or do yourself a favor and just read this summary, because he was extensive. 

First, the lizards came to earth thousands of years ago from the Draco constellation. According to Icke, the lizards founded world institutions such as government, and later, business and media, and spread their influence as they gained control of more land.² They also had a hand (or a claw) in creating world religions and mythologies, and Icke kindly points out the similarities between reptilian history and the dogmas of dominant religious institutions.³ He goes on to speculate that the lizards now rule from the "lower fourth dimension," of which the rest of us are not a part. (We are in the third apparently). So, the ones who are really in charge mostly hang out underground.²

So, why did they do it? Power, of course. The lizards have been selecting world leaders and influencers from their own ranks for thousands of years, slowly ensuring that every government around the world is under their scaly thumb. Lizard-controlled pawns such as the Rothschilds, Windsors and Bushes have been placed in power all over the world.² The reptilians also installed themselves in the media, to control what we see and hear, of course. Their goal is to create negative energy and fear in humans, which they feed off of, according to Icke.⁴

Hillary Clinton, a 

suspected reptilian

Note the blue eyes.

Fun fact, she supposedly

ranks higher in the reptilian

hierarchy than Bill.

Although Icke hasn't told anyone how to tell if our political candidates are lizards, others have picked up on the signs. There are the obvious ones, such as "UFO connections" and "a sense of not belonging to the human race," but there are also others, such as having red hair or green and hazel color changing eyes, or plain blue eyes.⁵ With presidential debate season heating up, maybe we should pay more attention to everyone's eyes...

George W. Bush

Several members of the 

Bush family have been 

accused of being reptilians.

Photo from Wikipedia

There is some disagreement on whether these are members of an intelligent lizard species that is feigning human appearances, (think lizards in people suits), or whether they have possessed the bodies of humans, or perhaps even somehow manipulated human DNA in the past to create a human/reptilian hybrid.⁵ According to Icke, it is this last option. He said after the reptiles first arrived on earth from their far-away galaxies, they began manipulating human DNA to include their own, thus creating a reptilian race.⁵ Here's an even creepier part; you may be a lizard without knowing it. According to Icke, there are two types of lizard people: full bloods and crossbreeds. Full-blooded reptilians know their true identities and can alter their appearance between their human and reptilian forms. However, they don't actually change their form, they just perform a weird mind trick on the rest of us to make our brains think we're seeing a person, when really it is a giant lizard standing in front of us, or behind a podium on TV. But, as we have seen, sometimes these tricks can fail, and we are exposed to the truth. On the other hand, the lowly crossbreeds are under the unfortunate impression that they are regular humans, but they could find out the truth using simple internet guides.⁶ (Remember to watch out for redheads.)

This all sounds quite far-fetched, yes, but to restate, twelve-million Americans report either believing in or being unsure about this theory. Now, whether or not they really do think lizards have it out for us or whether they checked the box just for laughs is their business. That just makes this a very intriguing theory that might just make your blood run cold.

¹ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

² https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/biggestsecret/bigsec/biggestsecret02.htm

³ https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_whitebrotherhood03.htm

⁴ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7P69RdY7Q 

⁵ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/

⁶ https://www.toptenz.net/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-reptilian-conspiracy-theory.php

"Back to the Future" is science fiction... or is it?

Poster from "Back to the Future"

From backtothefuture.wiki 

"Back to the Future" - confusing name, classic movie. All three films in the franchise deal with Marty McFly and his friend, the mad scientist Doc Brown, as they travel through time in a DeLorean, trying to fix trouble and usually causing more of it. They're classic sci-fi movies, but that's all they are, fiction. Right? Maybe not. There is a wild conspiracy theory that claims there were hidden warnings in the first and second films that predicted the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. The McFly Code, as it is known, was first proposed by YouTuber BarelyHuman11 in this video. In it, he covers several clues the films supposedly give to the tragedy that happened 16 years later.

First, we will examine the tower that plays a large part in the movie. Before Marty went back in time, his town was facing the issue of saving their clock tower, which had been struck by lightning many years before. When he went back in time, he knew what time the lightning would strike, and therefore, how he could get back to the future. The tower was struck by lightning, like the twin towers were struck by a plane. The whole time, Marty was trying to warn Doc Brown about something bad that will happen in the future, in this scene that revolves around a tower being struck.¹ Suspicious yet?

Here is more evidence. At the beginning of the movie, Marty and Doc Brown find themselves in the parking lot of the Twin Pines mall, where Twin Pines is supposed to be a reference to the twin towers. Then, they are shot at by terrorists, at Twin Pines. If that isn't spooky enough, the clock on the motel sign reads 1:16, which when read upside down makes 9:11.¹

Also, as part of the time travelling aspect of the movie, at one point the twin pines mall becomes the lone pine mall, symbolizing the destruction of one of the towers.¹

There is even more conspiracy to be uncovered in the second film. In it, when Marty's family is watching TV, the twin pines return. In one scene, there is a garden with two tall pine trees, and later, the screen shows a shot of the twin towers.¹ Coincidence? Maybe.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in "The Walk"

From DailyMail

That isn't the only evidence the second installment brings to the table. When Marty and Doc go to the future, they travel to October 2015. This also happens to be the release date of "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis' film "The Walk," which is a story centered around the twin towers. Great Scott!

Additionally, when Marty goes back in time from 2015 to 1985, he is dressed very similarly to the actor from "The Walk," suggesting he was in the film from thirty years in the future. This thirty year gap is another clue. When Doc asks about the warning that Marty gives him, Marty says, "you'll find out in thirty years." The video claims this warning is pointing to "The Walk," and is another clue to the twin towers disaster.¹

Also, throughout the films, there are numerous places where BarelyHuman11 points out the numbers nine and eleven seen together, so watch for yourself and see if you can pick them out.¹ He also points out some other minor details about possible connections, but the above points are the "best" evidence for the theory.

The question with this theory is, how serious is BarelyHuman11? Does he really believe all this symbolism, or is he just weirdly dedicated to "Back to the Future" conspiracies? This isn't his only video dealing with this subject; he has others claiming ties between the movies and the JFK assassination, aliens and other general myths.²

It is possible, probable even, that the video is a parody of other movie-driven conspiracy theories such as The Shining Code.²  It is not likely that many people actually believe this theory, but like any good conspiracy, it does make you think for a minute. And if nothing else, it may inspire you to re-watch a classic film again.





¹ YouTube - Back to the Future Predicts 9/11 - BarelyHuman11
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ULjJ3EqyY&t=601s
² AVClub https://news.avclub.com/was-back-to-the-future-a-coded-warning-about-the-9-11-a-1798285491

Ali beat Liston fair and square... Or did he?

One minute and forty-four seconds. That's all it took for Muhammad Ali to take down Sonny Liston in the heavyweight title fight in 1965. For all the hype that came before this much-anticipated fight, it left many disappointed. Not only did it last under two minutes, but many people think Liston took a dive and threw the fight.

It was May 25th, 1965. It was a rematch of the previous year's title bout, with Ali as the defending champion. The fight began with the two heavyweights dancing around the middle of the ring, mostly throwing jabs at each other. In fact, Ali only got one really solid punch in before the infamous "phantom punch" that sent Liston to the floor and the fight into history. Ali was backpedaling as Liston advanced. He threw a quick right cross to Liston's left cheek and dropped the former champ. Liston rolled around for a few seconds, attempted to stand up, fell back down, and then finally managed to get up and stay on his feet. He walked around uneasily for a few seconds as Ali threw a few more jabs and punches before the referee called the match. Then the celebration began in Ali's corner with Liston looking on.

The aftermath of the Phantom Punch 
© Neil Leifer, Sports Illustrated

The problem is, the hit that felled Liston left some spectators scratching their heads. Yes, Ali was a heavyweight champion. Any punch from his powerful fist was bound to hurt, but the specific hit in question did not exactly seem to be knockout material. Check out a slow motion video of the phantom punch for yourself. Even Ali seemed surprised to see Liston go down so easily, as he was already in the motion of throwing another punch with his left as Liston was falling to the floor. So, naturally, the questions stemming from Liston's suspicious fall have led to the conspiracy of the Phantom Punch. 

Of course, there are sports historians and fans alike who think the fight was totally legitimate, and Ali, who was 11 years younger than Liston, was just the better boxer. On the other hand, a lot of people believe there was something more at play on that spring night half a century ago, and there are a couple of different theories as to what really happened. 

Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X 
photo from The New York Times 

The first one deals with Muhammad Ali's ties to the Black Muslim community. The 1965 title fight was Ali's first since joining the nation of Islam and changing his name, although it had been a little over a year since then. In that time, the Muslim community had split under the leadership of Malcolm X on one side and Elijah Muhammad (along with Ali) on the other. After Malcolm X's assassination earlier in 1965, there was fear that Ali would be killed in revenge. The small venue in Lewiston, Maine where the fight was held was purportedly chosen because of fear that there would be an attempt on Ali's life during the fight, and several other venues had turned down the chance to host the match.¹ Liston later claimed that he took a dive because he didn't want anything to do with Ali's ties to the Black Muslim community, and was possibly worried about getting hit by a stray bullet.² However, Liston changed his story about how the fight went down several times over the years.¹  

Another spur of this theory claims that Liston was visited by two black Muslims before the fight who told him they would kill him if he didn't lose. This is according to one of Liston's assistant trainers who came forward years later, but Liston never spoke of this occurrence.¹

Another theory says Liston threw the fight for different reasons. Liston had known connections to the mob. He had worked for mobster John Vitale as a muscleman and chauffeur, and Frank "Blinky" Palermo, another mobster, was Liston's manager. In the first Ali-Liston fight in 1964, Liston was the heavy favorite with 5-1 odds, until late money bet on Ali slashed the odds to 2-1.¹ This change in odds presumably meant that the mob would be able to profit more from the fight, which of course was won by Ali, taking the heavyweight title from Liston. 

As accusations began to fly after the 1965 fight, Liston denied a fix due to gambling. Ali would not have known anything about a fix because the mob would likely only make arrangements with the losing boxer. While Liston did not really benefit financially from the second fight, he may have agreed to take the loss for the gain of the mobsters in order to pay off debts. However, there is no substantial evidence of Liston having any mob debts.¹ There is no hard evidence to prove any foul play concerning Liston and his mob associates in this case, but the suspicious circumstances surrounding both fights only add fuel to the conspiracy fire. 

Frank "Blinky" Palermo
photo from BoxRec.com

Many years later, "Blinky" Palermo was sent to prison on unrelated charges of tampering with boxing matches. Before his death in 1996, a Sports Illustrated reporter quoted him as saying, "The trouble with boxing today is that legitimate businessmen are horning in on our game."¹ Palermo managed Liston for twelve fights throughout his career, so the odds are fairly high that there was some tampering going on at some point. Whether or not Liston took a dive in the 1965 title fight on Blinky's behalf is still unknown. 

Let's come back to the moment of the phantom punch. If Liston was trying to throw the fight, he would have to be a pretty good actor right? Well, the way he fell brought on some more suspicion. He initially fell forward towards Ali, then rolled onto his back and then slowly to his stomach. After attempting to stand up, he dramatically fell backward, throwing his hands into the air as he did. When he finally stood and the fight was resumed, Liston never got another punch in. He only put his gloves up to shield his face, and the fight was called seconds later. Was his dramatic fall just a performance, or did the hit really send him reeling that badly? For the sake of argument, it is not out of the question that Ali gave Liston a concussion, and that led to his bizarre behavior. After all, Ali did (apparently) punch him in the face. 

While some fans in the crowd claimed to never even see the Phantom Punch, others described it as a perfectly timed hit by the 23-year-old Ali. You can watch the full fight for yourself here. Although the video only shows the punch with Liston's back to the camera, it appears by his reaction that Ali's fist definitely connected. How hard, nobody can really say. So it is possible that Ali won the fight fair and square. Or, we may be able to blame Malcolm X or Blinky Palermo for this conspiracy. 





¹ Buzzfeed Sports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur7VajVUG8w 
² How Stuff Works - https://people.howstuffworks.com/10-plausible-sports-conspiracy-theories1.htm
³ The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/may/22/muhammad-ali-phantom-punch-sonny-liston-1965

It's just a home... or is it?

Picture this: a gargantuan slate-gray superstructure towers over surrounding trees and sprawls across the otherwise secluded countryside. The building, which sits on 500 acres, boasts walls that are a foot thick. The 72,000 square-foot, five-story complex has 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and five kitchens, as well as a movie theater, museum, grand ballroom and two-story library. It looks like a castle, but it isn't tucked away in some feudal country. This massive home is located just a few miles off highway 65 in southern Missouri. Steven T. Huff, owner of Chateau Pensmore, began construction of his massive abode in 2008, nestling the home atop the Ozark mountains near Highlandville.

Steven Huff in front of Chateau Pensmore
© The Kansas City Star 

Huff is an astrophysicist who also happens to be ex-CIA and Army intelligence. He founded a few different companies that developed satellite-imaging software for military and intelligence use, and then he sold his very successful businesses to the industrial manufacturer Textron.¹ ² Now, he is a board member and investor in the concrete company TF Concrete Forming Systems, which built Pensmore.² 

What makes Pensmore special, aside from its massive size, is what it is made of. The concrete used to build the mansion is reinforced with Helix, a steel fiber additive that strengthens the concrete and makes it more flexible, allowing it to withstand pretty much anything that could pose a threat, including fire, bombs, bugs, and any kind of natural disaster you can think of. Huff was quoted in The Kansas City Star in 2015 saying, "I think this house will be standing 2,000 years from now."¹ 

Huff built Pensmore as a model for how he thinks buildings should be constructed in the future. The mansion is equipped with all sorts of clean-energy sources, and the strength of the concrete should make it an extraordinarily safe structure. He built the home to this size so it could serve as a sort of research laboratory on sustainability and building techniques, and he plans to invite researchers and students from a variety of disciplines to study there.²

Chateau Pensmore in Christian County, Missouri
© Springfield News-Leader 

Huff very deliberately chose to build in the Ozarks for a number of reasons. Temperatures in southern Missouri can swing from triple digits in the summer to below-zero readings in the winter, making it a perfect location to test the effects of different climates. Also, it is an area that could be susceptible to tornadoes, earthquakes, and other extreme weather conditions. It also sits in a relatively secluded area, giving Huff and his family some measure of privacy (even though it is just a vacation home). Finally, the governmental approach in the area makes it possible for Huff to build without the oversight of government regulations or inspections.²

Interesting, yes, but what about a conspiracy? With Pensmore, there are plenty to choose from. Huff's unique background along with the sheer size of Pensmore have caused neighbors and other curious parties to guess at ulterior motives for the construction. Some have claimed the mansion must be the new headquarters for the Illuminati or some other New World Order group, considering its massive size and practically indestructible nature. This theory assumes the group either knows about a pending world-altering disaster or has one in the works, and they will be using Pensmore as a home base in the aftermath.³

Others have guessed that Pensmore must be acting as a secret military installation, possibly for research on extraterrestrial life, weapons, or who knows what.³ With Pensmore's size, it could be hiding any plethora of secrets. 

Several people have claimed to see entrances to a maze of underground tunnels in the land beneath and around the mansion, sparking all sorts of talk. Additionally, neighbors say they have seen mysterious vehicles and helicopters going in and out of the property. One neighbor said he heard a train one night, coming from the direction of the mansion, but no trains run through the area.¹ Another man claimed he tried to fly his drone over the mansion but it malfunctioned.³

Pi and the Liberty Tree alternating at Pensmore's roof line
© Providenceforum.org 

Interestingly, two symbols can be seen repeatedly in both the interior and exterior of Pensmore: the pi symbol and the Liberty Tree, which are frequently seen together throughout the home. The Liberty Tree was a large elm that once stood in Boston and served as a meeting point for the American colonists who were staging resistance against the British monarchy before the Revolution.⁴ Could Huff be evoking this historical symbol to show defiance to the current government? 

Additionally, Huff keeps a herd of Ossabaw Island hogs on the property. A potential food source after the destruction of life as we know it? Possibly. In his interview with The Kansas City Star, Huff said the hogs provide "very healthy meat."¹

Of course, Huff denies all these claims and says he built the chateau basically just so he could prove that a structure of this caliber could exist and be sustainable. He thinks that with his home as a model, schools, hospitals and other buildings in the future can be safer, more durable and more efficient. So, is Huff a benevolent altruist, or is he a sadistic leader (or pawn) of some shadow government, or maybe even our own government? There is no telling, because so far, all of Huff's secrets are safe behind the thick concrete walls of Pensmore. 




¹ https://www.kansascity.com/living/home-garden/article51616315.html
² https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/us/19ozarks.html 
³ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/08/conspiracies-and-strangeness-at-the-mysterious-pensmore-mansion/ 
⁴ https://providenceforum.org/story/history-liberty-tree/

Australia is real... or is it?

Flag of "Australia" 

Wikimedia Commons 

Australia is the land that gave us the Hemsworth brothers, AC/DC, Steve Irwin and so much more. But according to some, all that is impossible because Australia doesn't even exist. How can that be? Who would just make up a continent, and why? And who are all these people who claim to be Australians anyway? All this and more, coming right up.

It seems that flat-earth believers were the first to claim that Australia is just a figment of the world's collective imagination. Of course, if the earth is flat, we can't expect people to live on the underside of it. But the theory really gained notoriety with a 2017 Facebook post by a Swedish woman named Shelley Floryd. She blames the Brits, who she claims made Australia up as a fake place for them to send their prisoners. A part of Australia was established as a British penal colony in the late 18th century, but Floryd says that instead of shipping the prisoners to another continent, the Brits just dumped them into the ocean as an execution.¹ Of course, the British weren't having much luck with some of their other colonies in the late 1700s, so who knows what they were thinking. 

A plane (allegedly) flying over Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia 

Wikimedia Commons 

According to Floryd, we still believe in Australia because everyone who knows the truth works tirelessly to cover it up. Anyone who says they are from Australia are either hired actors playing as pawns of the government, or they are essentially robots: "computer generated personas" as she calls them.¹

Not only that, but pilots are in on it too. She theorized that any flight bound for Australia just flies somewhere else and lands either on an island or in places in South America.¹ Then the actors jump into action and play their parts. Maybe that's why so many great Hollywood actors are "Australian." 

Also, the governments of the world are all in on the ploy, apparently because average citizens are not to be trusted with the truth. Not sure why every world government would be willing to help cover up Britain's dirty deeds, but who knows…

"Australia" - Allegedly

Wikimedia Commons

Objectively speaking, this theory is far-fetched simply because of the millions of people who would have to be in on it. From the officials in governments around the world, to all the pilots who say they fly there, to the millions of actors who are playing the part of Australia's populace, there are a lot of variables. It would take some serious bribe money and/or fear tactics to keep them all quiet.

Sydney Opera House - Sydney "Australia" 

Wikimedia Commons 

Floryd later deleted the post and claimed it was a joke from the beginning. However, over 20,000 people had already shared it.¹ While some of those shares were certainly from level-headed individuals who wanted to show their friends another great internet conspiracy, some people probably believed it. Even after her original denial, Floryd still posts from time to time about the non-existence of the world's sixth largest country.¹ Maybe she's just having fun, or maybe she really is on to something. If all these people really are in on the conspiracy, then it would be hard to prove it wrong. Just going there won't prove anything, since you will just be taken somewhere else and told it's Australia. Apparently, one would have to become a pilot or a high-up in the government to know the truth. Or, you could just trust Shelley Floryd and the flat-earthers.

There is some concrete proof that Australia is real, or at least its inhabitants are. According to the findings of a 2016 genetic study, Aboriginal Australians are the oldest living civilization on earth at about 75,000 years and counting.² In addition to their own stories and culture that document the past, archaeological sites across the continent showcase and preserve the Aboriginal peoples' rich history.²

It seems pretty evident that Australia exists, but considering that most everything that lives there can kill you, maybe we should hope that it doesn't. I just wouldn't bet on it. 

¹The Culture Trip - Some People Think Australia Doesn't Exist - Here's Why - Tom Smith 

https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/some-people-think-australia-doesnt-exist-heres-why/

²The Culture Trip - Australia is Home to the World's Oldest Surviving Civilization - Tom Smith https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australia-is-home-to-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-civilisation/