We've all heard a friend of a friend or crazy uncle say something that sounds so crazy and far-fetched that it almost makes you want to believe that it's real...
The illuminati? Lizard people? Disney subliminal messages? Flat-Earth theorists? It's hard not to be amazed when you hear a conspiracy theorist trying to convince you that the planet we live on is actually flat and full of spam-eating aliens, but these people are out there.
Of course there are the popular ones we've all heard before (Elvis is alive, the moon landing was a hoax), there are also some even wilder, underground conspiracy theories that can really blow your mind. So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "what is the craziest conspiracy theory you ever heard?" people were definitely ready to share...
1.
"The show Sesame Street is an attempt to brainwash American kids into communist Soviet sleeper agents" - I_f*ckin_luv_it_mate
2.
"There was no Cold War in reality, it was just a cover for two allies to build super advanced militaries to prepare for alien invasion. Their mammoth nuclear arsenals are not meant for each other. This is all continuing even today and North Korea doesn't exist. It's just a black site, off the paper testing ground for Russian-American super-advanced weapons and technologies" - diones7
3.
"I'd say that whole "hollow Earth" theory is pretty crazy." - gurrathor
4.
Humans lived on Mars but ruined the ecosystem so they took a ship and crash landed on Earth and that was the meteorite that took it the dinosaurs - Flynt25
5.
"More Roundabouts are being put in by millennials to spite the older generation and take away their driving freedom.
Said by an old person talking to another one at the gas station after almost causing an accident in a nearby roundabout (guy just stopped in the roundabout to let people in, big truck behind him had to slam hard on brakes)
I just continued pumping my gas as the guy rambled on." - metalflygon08
6.
"Spam was made so that the aliens that live here could eat. Apparently its the only thing they can digest properly" - Mysterion_x
7.
"Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a lookalike years ago" - mallocuproo
8.
"A friend of mine is a gold mine for these; he’s a flat earther, antivax, and believes tap water has fluoride to control the population. But his craziest one I think is he doesn’t even believe in basic molecular science. I recall an actual conversation we had where he said “I just can’t see why you guys would believe there are tiny spheres that everything is made of. How would you know it’s true if you can’t see it?'" - slothbarns7
9.
"Covid19 is actually created by a small group of refugee aliens who want to enslave humans and reign over earth." - NinjaFromBeyul
10.
"The universe is a giant alien brain that's dying" - HalfwayIllumined
11.
"Flat Earthers takes the cake by a mile." - aramsonly
12.
"Wolves howl at full moons because aliens tap the power to relay subliminal messages." - Back2Bach
13.
"Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer" - tikideathpunch
14.
"All the dumb f*cks from my high school who can barely read are posting on FB about how Obama paid Harvard to create the coronavirus so they could sell it to China. Saw one dude defend this by writing that other people should "do their research.'" - everythingbagelseeds
15.
"Trees aren't real. Trees used to be as tall as mountains. What we see today is like looking at pebbles in a river. Over time these massive giants eroded to tiny trees we know today.
Also, trees aren't alive." - Psyman2
16.
"That Finland and Australia don’t exist" - Avi_093
17.
"The Moon does not exist.
According to their website, there is no mention of the moon before some particular year. The Moon we think we see in the sky is an illusion" - moon_monkey
18.
"Covid 19 was created by a team of feminists, why feminists, because the virus affects more on men than woman." - ImNotAKerbalRockero
19.
"The government made up the coronavirus to get us to stay at home so that they could switch out the batteries in all the birds." - Isy2220
20.
"First one I ever heard was that earth was the insane asylum for the rest of the galaxy. Kind of makes sense." - topaz342
21.
"First, if you have had any type of surgery, the surgeons have inserted in you a chip that tracks where you go and when. The government controls you via this chip." - Stimperonovitch
22.
"Hillary Clinton has child labor camps ON MARS. Yes, my mother's friend really believes this." - MercutiaShiva