Are Lizards Ruling the World?

The other day, I was playing Skyrim: Elder Scrolls with my cat sitting on my lap. He loves the dragons; not that fond of the Khajiit. Talking cats is apparently where he draws the line. As I was playing, I noticed something. Those familiar with the game will know that the Argonians is, essentially, a race of lizard folk. The character that needs help to kick an addiction is Argonian. The characters treated really badly in one of the towns are Argonians, and one Argonian even asks you to go steal something. Why is this game so intent on vilifying the lizard folk? Is it a message, deeply hidden inside a game warning us that lizard people are bad and should be despised? Is the game an act of revolution against our reptilian oppressors, putting them in their place in a world of 1s and 0s because we have no way of doing it in the real world?

Of course not, all of this is nonsense, or is it? Let me know in the comments if this sounds plausible and I’ll sell you some merchandise and books expanding on this theory because we need to get the word out and warn people, not because, you know, money.

But, to get back to today’s conspiracy, if you’re thinking the world is spiraling into complete madness due to global warming and widening economic disparity, you’d be wrong. Mankind is, in fact, facing a threat more dire, for there’s a Reptilian Conspiracy afoot… or is that a-claw?

It’s a conspiracy!

The Human race is nothing but sheep – an insult to sheep, but we’ll let that slide. The truth is that there’s a blood-drinking, flesh-eating, shape-shifting, pedophilic, Satanist, Reptilian elite controlling and manipulating the human race. Some theories refer to them as the Annunaki, or the Archons, but I’m going to stick with Reptoids, humanoid reptilians, or just reptilians.

These lizards are all in positions of power and influence, like the government, and they control the media, using mindless entertainment to keep our attention away from what really matters. And to keep things interesting: the illuminati – they’re all lizards.

The theory is based mainly on the ‘insights’ of David Icke, but, as with most conspiracy theories, there’s some disagreement on the details. Apparently, the reptilians arrived in ancient times. They experimented with our DNA, and some believe this genetic manipulation is still happening.

You’d think that after thousands of years they would’ve gotten whatever they were looking for, genetically speaking, so maybe they’re not as smart as we think. It seems believers can quite agree on what the actual goal of the genetic manipulation is – it’s either to make us more controllable or they’re just farming us because they like having human flesh at reptilian Thanksgiving. Some claim the lizard elite are shape-shifters while others state that the true reptilians exist in a different dimension and they’re controlling the human race through thought control.

Alternatively, the reptilians are hiding in underground bunkers. There’s also a theory that reptilians here on earth are hybrids meant to control the human race. In some tales, the hybrids are just managing things until the reptilian Overlords return – where they went is unclear.

Many celebrities and politicians have been accused of being reptoids and Mark Zuckerberg has gone on record stating that he’s not a lizard during a live-streaming session to answer some burning questions from users. If that’s the most important question someone has, the human race is doomed. Besides, the lizards have been trying to keep their presence a secret. It’s not like one of them is suddenly going to shrug his shoulders and say, ‘damn, you got me. If it wasn’t for you meddling kids!’

The origin of the conspiracy

In the world of conspiracy theories, the reptilian Overlord theory is actually relatively new. Of course, those trying to prove the theory have dug up ‘proof’ from the dawn of mankind, but the actual theory itself seems to have arisen in the 1920s meaning it’s barely 100 years old. So, where did it all start?

Imaginative authors

In an August 1929 edition of the magazine Weird Tales, where a lot of the old time sci-fi, fantasy and noir writers got started, a story appeared called ‘The Shadow Kingdom’ written by Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian. The villains of the story are the Serpent Men, an ancient pre-human race hoping to replace the king, Kull, with one of their own disguised as Kull as they’ve done with many of Kull’s predecessors. It turns out that these Serpent Men use magic to shape-shift into human form, and occasionally even resort to mind control. Of course, Kull foils the plan to replace him, and the serpent men get destroyed, so all ends well.

The story also mentions the Atlanteans suggesting that Howard was influenced by the work of Russian born mystic, Helena Blavatsky. I’ve mentioned her before as she seems to appear whenever conspiracies are bandied about. She was one of the founders of the Theosophical Society and author of The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, where she discusses all manner of imaginative theories that some people still believe to this day. One of these theories of hers involved a race of dragon-men who had a mighty civilization on the continent of Lemuria.

Then, in the 1940s, occultist Maurice Doreal, founder of the Brotherhood of the White Temple in Denver, wrote a pamphlet called Mysteries of the Gobi in which he describes a race of creatures with the bodies of men and the heads of snakes who were shape-shifters, of course. At some point in the unspecified past, these snake-men waged a war against humans and were driven to near extinction. His later writings include underground cities, aliens and Atlantis, but it’s unclear where exactly our occultist got this incredibly scientific information from.

H.P. Lovecraft was a friend of Howard’s, so I saw a few theories suggesting Lovecraft as a possible source for the reptilian conspiracy theory. Now, Lovecraft wrote some really weird stuff, and we can blame him for a lot – not Cthulu, we all love Cthulu – but I don’t think he played much of a part in the rise of the reptilian conspiracy theory.

David Icke

While Weird Tales may have unwittingly laid the foundation for this bizarre conspiracy theory, it really took off when David Icke arrived on the scene. In 1991, in an interview with talk-show host Terry Wogan, Icke announced to the world that he was, in fact, the Son of the Godhead. Before being elevated to this remarkable position, Icke was a professional soccer player in the early 1970s before being forced to retire due to arthritis. From there, he became a popular television host and sportscaster. In fact, things were going quite well for Icke professionally. That all changed when he visited a psychic healer who informed him that he was chosen to save the human race. That’s quite the revelation, and sent his life in a drastically different direction.

Critics of Icke’s have pointed out that his reptilian conspiracy seems to have quite a lot in common with the writings of Doreal and the TV show ‘V’ that graced our screens in 1983. The cult classic is all about reptilian aliens from outer space, wearing fake human skin, trying to take over the world. Icke’s theory about the Annunaki, which I’ll get to in a minute, also seemed to be heavily based on the writings of Zecharia Sitchin, an author who claimed that the Annunaki were ancient astronauts with a hand in the origin of the human race back in 1976.

According to Icke, the Reptilians are the Annunaki, a reptilian race originating on the planet Nibiru. For the last 450,000 years, the Annunaki have been ruling the earth in different guises and, more importantly, from different dimensions. Relying on genetic engineering, the Annunaki has guided human evolution to create a slave race.

They also created human-lizard hybrids meant to control the human race on their behalf. This is why all the power in the world is still in the hands of a few select families such as the royal families and all those past and present US Presidents who were related. The genetic interbreeding of the rich and powerful is done to maintain a specific genetic structure that gives the hybrids specific abilities, such as shape-shifting.

However, the hybrids aren’t working alone. Some full-blooded Annunaki are physically on earth while others manipulate events from the lower fourth dimension, wherever that is. By forming a network of secret societies, the Annunaki have taken control of our planet.

Icke believes that the Annunaki need to drink human blood to maintain their human form. The Annunaki also feed off negative emotions such as fear and aggression. Apparently, they’re addicted to ‘adrenalchrome’, a hormone released in the body during periods of heightened stress.

This explains all those satanic rituals and human sacrifices happening wherever the rich and famous congregate like Bohemian Grove, for example. All the negative energy released during the sacrifices is gleefully absorbed by the Annunaki chilling out in the fourth dimension. Unlike vampires, the Annunaki don’t bite their victims and suck their blood.

They cut the throats of their victims and use goblets because lizards have class. This drinking of blood and sucking of energy is apparently the origin of vampire stories. And here, I must protest and ask that we kindly leave Dracula out of this nonsense.

He’s still recovering from the damage caused by sparkling vampires who can’t seem to get through high school.

The Annunaki are also fond of their rituals and secret societies. This allows Icke to incorporate all the conspiracy theories his little heart desires into one proper overarching conspiracy. From the ancient mystery schools and cults to the more recent Knights Templar and Masonic order, to global entities like the UN and the Council of Foreign Relations to simple drug cartels and satanic churches, the Annunaki is behind all of it.

They use the media and the moon to control the human population. You see, the moon is a hollow planetoid used by the reptilian overlords to broadcast a signal that stops us human beings from realizing what’s happening. Of course, after thousands of years of evolution, the reptilian network is now a vast web of interconnecting secret societies, banks, political parties, media, etc., so I guess we’re doomed.

Icke lists a whole lot of notable reptilians, but I’m most impressed with the aristocracy. Keeping up appearances while they were losing their heads in the French Revolution couldn’t have been easy – go lizards!

However, not everyone is convinced that Icke is this conspiracy believing nut he claims to be. There are some conspiracy theories revolving around Icke himself. Some claim he’s actually an agent of a secret society.

Some of the things he says are true, but by mixing in crazy theories, like reptilian overlords and a hollow moon, he discredits the other theories that hold some grain of truth. He’s also been accused of anti-Semitism. It’s true that many tropes and themes of his theory are in line with anti-Semitic propaganda about a powerful group of Jewish people controlling the world.

However, when asked about this directly, Icke stated that he wasn’t talking about one earth race, Jewish or non-Jewish. Instead, the genetic network of reptilian hybrid overlords can be found in all races of the world. I’ve watched quite a few of his interviews, and I think when he talks about lizards drinking blood and ruling the world, he really means lizards as crazy as that sounds.

Icke has quite a following. According to two philosophers, Icke’s appeal lies in the way he weaves a number of conspiracy theories into a single narrative that is all-inclusive and all-accounting. According to Icke, 9/11, the Oklahoma bombings and even the Holocaust were all the work of Reptoids.

JFK was assassinated because he was threatening to expose them. It’s true that not a single person Icke has ever accused of being a reptilian, from Obama to the Rothschild family, to the Royal Family and Kris Kristofferson, not sure what he did to deserve being on that list, has ever sued Icke for libel. This, of course, is proof, according to David Icke, that he’s telling the truth.

And, whenever Icke finds himself being cancelled or censored, it’s not because his theories are ridiculous, or downright dangerous and irresponsible, it’s because he’s getting too close to the truth, and people are trying to shut him up. However, if it’s true that everyone that gets close to the truth is eliminated and Icke is as close to the truth as he claims, why is he still alive? I’m thinking it’s because he’s a crackpot, but that’s just me.

Proof!

David Icke might’ve set the ball rolling on this reptilian overlord business but, over time, others have come along to add their own two cents to the theory. And, as with any good conspiracy theory, there’s proof! Once again, I didn’t take the time to read all of Icke’s books so some of this proof, all of this proof, or none of this proof could be found in the writings of David Icke, I wouldn’t know. I’m guessing that at least some of this proof was thought up, or pieced together, by other lizard-believers.

The Ubaid Lizard people

Where do you go to find proof that ancient reptilian-like aliens visited the planet in the very distant past? If you’ve ever pondered this question, I have an answer for you: Ancient Mesopotamia.

When Henry Hall and Leonard Wooley first discovered the figurines back in the 1920s, the figurines were described as ‘a drab pottery figure of a man’. From reading the comments on one of the many videos I watched, I’ve learned that ‘drab’ doesn’t mean they found the figures to be unimpressive, it’s simply an archaeological description, just to make sure we all learn something today. However, since their discovery, not much has been written about them. Luckily for you, I find this a lot more interesting than David Icke’s nonsense, so I dug a little bit to find out more about these interesting figurines.

The specimens discovered by Hall and Wooley were excavated near Eridu and Al-Ubaid. Along with other artifacts discovered in the area, researchers were introduced to a whole new culture that thrived in ancient Mesopotamia, around 5500 to 4000 BCE. In order to keep things academic, they named the period the Ubaid period after the place the artifacts were found. Quite a few of these figurines have been discovered over the years, but we’re not much closer to finding out what their meaning or function was than when the first lizards made their appearance back in 1920.

The highly stylized clay figurines stand at around 5 – 10cm while the more realistic figurines stand at around 15cm. It appears that the majority of these figurines are female; however, many of them are so damaged, it becomes difficult to determine the sex if there was a specific sex to begin with. The figurines have elongated, slender figures which some researchers consider to be typical of youth and physical strength, suggesting that the figures are of adolescents. Every figure has an exaggerated, elongated head with slits for eyes and a pinched nose giving them the reptilian appearance.

Due to their reptilian appearance, they were known as the Ophidian, meaning snake-like, figurines. The figurines are usually decorated with strokes or spots in black paint. These spots are sometimes interpreted to be the scales of a snake by conspiracy theorists.

Due to a lack of convenient labels or written explanations and guidelines for what these figurines represent, we don’t actually know who made them or why. Many have been found in graves; however, not in children’s graves suggesting that whatever they were, they were most likely not toys. The figurines are also too similar in appearance to be effigies of the deceased person they were buried with.

Archaeological research suggests that the figures were made for specific groups of people, for example a specific social class, like the ruling class, a specific profession like healers or spiritual leaders, or maybe they were only given to people of a certain age. They weren’t found just in graves so they were probably used while the person was still alive. When the owner passed away, the figurine was buried with them for some reason.

The elongated head might signify skull modification. While we mostly associate skull modification with cultures in the Americas, this was also practiced in some spheres of Ubaid society. Alternatively, it’s possible that the intention was simply an exaggerated hairstyle. Another suggestion is that the elongated head and distinct facial features are due to a mask possibly worn during ceremonies or other special occasions.

The painted spots and stripes may represent tattoos or scarification. In many cultures, tattoos or scarification is used to show a transition from one phase in a person’s life to the next, much like coming-of-age celebrations and traditions. Considering that the figurines appear to depict young people, this seems very plausible to me.

According to Ancient Aliens, well-known for their reliability, scientific approach, and lack of belief in human creativity, the figurines are too realistic to be based on mythological or fantasy creatures. The only way the people of the Ubaid period could create a lizard woman of such detail is if they actually saw one. However, before you find yourself agreeing with them, ask yourself this: What will future archaeologists think about us if all they have to go on is modern art, Funko Pops, and Winnie-the-Pooh?

Mythology

While it’s very plausible that the Ubaid Lizard people figurines are related to mythology, there are other mythological tales that Reptilian conspiracy theorists believe are more than just mere tales – they are, in fact, based on actual interactions between our ancient ancestors and lizards from the stars.

It’s true that you can find reptilian-like gods and beings in most cultures on earth. South Asian mythology features the Naga, a race of serpent people living in the underground city of Patala. Islamic mythology features the Jinn, a creature that is sometimes depicted as being snake-like. Mesoamerica has some feathered serpent gods, and, apparently, Alexander the Great himself was sired by, you guessed it, a dragon. According to Chinese mythology, Emperor Fuxi and his sister, Nuwa, were both humanoid, but they had the lower bodies of snakes. In fact, apparently all the Emperors of China are somehow related to dragons. David Icke’s favourite mythological beings are the Annunaki, heavenly beings that show up in Sumerian mythology, specifically the Babylonian creation myth, Enûma Eliš. The Annunaki is a race of gods, including individual deities like Enlil, who separated the heaven and the earth.

However, the Naga of South Asia seems to be of particular interest to conspiracy believers. These divine beings are sometimes depicted as a serpent, a human, or a half-human, half-serpent creature. In some legends, they are dangerous to humans, but in others, they’re beneficial to humans. As with most ‘proof’ found in the realm of conspiracy believers, the real legend of the Naga has been twisted.

Patala, the supposed underground city of the Naga, has nothing to do with reptilians – it’s a type of underworld or netherworld. I’ve also read a few theories that claimed the step-wells in India are, in fact, entrances to Patala and the Reptilian cities. I’m sorry to disappoint, but these wells are not that mysterious or even that old in the grand scheme of things; they were built in the medieval era for the shocking purpose of collecting water.

Proponents of the reptilian conspiracy state that all mythology featuring reptilian beings are similar proving reptilian aliens visited the earth in the ancient past, but this really isn’t the case. Humans are quite creative, and we have a tendency to make things up. Besides, if depictions of Reptilian-like deities suggest that lizard-folk once lived among us, ancient earth must’ve been a terrifying place. Anubis is a human with the head of jackal.

The Minotaur is a human with the head of bull. Does that mean we had jackal-folk chilling in Egypt, and bovine-human hybrids running around Greece? And let’s not get started on centaurs; those are just plain creepy.

It’s in our DNA

According to reptilian conspiracy believers, we all have reptilian DNA which is the result of our ancestors being interbred with reptilians or just having their DNA manipulated by malevolent lizard overlords. And, on rare occasions, this DNA will make itself known proving reptilian involvement.

To say human beings have reptilian DNA is not 100% wrong, but it’s also a gross oversimplification of the very complicated process of evolution. If you go back millions and millions of years, when our ancestors managed to crawl out of the primordial muck as they say, we weren’t exactly the sleek, cosmopolitan creatures of today – there was a reptile stage in our evolution. According to believers, this reptilian blood can still be seen in human development.

The human embryo goes through a stage where it looks like a reptile. The oldest part of the human brain, consisting of the brainstem and cerebellum, is also known as the reptile brain and controls our most primal functions. I don’t think the reptile brain actually has anything to do with reptiles, but I’m not a biologist.

Occasionally, this reptile DNA will make itself known in more obvious ways. In Houston, Texas, around 2010, doctors treated a man with a three chambered heart. Reptilian believers latched onto this case of proof of reptilian interference. However, that’s not what happened.

When you look at human evolution, we started as fish with a two-chambered heart. From there, we evolved into reptiles so we had three-chambered hearts. Finally, we morphed into our final evolution, much like pokemon, the mammal stage, where we have a four-chambered heart. This same sequence occurs during the development of the human embryo.

So, if there’s any defect in the embryo in the early stages of development, it’s more likely to lead to some kind of defect like a three-chambered heart.

A human with a three-chambered heart is quite rare, but other rare conditions are also blamed on reptilians messing with our DNA, such as ichthyosis, a skin condition leading to dry scaly skin and syndactyly and ectrodactyly that leads to fused fingers and claw-like hands. Since the 1800s, over 100 cases of humans born with tails have been reported to medical journals which apparently prove reptilian involvement in our genetic evolution. Of course, my cat also has a tail, so I guess our reptilian overlords had a bit of trial and error thing going before settling on which species to subjugate: Human yes, cat no.

Conspiracy theorists also point out that humans have a lot of junk DNA that we still don’t quite understand. Now, let’s be honest here, there are a lot of things we humans don’t understand. I’m not convinced any of it is proof of reptilian interference in our evolution.

The Garden of Eden

To prove the existence of Reptilian overlords, some believers have turned to religion and, more specifically, the Bible. You know the snake that tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit? That was no ordinary snake. Good Omens tells us it was Crowley, but Reptilian conspiracy believers firmly believe it was a humanoid reptilian.

According to the story in Genesis, God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden to take care of the land. I think we can all agree that we’ve gloriously failed to do that. They could eat all the fruit from the trees except the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. One day, the snake approached Eve and convinced her to eat the fruit.

She then gave the fruit to Adam. Of course, God found out and Adam blamed Eve who then blamed the snake and the whole lot of them was punished. Adam and Eve were sent from the garden, Eve was punished with painful childbirth, and the snake was doomed to crawl on its belly for all eternity.

Despite what reptilian theorists claim, there’s nothing in the original story to suggest that the serpent tempting Eve is anything more than just a snake – it’s not the devil in disguise, a demon, or a humanoid reptilian. Christian art depicting the serpent as a female humanoid possibly has its roots in stories of Lillith, Adam’s first wife, whom I know absolutely nothing about. On the rare occasion that I was dragged into a church, she wasn’t mentioned.

The ancient Israelites probably considered it to be the first snake created by God, but it was still just a snake. As with all mythology and much of religion, the Bible is a combination of history and stories used to explain natural events that people at the time didn’t have the science to explain – questions like where do humans come from, why is child-birth so painful, and why don’t snakes have legs?

Of course, the snake in the Garden of Eden isn’t the only Reptilian in the Bible. According to Ancient Aliens, the snake was only one individual of a race the Bible calls the Seraphim. The word ‘seraphim’ is the plural of the Hebrew world ‘seraph’ which refers to a heavenly being. The root of the word actually means ‘to burn’ or ‘incinerate’ which may refer to the seraphim destroying the enemies of God. Images from ancient Judea depict the seraphim as winged serpents. The Bible also mentions fiery serpents and flying serpents which may have given rise to stories of dragons. Even if, by some miracle, the seraph was an actual flying snake that occasionally caught on fire spontaneously, it doesn’t match the description of the Reptilians supposedly manipulating and controlling humanity.

As we’ve seen with the mythology and archaeology, conspiracy theorists are twisting the narrative to fit whatever they’re preaching. The story of the Garden of Eden is a myth. As for the Seraphim, I like the idea of a race of spontaneously combusting flying lizards. Human imagination really knows no bounds.

Caught on film

Those of us who were around in the early days of VHS will remember the weird glitches that occurred when you paused the recording to go get some tea. The image would sometimes flicker between two frames or it just wouldn’t be very clear. The technical term for this is compression artifact, but it’s also just known as noise in the signal.

However, according to the Reptilian Conspiracy crowd, these distortions were far more than that. It was the Reptilian disguise slipping, for just a moment, revealing the true form of the creature underneath the disguise of your favourite celebrity or politician. Of course, these days, we don’t need VHS to proof to us that not all politicians and celebrities are entirely human. It also seems that Reptilian disguises kept up with the times because, as technology advanced, capturing these moments of the Reptilian disguise slipping has become quite rare.

Lizards in LA

Lizards and gold underneath the streets of Los Angeles sounds like something from a movie. However, in January 1934, the Los Angeles Times ran a story claiming that one George Warren Shufelt, an engineer, discovered an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and catacombs while conducting a mining survey under Fort Moore Hill. Using his radio X-ray machine, our engineer discovered rooms stacked with golden tablets and passages as deep as 100 feet under the surface.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. A city filled with treasure hidden beneath the busy streets of LA – we wish! So what made Shufelt’s story so believable? Shufelt introduced a Native American gentleman from the Hopi Tribe, Little Chief Greenleaf, or L.

Macklin, who confirmed the tunnels claiming as proof an old Hopi legend about a race of highly intelligent and advanced Lizard people that built an underground city, under LA, 5000 years ago. Apparently, there were three such cities along the pacific coast of North America and the cities had been built underground to escape some kind of cataclysm. A thousand lizard families lived in these cities, keeping records on golden tablets.

However, to get to this fortune, our man needed funding and that meant investors, so Shufelt revealed his discovery to the world and, sure enough, investors came a-calling. With the money from these investors, Shufelt managed to drill a shaft down 250 feet. The hole immediately filled with water. Much like the treasure hunters on Oak Island, Shufelt could never solve the water issue, so he wasn’t able to get to all that gold and eventually, the funding dried up in a way the water in the hole never would.

Of course, this means that the lost city of the lizard folk, filled with gold, is still hidden beneath LA.

So, was there any truth to Shufelt’s claims? Did he really discover an underground lost lizard city? There’s absolutely no evidence to back up any of Shufelt’s claims – no photos, no artifacts, nothing. His radio X-ray machine had nothing to do with radio waves or X-ray.

It was, essentially, a glorified dowsing rod – the type used to find water. The dowsing pendulum was suspended from a tripod within a glass and metal case he probably made himself. How he managed to take photos of these tunnels and find stacked piles of gold in the rooms with nothing but a fancy dowsing rod remains unclear. I’m guessing he used his imagination.

On top of all this, Shufelt had a bit of a history of publicity stunts. According to newspaper records, Fort Moore has been a popular site for treasure hunters since the late 1890s, but so far, no-one has ever found anything. In March of 1933, a story appeared in the LA times about a group of treasure hunters searching for conquistador gold under Fort Moore Hill.

One C. Warren Shufelt was part of this expedition and some believe that C. Warren Shufelt and G.

Warren Shufelt was the same person. Unless there happened to be two Shufelts with the same middle name in LA in 1933 and 1934, this seems like a fair assessment. C.

Warren Shufelt claimed that he had a sheepskin map showing Spanish treasure hidden under the hill more than 100 years prior. There was much excavating, but no conquistador gold was ever recovered and it appears that the project was finally abandoned around September of 1933. Then, in 1934, Shufelt suddenly reappeared.

Only this time, there was no map and no Spanish. The gold was lizard gold and the authority was Little Chief Greenleaf. However, this raises another problem.

There’s no record of L. Macklin, aka Little Chief Greenleaf. Of course, it’s no guarantee the man didn’t exist, but if he did, the only reference to him was a single newspaper article.

The supposed Hopi legend about the lizard people building cities underground, hoarding tablets made of gold doesn’t seem to exist either. It’s worth noting that the Hopi people didn’t even live in California, they lived in Arizona.

Shufelt’s version of this supposed Hopi Legend appears to be a bastardization of a Zuni creation myth which does mention ancestors living in caves and being more animal-like before they went to the surface. It’s interesting but no more fantastical than any other creation myth. Shufelt’s version of events also seems to draw on stories by Robert E. Howard, whom we’ve already mentioned, and H.P. Lovecraft. These stories were published in the 1920s, so I’m sure Shufelt was well aware of them.

In my humble opinion, Shufelt had gone as far as he could with his story of conquistador gold buried under Fort Moore Hill. He needed more investors to give him more money so he mixed up some legends with some sci-fi stories and concocted a whole new myth to bring the dollars rolling in. I’m not sure how well this worked out for our engineer – there’s not much available on him after this story, and he finally died in 1957 around age 71. If any of you are still curious, Fort Moore Hill has been excavated extensively during construction projects and, so far, no lizard people or their gold has been found.

The dark side

I love a good conspiracy theory. Honestly, despite all the research suggesting the contrary, I firmly believe in the Loch Ness Monster. However, the Reptilian conspiracy has a much darker side that tends to get lost in all the mirth that goes with a conspiracy theory as obviously bonkers as this one.

In 2019, a man stabbed his brother to death with a 4 foot sword because God told him his brother was a lizard. A man from Santa Barbara was arrested after murdering his 10 month old daughter and 2 year old son and dumping their bodies in Mexico because he believed they had serpent DNA. He believed he was saving the world from monsters.

A woman murdered her boyfriend. The Nashville bomber, Anthony Quinn Warner, who injured 3 people after detonating a bomb on Christmas day in Nashville, back in 2020, also believed the Reptilian conspiracy. He might even have hunted Reptoids in the park.

Some neo-Nazi groups believe that the Illumanti controlling the world, be they lizard or human, tend to be Jewish. Whether Icke is guilty of anti-Semitism or not, there are those who are drawn to the theory by the ideology it seems to support. Any conspiracy theory creating a clear ‘other’ that should be hated and feared is dangerous.

History keeps proving this, but apparently, the human race just won’t take the lesson to heart.

Charismatic conspiracy theorists will always be around to pocket the dollars of desperate people, and, honestly, if it helps you without hurting anyone else, I’m all for believing whatever conspiracy theory makes your little heart happy. However, innocent children have died because someone believed that there’s a cabal of reptilian overlords controlling us. This theory is dangerous; people are dying, and those preaching it, making money off the fears of unstable minds, should take a long, hard look at themselves.

Conclusion

I understand why the idea of a controlling world order, in this case lizards, is so appealing. If we accept that some of the atrocities we see every day are committed by humans, it forces us to confront the possibility of that darkness within ourselves and that scares us, as it should. It’s comforting to lay the blame of all the evil in the world at the feet of our Reptilian Overlords. Probably the best thing about this theory, for believers anyway, is that it’s impossible to disprove – any piece of proof that this theory is a lie was obviously planted in the minds of the masses by those insidious Reptilians.

I don’t think this really needs saying, but based on some of the comments I saw on videos attempting to debunk this theory, I’m going to say it anyway. Simon, I apologise for any heat we’re going to get from this, but the people must know. I must tell the truth. There are no lizards running your government. That’s just insulting to lizards everywhere.

Disclaimer: Those of you following other channels in the Whistle-verse probably noticed that this is not the first time we talk about just how silly and nonsensical this theory is. That’s because we have nothing to hide. I didn’t even bother to include a paragraph on how to spot the lizard in your life because, as we all know, there is no-one associated with any of these channels that fits the description of a Reptilian Overlord enslaving the human race. This is a lizard-free zone.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Reptilian Conspiracy?

The Reptilian Conspiracy is a theory suggesting that a blood-drinking, flesh-eating, shape-shifting, pedophilic, Satanist, Reptilian elite is controlling and manipulating the human race. These reptilians are believed to be in positions of power and influence, such as in the government and media.

Who is David Icke and what is his role in the Reptilian Conspiracy theory?

David Icke is a prominent figure in the Reptilian Conspiracy theory. He popularized the idea that the Reptilians, also known as the Annunaki, are controlling the human race through genetic manipulation and secret societies. Icke believes these reptilians arrived in ancient times and have been influencing human evolution ever since.

What are the Ubaid Lizard people?

The Ubaid Lizard people are ancient clay figurines discovered in Mesopotamia, dating back to around 5500 to 4000 BCE. These figurines have elongated, slender figures with exaggerated, elongated heads and slits for eyes, giving them a reptilian appearance. Their purpose and meaning remain unclear.

How does the Reptilian Conspiracy theory relate to mythology?

The Reptilian Conspiracy theory draws on various mythological tales featuring reptilian-like gods and beings from different cultures. Believers interpret these myths as evidence of actual interactions between ancient humans and reptilian aliens.

What is the significance of the Garden of Eden story in the Reptilian Conspiracy theory?

In the Reptilian Conspiracy theory, the serpent that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden is believed to be a humanoid reptilian rather than just a snake. This interpretation is used to support the idea of reptilian involvement in human history and the manipulation of human evolution.

What evidence do Reptilian Conspiracy believers point to in human DNA?

Reptilian Conspiracy believers point to the presence of reptilian DNA in humans, suggesting that our ancestors were interbred with reptilians or had their DNA manipulated. They also cite rare genetic conditions and the development of the human embryo as evidence of reptilian influence.

What is the story of the Lizard people in Los Angeles?

In 1934, engineer George Warren Shufelt claimed to have discovered an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and catacombs under Fort Moore Hill in Los Angeles, filled with golden tablets and passages. He alleged that these tunnels were built by a race of highly intelligent and advanced Lizard people 5000 years ago. However, there is no evidence to support these claims.

What are some of the dangers associated with the Reptilian Conspiracy theory?

The Reptilian Conspiracy theory has a dark side, with some believers committing violent acts based on their beliefs. For example, a man stabbed his brother to death because he believed his brother was a lizard, and another man murdered his children because he thought they had serpent DNA. The theory can also be used to promote harmful ideologies, such as anti-Semitism.

What is the origin of the Reptilian Conspiracy theory?

The Reptilian Conspiracy theory has roots in various imaginative authors and occultists. Robert E. Howard’s story ‘The Shadow Kingdom’ and Maurice Doreal’s writings are early examples. The theory gained prominence with David Icke in the 1990s, who combined elements from these sources and other conspiracy theories into a cohesive narrative.

How do Reptilian Conspiracy believers interpret the human brain?

Reptilian Conspiracy believers point to the oldest part of the human brain, known as the reptile brain, as evidence of our reptilian heritage. They suggest that this part of the brain controls our most primal functions and is a remnant of our reptilian ancestors.

Sources

• Original Decoding the Unknown video: Are Lizards Ruling the World?
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