Conspiracy theories that are real

Eight beliefs crazy enough to be true

Mars Smith, Greta Van Steenberg, Julia Abair, Maddie Lasker, Chloe Blair, Brianna Sandoval, and James Sandberg

October 26, 2024

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The world ended in 2012

(McCauley, Thomas; Taylor, Lucas; for the CMS Collaboration, CC BY-SA 3.0)

The world ended in 2012. In 2012, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, discovered the Higgs boson, or the God particle. This particle is a part of the Higgs field that spreads across the universe. When particles interact with the field, they slow down, giving them mass. The Higgs boson and field are the reason why particles have mass, the reason stars exist. The reason life exists. The God particle. When we found this particle in 2012, we found the reason for life. Due to quantum mechanics, viewing this God particle turned it into a black hole, which ended up sucking up our solar system. We’ve been in a black hole since 2012; but we haven’t noticed any differences because we are stuck in the event horizon. The solar flares we’ve experienced earlier this year were because of the black hole slowly sucking the energy out of our sun. Notice how 2012 feels so long ago? How you barely remember what happened before? That’s not aging. The black hole is distorting our time perception. We’ve been stuck falling into a black hole for 12 years. The Mayans were right. The world ended in 2012.

-Mars Smith

Princess Diana faked her death

(John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Diana, the Princess of Wales, was portrayed as a kind and lovable figure who contributed to
many charities and events. On Aug. 31, 1997, the Mercedes Benz she was traveling in crashed
and killed her. Some see this as a sad and tragic accident, but I see it as a disappearance setup. The theories vary on what people think actually happened. Some say she knew she was going to be killed by the Royal Family. Diana had constant fear for her safety, which speaks for itself as she was constantly in the public eye. Another theory is that Diana was pregnant with another man’s child who was not her ex- husband. This child would have been Muslim, which would have caused conflict in England. However, the correct version of events, in my eyes, is that the crash was a set-up so Diana could fake her death. Being involved in the Royal Family was a huge task, which might have been stressful for
her. She wanted to start a new life. Faking your death is a common first option, and that is what she decided to do with herself and the life she had built.

- Greta Van Steenberg

DIA is not what they want you to think it is

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Denver International Airport is a bunker for the elite and a meeting place for the freemasons. Some of the other conspiracies about DIA, like the ones about lizard people, are too outlandish to be true, and that’s why the airport officially acknowledges them. However, they are covering up the truth by playing into the more “out-there” conspiracies. If they didn’t deny the conspiracy theories, people would be more suspicious and uncover the truth. Also, what’s with the creepy painting that gave me nightmares as a child (if you know you know). There is a time capsule in the airport with the Freemason logo and an organization called “The New World Airport Commission.” The what?! How could anyone not see that something is suspicious here? Not to mention the vast, barren acres of land around the airport. They haven’t used that land to make more money or plant trees to make the drive a little prettier. Why is this? Because there are doomsday bunkers under all of that land. Plus, what’s with the random tunnels that the trains to each terminal never go to? They are tunnels to get to the bunkers. I’m telling you, DIA is not what they want you to think it is.

- Julia Abair

Michael Jackson is still alive

(Daniele Dalledonne from Trento, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Growing up, I always believed he was dead. Why wouldn’t he be? However, since freshman year, my opinion has changed completely. While scrolling on TikTok, I saw a video showing evidence that Michael Jackson faked his death. The video included footage of the ambulance Jackson was put in. A figure that looks exactly like him is unloaded in a parking garage, and soon leaves through a door. Following that are clips and images of him undercover at social events. The most believable image is him attending his own funeral, which had a closed casket—even more suspicious. He disguised his face, but some could still see him. This makes complete sense to me. He was a child predator with his career at risk. Or maybe he just wanted a normal life, so he hid. I’ve seen so many other videos on this topic, and the more evidence I see, the more I believe it—even if it sounds crazy.

- Maddie Lasker

Sirens once did exist

(Wilhelm Kotarbiński, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Sirens are real. The story of the siren has many tales, but half-fish women who lure humans into the sea with their voices sounds kind of crazy, right? It’s almost too crazy for people to make up, so it has to be real. Why would people make up stories about evil mermaids that had men jumping into the sea? The only logical explanation is that the water was really hazardous in the parts of Italy and Greece, where most of the stories come from. Still, why make up a whole creature? Why not just say that the water was dangerous? It’s because sirens are real. Maybe they didn’t have the exact singing powers most stories describe, but they still had some magical way of making people jump into the sea to their deaths. The reason that we can’t find any proof now, though, is that they all died off. Sirens were dangerous, and humans definitely didn’t like them. Therefore, whenever people got the chance, they would kill one. Still sirens did exist once and, honestly, maybe so did mermaids.

- Chloe Blair

UFOS are real

A photo of a purported UFO over Passaic, New Jersey in 1952. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (George Stockderivative work: thumperward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

UFOs are real. Aliens? Real. I fully believe that there are extraterrestrials—not only in the universe but also walking among us. Throughout history, there have been sightings and unexplainable events that could never caused by humans. I’m not one of those people who believe aliens built the pyramids, but we aren’t the only ones in this universe. There’s so much space in our solar system, and all things are possible. We are here inhabiting Earth, so why is it so hard to believe that there’s a version of Earth out there with creatures just like us? Also, I’m not saying aliens are little skinny green guys or tiny gray creatures who ride in the baskets of bicycles; I’m saying aliens could very easily look like you and me. The United States and other countries have found ways to walk on the moon and develop technology to look at other planets, There’s no way we are the only ones in the universe exploring from our backyards. Movie and TV shows depict those who encounter and believe in aliens as wackos” or “loons,” but there have been many times when strange things happen without a logical explanation. I agree that many cases that suggest alien activity have been debunked, but some things simply don’t make sense. We might not see them or know what they want, but aliens are real.

- Brianna Sandoval

Our phones are listening to us

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Our phones are listening to us. Countless times I have mentioned a topic with my friends or family, only to see it a few hours later as the headline of an article on Google’s homepage. Other times, the conversation topic is the first thing I see on my Instagram and Youtube feeds. It’s not just me either. I’ve heard many stories from my friends and people online reporting the same thing. This wouldn’t even be hard to pull off for tech companies, since the microphone already has to be on 24/7 so it can hear the user say the device’s wake words, such as “Hey Siri” or “Ok Google.” So why not keep listening to make ads more targeted to what we’re interested in, or to make our algorithms more interesting? The downside is that the user lacks any privacy, but who needs that anyway? Personally, I don’t see a reason why these tech companies wouldn’t.

- James Sandberg

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