The Earth is flat. Aliens are among us. Bigfoot is real. Birds are government drones. The moon landing was fake. These things all contradict what we have always been told, and may seem silly to us, but around 50% of the population believes in at least one conspiracy theory. The believed root of all conspiracy theories is a lack of trust, whether that be within the government or not. A conspiracy theory is the belief in something that an organization is responsible for an event or phenomenon. Even though it has a concrete definition, conspiracy theories cover a wide scope of people, places, and history. A lot of people research conspiracy theories because they are fun, and then often begin to believe in them.
Senior K..J. Gordon believes that some birds are government drones sent to spy on Americans. “I’ve seen a bird not work with my own eyes. It hopped off its wire that it was charging on and started flapping its wings and hovering. It was taking a second to reboot and restart,” Gordon said.
According to Queen City News, there have been thousands of bigfoot sightings across the United States since the 1990’s. “I don’t think there is a big hairy guy, but I’m not against the idea or concept.” Said Stella Lee, a student at NHS.
A 2021 Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of Americans believe in intelligent life on other planets. “The odds are that there is some sort of living being out there, whether it would be intelligent like us.” Brandon Swart said, a teacher at NHS.
The science, math, people and technology behind the moon landing is a true phenomenon. But Stella Cramer, a freshman at NHS, is skeptical. “I feel like the moon landing could be fake because the footprint on the moon wasn’t the same as the astronaut’s boot.”
There are all kinds of theories surrounding the earth. Some people believe it’s a square, and others think it’s convex. The most common, though, is that the earth is flat. Many ancient countries, including Egyptians, Mesopotamians, early Greeks, Norse, and Chinese believed that the earth was flat. This concept is not new, yet it is continuously growing. “When I tell someone that I think the earth is flat, they immediately start yelling at me. I find fun in that though, and that’s actually why I started researching it.” Gordon said.
