Madison Meeks – Opinion Editor

mvm7037@psu.edu

Conspiracy Theories are one of the most interesting concepts that people are obsessed with. Some of my favorite conspiracy theories don’t make much sense or there is no much evidence to support the theories. But anyways these are some of my favorite conspiracy theories.

There have been 2,032 Bigfoot “sightings” in Washington state 

There have been many conspiracy theories over sighting in Washington state. People have claimed to see the beast know as Bigfoot but there is not much evidence or known about the beast. Some people believe that Bigfoot is actually a beast but some other believe that it is just some people just to do pranks and scaring others. See the Bigfoot theory does make sense if it is a trying to pull a prank. But in other words, the whole Bigfoot sighting theories do not make a lot of sense. 

There have been countless sightings of the Loch Ness like Monster at Flathead Lake, Montana

This theory goes from a sighting of a 40 foot long creature at Flathead Lake in 1889. A captain named James C. Kerr has claimed that he and his 100 steamboat passengers saw a creature in the lake. In July 2018, there was about 109 sightings of the same creature at the lake. Well whether or not that creature was a monster, another animals, or a piece of drift wood. Something that I am confused about in this theory is that I thought that the Loch Ness Monster was seen in Scotland but maybe not. Maybe there is another Loch Ness Monster in the United States. But this conspiracy theory is super interesting. 

Some people believe that the Joplin Tornado in 2011 was created by the military

So this is a theory that really caught my attention. A tornado hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011, people now theorize that the military was able to create the tornato in Joplin. This theory has been denied many times by United States officials. But it is still believed that the United States military can make tornadoes like the one in Joplin. One of the most popular theories of this is that in Alaska the facility that is called High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program or HAARP that is used for studying the upper atmosphere is being used to create tornadoes and hurricanes. I have no idea if that is even possible to create but if it is why would someone create one to kill and harm a bunch of people. I do not understand how people got this theory or how they would figure out how this would work. 

Reptiles run the government 

This conspiracy theory actually makes me laugh because how do people come up with this stuff. Like how would reptiles run the government. Imagine if lizards would actually run the government. I just think this one is so interesting. There is not literal proof that reptiles run the government. Are they reptiles in human suits? I just have difficult time figuring out this theory. 

But anyways these are some of my favorite conspiracy theories that I have heard about and find interesting and unbelievable.