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Despite the vast amount of knowledge we have about our world, there are always some pockets of ignorance. Humans love a good story, but some of us start to create narratives about the unknown that are frankly, fantastical. 

Someone asked “What’s the weirdest/craziest conspiracy theory you have heard of?” and netizens shared the most bizarre things someone had told them. We also got in touch with Accomplished-Leg-991 who made the initial post. So prepare your tinfoil hat, make sure you aren’t on a 5G network, and attune your crystals before you scroll through. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own thoughts below. 

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Dinosaur bones were placed on earth by Satan to trick people into "abandoning" God.

River_7890 , Christopher Jon Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Rocks are soft until touched. Dumbest, but still my favorite.

JiN88reddit , Andrew Malone Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound My mother believes that it’s so difficult to get appointments with doctors is because illegal immigrants are taking all the appointments. I laughed until I realized she was serious.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the fantastically named Accomplished-Leg-991 who posed the initial question to internet users and they were kind enough to answer some of our questions. Naturally, we were curious to hear why they decided to query the internet about the strangest conspiracy theories people have had the (misfortune) of hearing. 

“I was prompted to ask the question after seeing a “conspiracy iceberg” full of dark and also weird conspiracies,” they shared with Bored Panda. Interestingly, the “slippery slope” that gets people into conspiracy theories as true believers seems to also generate interest in the more niche variants. 

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Truck driver that delivered my flooring gave me this gem: The push for green lawns in the US is by Big Pharma.

The cliff notes version is that to get green grass, you need pesticides, pesticides cause cancer, cancer is good business for drug companies. It was like a 20 minute long rant to get to that conclusion and it was an adventure.

StillBald , FOX Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(Slippery) Floors was invented by Big Cast, for you to break bones... /jk

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen, and they made the movie Frozen so that when people googled "Walt Disney Frozen" the movie would come up first.

LizardPossum , Boy Scouts of America Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Covid was not a virus, it was actually the result of the Catholic church lacing the world's water supply with King Cobra venom in order to genetically transform the world's populace into snake-human-demon hybrids, thus preventing them from going to heaven. This was all because the scientific name of the King Cobra and a piece of a bishop's miter contain the word "corona". The person who presented this theory apparently had no idea that corona just means crown in latin, he was presumably too busy being contacted by God through fortune cookies he got from a chinese restaurant.

Mr_Squids , Irina Iriser Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sure David Icke is writing a huge boring book on this as we speak

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Accomplished-Leg-991’s post ended up going quite viral as many people shared all the outlandish things they have heard, so we wanted to hear their opinion on what attracted folks to the thread. “I think the post got good reach as it is something most people will think about and hold in their heads as absurd or crazy and makes them wanna spill.”
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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That ADHD havers are actually glitching through different dimensions

Saltmetoast , imustbedead Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound I have to say the one about politicians drinking infant blood in the basements of pizza parlors in order to get adrenochrome is a pretty crazy one. Because the only way to get adrenochrome is through vampiric acts since chemistry isn’t a thing

AkuraPiety , Omar Belattar Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it frightening, the number of people who buy into this QAnon c**p. And they vote.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Some nutjobs have convinced themselves that every celebrity is trans. They point out all kinds of physical attributes that "prove it" like "masculine jawline" and "male eyes", or "too small hips that a woman wouldn't be able to birth through, must be a man". One bikini pic of Taylor Swift shows a bit pronounced pubic mound, and the conspiracy nutters never having seen a natural naked woman went "Yup must be a penis" It's called Transvestigation if you're interested.

PzMcQuire , Henry de Guzman Report

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Lastly, we wanted to hear if Accomplished-Leg-991 themselves had heard any particularly bizarre conspiracy theories in person. “I’ve heard tons of crazy conspiracy theories but clockwork elves, the theory of the Las Vegas shooter, and the dancing plague I love. Plus there are tons more but there are a few,” they shared with Bored Panda.
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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Traffic barrels are left up for so long because the department of transportation bought too many & has no place to store them

dailysunshineKO , Brian Crawford Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That birds are not real and are actually just surveillance for the government. It's a great eye rolling experience. 

Dependent_Main2643 , Matthis Volquardsen Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they aren’t real! And it’s only getting worse. I mean, even the birds we get as pets, like sweet (?) little budgy birds are not what we think. Those teeny eyes see EVERYTHING. At night, when you cover their cage, that’s when the downloading of the surveillance happens, as we sleep.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound You social security number indicates which bank you were sold to at birth.

compuwiza1 , Brett Sayles Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Elvick, who had founded the redemption movement in the United States; the redemption movement notably promoted the strawman theory, which is based on the assertion that state legislative authority only extends to an individual's legal person, and not to their natural person.[13] Warman claimed that whereas in the United States, an individual's Social Security Number was used to attach this "strawman" to a natural person, in Canada, this was done using a birth certificate.[16] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_on_the_land_movement

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound The "5g waves emitted by the Emergency Broadcast test activate the Covid vaccine microchips and turn people into zombies/give them Marburg" one is definitely one of the weirdest I've ever heard

furiousfran , RF._.studio Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife and I still joke that we're so glad we got vaccinated because we get so much better reception on our phones now.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Had a co worker that fully believes the government controls the weather so celebrities can have nice weddings

pinballgizard , Spora Weddings Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone knows that Pudge the fish controls the weather, as long as he gets his sandwiches.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Mountains are all the stumps of ancient fossilized enormous trees.

I'm absolutely *obsessed* with this theory. It's connected to flat earth, but flat earth isn't a requirement for this theory nor do most flat earthers believe it.

inkstainedgoblin , Daniel Handl Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love utterly bonkers conspiracy theories that don't hurt anyone, and this is one of them 😁

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound The earth is flat and everyone person has their own sun like the sun you see and the one I see is completely different

Mediocre_Meat_5992 , Pixabay Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, it must be what is causing global warming. Every time someone is born another sun pops into existence.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound A very strange conspiracy theory I've heard about is the story of the "Lizardpeople" or "reptilians". According to this theory, high-ranking political leaders and celebrities are actually hidden humanoid reptilians who control the world. They are supposed to be able to change their form and aim to manipulate humanity. It sounds like the script of a science fiction movie, but there are people who really believe it. Well, sometimes people's imagination knows no bounds!

AdBeneficial4699 , Warner Brothers Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That Finland doesn’t exist

im-a-disaster , Max Avans Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That the great fire of London was actually started by a rat spontaneously combusting.

TheScarceRecrea , Chris F Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Great Fire of London never happened. It's a lie designed to sell us house insurance.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Chemtrails have got to be up there.

thisgrantstomb , Stephan Seeber Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Psst...have you noticed that we didn't have chemtrails until there were jet aircraft? There's got to be a connection. /s

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound My friend and his dad are big Conspiracy theorists. They listened to Alex Jones every day and believed him too. A couple of years ago it was on the news that some Navy Seals and the PD Swat were going to do a joint training exercise. Those 2 were convinced that it was all a ruse and that they were going to try and take over the city. So that day they didn't open their business and stayed home and armed themselves with every weapon they had and waited for an "attack"

Melodic_Abalone_2820 , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Dollar general stores are run by the government to get information about UFOs

cam52391 , Random Retail Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is definitely a conspiracy at Dollar General, just maybe not that one

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Met a dude at the gym that believed that the CIA had built tunnels throughout the Earth's core, connecting all the major cities. Was some kind of global takeover scheme.

Latham74 , Perry Wunderlich Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know I can almost wish such fantastical villainous schemes were taking place, life can be pretty boring. Sadly fantasy will always win over reality.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound That owning chickens are the gateway drug to believing conspiracy theories

sarcasmawm , Magda Ehlers Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Partially related interlude: chickens are f**king cruel. It’s starts at the top: the pride of every flock is the rooster. He’s the protector and depending on how long he’s been rooster, often father of most of the flock. The rooster is a terrible caricature of the modern man; all he does is sleep, eat, steal food, rape the hens, and watch football (give it take that last one). But there’s no safety in hens either. They will dismember a rival, claw off her face, and literally kill her and SOMETIMES JER CHICKS AS WELL. They also chose a ‘scapegoat’ who they will blame and subsequently abuse if anything goes wrong. My family used to have chickens, we had three entirely separate flocks , and they were all evil creatures .

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Flat Earth.
Just . . . everything about it.

GMSryBut , Panegyrics of Gr Report

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Conspiracy 58. Basically, a conspiracy that the World Cup from 1958 never happened in Sweden as it was broadcast and it was a CIA psy-op. The conspiracy is documented in a movie *Conspiracy 58,* which makes a very compelling case - until at the every end of the credits, were it claims to be a work of fiction (but the text only in Swedish). People legitimately believe this theory now.

malleoceruleo , Sveriges Television Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw that on TV, had no reference to it but saw the end credits after luckily!

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound Recently TikTok kept giving bizarre suggestions where people trying to prove Ice Wall in Antarctica that Earth is bigger and something is hiding behind ice wall in Antarctica…. Wth

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been around long time, and every time they try to prove a stationary flat earth, with a dome. They [accidentally] proves the earth to be a spinning ball. Then deleting that video soon after.

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound There’s a whole podcast with hundreds of episodes dedicated to this subject. Worth a listen. One of the wildest ones is that Charlemagne’s grandson moved the calendar forward ~300 years and thus the dark ages never happened.

seandowling73 , Dennis Jarvis Report

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this worked all over the world, even in countries he wans't aware of?

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound We're all infected by parasites that feed on our stress hormones reseased by negative emotions like guilt, sadness, anger, fear, and so on. They control our minds and, thereby, us to an extent. The only way to combat them is by being aware and questioning if your thoughts and actions are truly your own thoughts and actions.

42clickslater , Liza Summer Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always question my thoughts. Most of the time they don't make the slightest bit of sense

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30 Conspiracy Theories That Some People Actually Believe Despite How Ridiculous They Sound The uss Philadelphia experiment and the us army soldier who claimed he was in an interdimensional waiting room as a greeter for eternity until he was suddenly transported back onto the ship. People claimed it was a cloaking device gone wrong and left mena bodies trapped within the steel of the boat upon reentry. I never looked into it but read about it in a book that had the name like "Nothing in this book is true but it's exactly the way things are" or something similar. Always thought it was the wildest conspiracy theory ever when I was a stoned teenager reading it.

Hereforthefreecake , unknown Report

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