1. The World Is Controlled By Shape-Shifting Reptiles
David Icke was once a well-respected professional footballer-cum-BBC sports presenter, but his reputation dropped almost overnight (and rightly so) as he began to make claims that he was being contacted by the spirit world and was being delivered messages. Appearing on BBC's Wogan talkshow in the early 1990's, he was publicly ridiculed for his outrageous claims and theories and has been the butt of many-a-joke ever since. One of his most infamous conspiracy theories is his claim that our planet is being controlled by shape-shifting reptilian creatures, and while this is not a new theory, Icke is said to have been the first to offer an expansion of it. The theory states that these creatures originate from the Draco constellation and have been breeding with humans from as far back 300,000 years ago, and that many powerful figures from George Bush to Britain's monarchy are descended from them. What is most curious about his book is not only how passionately he writes about such topics, but how he acknowledges just how bizarre they sound. See, for someone with such a crazy conspiracy theory, it's not normally commonplace to accept that your theories are a little wild. That's not to suggest his theories hold more truth, of course. There's no evidence for his claims outside of supposed eyewitness accounts (though there is an onslaught of Youtube videos trying to prove the theory), it's interesting how such an insane notion can be proposed in a somewhat more sane manner. Which other popular conspiracy theories do you think are utterly ridiculous? Share your own picks below.
