10-15-2014, 07:42 PM
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Let slip the dogs of war.
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The man who trolled the chemtrail conspiracy tards
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On October 1, Chris Bovey?a 41-year-old from Devon, England?thought he?d troll the chemtrails camp. During a flight from Buenos Aires to the UK, his plane had to make an emergency landing in São Paulo and dumped excess fuel to lighten the load. Since he had a window seat, Chris decided to film all the liquid being sprayed out of the wing next to him.
Touching down, he uploaded the video with a caption that suggested it could be evidence of chemtrails, hoping to mess with a couple of friends who he knew might fall for it. The video now has 1.1 million views, nearly 20,000 shares, and dozens of comments telling viewers to ?wake the F up," or accusing naysayers of being ?stupid paid shills."
He then claimed (falsely) that he?d been detained at Heathrow upon arrival, been interrogated by the authorities, and had his phone confiscated. That riled everyone up even more, with ?conspiraloon? (Chris?s term) website NeonNettle.com picking up the story and reporting it as evidence of chemtrails.
The video Chris filmed from his seat
Mick West?editor of anti-conspiracy theory website Metabunk, which published an article explaining why Chris?s video was a hoax?explained the history of the chemtrails theory to me. ?It started back in the late 1990s,? he said. ?People just noticed contrails?the condensation trails behind planes?for the first time, and got this idea that a normal contrail shouldn?t persist for very long. So if anything lasted for more than a few minutes, it must be something being sprayed.?
While chemtrails advocates might accuse sheeple of believing everything their governments tell them, they themselves tend to believe a lot of the stuff their internet tells them. West thinks its the proliferation of unverified ?evidence? online that?s led to this particular conspiracy theory remaining so popular.
?People share things that look interesting without really looking into them, and they take the word of whoever?s posting it that it?s a real thing,? he said. ?I knew from the start that it was some kind of hoax, but people want to have their worldview confirmed, so when they see something that seems to fit their worldview they jump on it.?
In Chris?s case, that involved being invited onto a radio show hosted by Richie Allen, a friend of David Icke?the man who claims we?re being ruled by a group of lizard overlords disguised as world leaders. On air, Chris admitted that the whole thing was a hoax and got into an argument with the host about the validity of the chemtrails theory...
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