Reptilian conspiracy theory
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Reptilians (also called archons,[1] reptoids,[2]reptiloids, saurians, draconians,[3][4] or
lizard people[5]) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in
fantasy, science ction, ufology, and conspiracy theories.[6][7] The idea of reptilians was
popularised by David Icke, a conspiracy theorist who claims shapeshifting reptilian
aliens control Earth by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate
human societies. Icke has stated on multiple occasions that many world leaders were,
or are possessed by, so-called reptilians.
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A protest sign referring to conspiracy theory about reptilian politicians
Some conspiracy theorists espousing the extraterrestrial hypothesis claim they either
come from the Draco constellation or the Orion constellation or are allies with nefarious
extraterrestrials from the Orion constellation.
Others claim they are interdimensional, coming from another universe or dimension.
Michael Barkun, professor of political science at Syracuse University, posits that the
idea of a reptilian conspiracy originated in the ction of Conan the Barbarian creator
Robert E. Howard, in his story "The Shadow Kingdom" (1929).[8]This story drew on
theosophical ideas of the "lost worlds" of Atlantis and Lemuria, particularly Helena
Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine (1888), with its reference to "'dragon-men' who once
had a mighty civilization on a Lemurian continent".[9][10]
Howard's "serpent men" were described as humanoids (with human bodies and snake
heads) who were able to imitate humans at will, and who lived in underground passages
and used their shapechanging and mind-control abilities to in ltrate humanity.[8] Clark
Ashton Smith used Howard's "serpent men" in his stories, as well as themes from H. P.
Lovecraft, and he, Howard and Lovecraft together laid the basis for the Cthulhu Mythos.
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In the 1940s, American occultist Maurice Doreal (also known as Claude Doggins)
[12]wrote a pamphlet entitled "Mysteries of the Gobi" that described a "serpent race" with
"bodies like man but...heads...like a great snake" and an ability to take human form.
[13]These creatures also appeared in Doreal's poem "The Emerald Tablets", in which he
referred to Emerald Tablets written by "Thoth, an Atlantean Priest king". Barkun asserts
that "in all likelihood", Doreal's ideas came from "The Shadow Kingdom", and that in
turn, "The Emerald Tablets" formed the basis for David Icke's book, Children of the
Matrix (2001).[14]
Historian Edward Guimont has argued that the reptilian conspiracy theory, particularly
as expounded by Icke, drew from earlier pseudohistorical legends developed during the
colonisation of Africa, particularly surrounding Great Zimbabwe and the mokele-
mbembe.[15]
Alien abduction
Alien abduction narratives sometimes allege contact with reptilian creatures.[16] One of
the earliest reports was that of Ashland, Nebraskapolice of cer Herbert Schirmer, who
under hypnosis recalled being taken aboard a UFO in 1967 by humanoid beings with a
slightly reptilian appearance, who wore a "winged serpent" emblem on the left side of
their chests.[17][18] Skeptics consider his claims to be a hoax.[19]
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