Lizard People & The Nazi’s
How this bizarre conspiracy traces back to history’s darkest hour
Lizard People: the conspiracy theory suggesting the existence of shape-shifting reptilian humanoids that may or may not have a hand in controlling the government or the fate of humanity itself. It sounds like an Animorphs book, but some people truly do believe this theory that, while absurd, is a breeding ground for dangerous consequences. Let’s explore that. . .
Origin Story
The reptilian humanoid conspiracy theory has debatable roots. The concept may first have been introduced in a 1929 pulp magazine titled Weird Tales, in which author Robert E. Howard wrote The Shadow Kingdom. This story depicted “serpent men” who were described as beings with human bodies and snake heads. The serpent men lived in underground passages and, using shape-shifting and mind-control powers, worked to infiltrate humanity. The story drew inspiration from Helena Blavatsky’s 1888 work The Secret Doctrine, which included “dragon-men”.
While these sources are openly fictionalized works, the Lizard People theory got it’s legs in modern society when it was most recently popularized by David Icke, an eccentric English sports broadcaster turned conspiracy theorist who has self-published more than 20 books on the subject since the mid-1990s. Claiming that the shape-shifting reptilian humanoids originate from the Alpha Draconis star system, Icke asserts that these beings have the ability to take on a human form, and are using this to infiltrate Earth, blending in to our society. Their goal? Total dominance, of course — or as Icke puts it, a “New World Order”.
Icke believes that these blood-sucking beings, whom he refers to as the “Reptilian Elite” are manipulating not just our social and economic systems, but that they have successfully infiltrated world governments and powerful corporations, thus engendering the power to manipulate global events, including wars. David Icke postulates that the Reptilian Elite are using their new status in order to achieve their greater mission, the New World Order.
The New World Order is described as a not-too-distant dystopian future in which humanities freedoms are severely restricted. Furthermore, in an effort to keep humans in a state of ignorance and blind obedience, these Reptilian Overlords make a marked effort to limit humanities connection to their spirituality and potential. Icke points to various symbols that he believes to be hidden messages embedded within historical works of art, ancient texts, even modern architecture and media, placed by the Reptilian Elite as a covert method of communication.
Antisemitic Implications
Though Antisemitism is not directly indicated in the conspiracy theory itself, it’s origins are deeply rooted in Nazi propaganda. Thus, conspiracy theories like these, though outrageous and even humorous in their abject absurdity, can pose threat when taken into the wrong hands.
One such form of propaganda is evident in a 1903 writing called The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It proported to record meetings between a secret society of elite Jews who outlined their efforts to control media, the banks, and a global takeover. Though the document was proven to be plagiarised from a 19th century satirical novel, it continued to be used as a prominent form of propaganda in Nazi Germany.
Despite the proof that this racist and ridiculous piece of literature was clearly plagiarism, millions of people still believe the document is a true account and use it to unfairly blame the evils of the world on the Jewish people.
So, what does this have to do with Lizard People? Many conspiracy theorists have used Protocols in an attempt to build confidence in their theories. Icke himself references Protocols several times throughout his books, quoting the doctrine heavily in an attempt to prove that they correctly predicted world events.
In an effort to distance himself from charges of anti-Semitism, Icke instead refers to them as the “Illuminati Protocols”, claiming that they were originally focused on leadership associated with the Knights Templar before they were altered by Nazi extremists.
Dangerous Consequences
Christmas Morning, 2020. Nashville, TN. After a grueling year coping with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, residents of the Second Avenue Building in downtown Nashville are awoken abruptly to the sounds of rapid gunfire at 4:30am. An hour later, another horrendous round of gunfire sounds, followed by a recorded message eminating from a suspicious RV parked on Second Ave.
The recording, blaring from the RV on the below street, claims that the vehicle will explode and tells residents they should evacuate the area. It then begins a 15-minute countdown. Between warnings of an impending explosion and an ever decreasing countdown, the RV plays the cheerful 1964 tune “Downtown” by Petula Clark, a chilling contrast to the threatening countdown.
At 6:30 a.m., the bomb explodes.
The bomber, later identified by the FBI as 63-year old Anthony Quinn Warner, died by suicide in the process of the intentionally destructive act. Although eight were injured, Warner was the only person killed during the attack. Based on interviews with those who knew him and writings of Anthony’s found during their investigation, the FBI believes that the act was “driven in part by a totality of life stressors — including paranoia, long-held individualized beliefs adopted from several eccentric conspiracy theories, and the loss of stabilizing anchors and deteriorating interpersonal relationships”.
On New Years Day, a man who knew Warner received a package. It had no return address and was post-marked for two days prior to the Christmas Day blast. It contained two thumb drives and nine typed pages. Certain that this package was from Anthony Warner, the man turned the package over to the FBI. The contents referenced several conspiracies, including one such conspiracy that aliens had launched attacks on earth. Furthermore, Warner’s writings mention lizard people, claiming that they had altered human DNA and control the Earth.
