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In June, Rep. Eric Burlison, a Missouri Republican serving on the House Oversight Committee, appeared on BlazeTV’s Prime Time with Alex Stein, where he discussed his belief that giants once existed. Burlison told Stein he was scheduled to be at “NephCon 2025,” a conference focused on fringe topics including the biblical Nephilim —figures in Genesis that some interpret as the giant offspring of angels and human women.

He credited Timothy Alberino’s podcast with sending him “far down the rabbit hole,” eventually reaching claims that the Smithsonian Institution is hiding evidence, the bones of past giants that lived on the Earth. Burlison suggested that, as a member of the Oversight Committee, he could investigate the Smithsonian.

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[–] ShittDickk@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

They're gonna make the Ark Museum grifters the new curators arent they.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Have they read a description of an angel ever? They're like flaming wheels made of eyes and shit, I'm pretty sure we would have insane stories of part human part wagon wheel motherfuckers wandering about.

[–] aow@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just a heads up about the biblically accurate angels meme, the word for eyes also translates to lights. It's more fun to pretend that it's eyes but they were just describing their DBZ auras.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

It could also be used for either or technically both but even ignoring that they're usually all wings or all wheels.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

You know what. I hope this is true.

Like imagine in the middle of all this bullshit the Smithsonian is just like "ok yeah you got us, giants are real and we have their bones" that would be so fucking wild.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 15 hours ago
[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

I assume heffalumps and woozles are next on the list?

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

What a fucking moron

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

If you think you have seen crazy, some American comes ant tops it.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I wish Republicans would work only on giants and UFOs, and not on fascism.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

The sad part is they know the giants and UFOs are fake but talk about this stuff to avoid talking about gutting medicare, tax cuts for the rich, and how they're currently covering up the epstein files.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The Giant of Kandahar is modern US military folklore.

Part of how we explain away why Americans with cutting edge technology couldn't successfully grind down the Afghan resistance over 23 years.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

So are WMDs...

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