#WackyWednesday: Wackiest conspiracy theories to exist

Everyone enjoys a good conspiracy theory, believing some covert organisation is responsible for things that simply don’t make sense.

With modern day technology and the Internet, people can share their beliefs at a whim with thousands of others. However, this brings some conspiracy theories to air which are so strange, they are actually laughable.

Here are five of the wackiest conspiracy theories to exist:

1. The moon doesn’t exist

This is one of the oddest conspiracy theories, especially since people have been admiring the moon for thousands of years before technology existed. Some people believe that what we believe is the moon, is merely a hologram and is possibly hiding something which would terrify the world.

2. Saddam Hussein had a stargate

Okay, so American President George Bush did not invade Iraq and have Saddam executed because the dictator was a tyrant. According to an internet theory, the only reason Bush invaded Iraq was because he discovered Saddam Hussein had a stargate. This device allowed instant travel between different parts of the universe.

Allegedly, American forces targeted the device, which was hidden in a secret base near Al-Ouja, because Hussein was helping aliens use it to invade earth.

3. Keanu Reeves is immortal

Keanu Reeves appeared in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989 and as some people have noticed, the actor hasn’t aged much since then. In fact, an internet conspiracy theory claims he is immortal.

Some believe he resembles Charlemagne, a portrait of an unknown man in 1530, and Paul Mounet, an actor who died in 1922 but whose body was never found.

His uncanny resemblance to these people have conspiracy theorists believing these men are all the same person, and that Keanu Reeves stages his death before moving to another part of the world to start over.

4. Paul McCartney is dead

Apparently, the legendary singer and former Beatles member,Paul McCartney, is dead. The man we know today is merely his doppelganger. In 1967, fans began to notice that Paul McCartney was making fewer public appearances.

This led to an international fad to look for imagery and clues in the Beatles’ albums and interviews.

These “clues” led to the conclusion that McCartney argued with the other Beatles during a recording session,  and sped off in his Aston Martin, before being killed in a car crash.

Afraid hundreds of depressed fans would commit suicide, the band and recording company allegedly replaced McCartney with William Campbell. Campbell won a Paul McCartney lookalike contest, which is why he was chosen. How odd…

5. CERN built a stargate to awaken the Egyptian god Osiris

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research,  is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Yet it is being accused of trying to do the impossible.

Conspiracy theorists believe CERN built a stargate to awaken Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. Why anyone would believe this is beyond me.