Whack-a-Doo

I've been rewriting a short story that concerns a crazy homeless dude. There are references to the "DIA Conspiracy" in it. Some people used to think I made up all these stories about DIA, using my awesome creativity but, alas, people more creative (and crazier) than me made it all up and, even better,believe their stories are truth.

What am I babbling about? These 'conspiracy theorists' believe things like: Our Denver International Airport has a concentration camp beneath it. Wait! It gets a lot better. There are underground bunkers and Queen Elizabeth is one of the investors. The runways are in the pattern of a swastika. I love the theory that DIA is going to be the headquarters of the Illuminati/Masons/New World Order or a FEMA concentration camp, or it is connected to underground cities populated by beings from outer space. Don't even get me started on the satanic and phallic symbols in the murals and other places. There are so many interpretations about everything at the airport, including the size, shape, building materials, uses for the trains, location, etc., that I can't name them all.

It's worth going to the website with the photos because there's a great photo of my favorite horse statue (known around here as 'Blucifer') that you see every time you arrive at the airport.

I'll include some of the many links to this odd phenomena. I think the whole subject is crying out for someone to do their psychology thesis paper the airport and its mythology-if that's the correct, polite term for Whack-a-doo.

http://usahitman.com/dia-conspiracy/

http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/the_denver_international_airport_conspiracy/

http://www.westword.com/2007-08-30/news/dia-conspiracies-take-off/full/

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2011/09/16/the-colbert-report-snooping-around-dia-looking-at-wacky-conspiracy-claims/39623/

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4194