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4. Von Daniken has always been a con man, and liar.

Reply to PinkTiger (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 18, 2022, 10:45 AM

Jul 2022

His books use edited pictures to "prove" supposed "ancient astronauts."

Before he started in with his books, he was an embezzler who was diagnosed as a serial liar.

As to the Tunguska blast, all the actual evidence shows the blast to have been caused by a stony asteroid exploding in an airburst.

In 2013, a much smaller meteor blew up over Siberia, causing damage that sure looked like a bomb hit.

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What are you drinking? brush Jun 2022 #1

I thought it funny enough when Erich von Daniken came up with the idea Warpy Jun 2022 #2

Well, to Erich's defense, PinkTiger Jul 2022 #3

Von Daniken has always been a con man, and liar. Archae Jul 2022 #4