Conspiracy theories – Bohemian Grove

I’m a modest fan of conspiracy theories, but one was just called to my attention that I’ve never heard of before surprisingly, Bohemian Grove is located in the Redwoods north of San Fransisco and is an annual vacation retreat for many of the country’s elite. Notable guests have been Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, the Bushes, Reagan, high level bureaucrats, and various CEOs of large corporations.

The event is held each year for two weeks where powerful men gather to do whatever it is powerful men do. At the beginning of the vacation they hold a strange occultic like ceremony where people in robes sacrifice an effigy at the altar of a large stone owl. Dubbed the Cremation of Care, the service is reported to represent the idea that all members are to forget the problems of the outside world while at the Grove.

What’s interesting about this place is that the media is barred from entering even though people do make public policy speeches at the events. Those speeches are supposed to be kept under wraps by it’s members. It is rumored that the Manhattan Project was planned there. Ralph Nader has stated his concerns about the lack of public exposure to musings of heads of state.

Of course this place is ripe for conspiracy theories. The most notable is the idea that at the Cremation of Care ceremony the effigy being burned is an actual human being. There are others of course which include wild homosexual orgies, which probably stem from the fact that women cannot be members nor even work there. Richard Nixon once said of the event “The Bohemian Grove, that I attend from time to time — the (inaudible) and the others come there — but it is the most faggy goddamn thing that you would ever imagine. The San Francisco crowd, it’s just terrible. I can’t even shake hands with anybody from San Francisco.”

Now I don’t really care how people vacation, but damn a whole two weeks without women? What’s a holiday without cleavage?

Listed below is a video from conspiracy theorist guru Alex Jones, who acts like he believes in what he’s saying. It’s a long one, but it shows the Cremation of the Care ceremony as well various other parts of the encampment. Bonus is it’s got dirty hippies being…well…dirty hippies. It’s a long video and I’m sure only Mattbear will be interested.

~ by wiwille on December 21, 2006.