2024 has barely begun, and already, there have been two viral news stories featuring tall aliens, the creatures supposedly captured via heavily pixelated videos.
The fact that two similar stories went viral in the first half of January highlights the increased public interest in aliens and paranormal phenomena, likely ignited by Congress taking the time to hear UFO testimony.
The two viral extraterrestrial stories are strangely similar — both feature heavily pixelated videos that believers claim to depict tall, humanoid aliens. Both stories feature the alleged aliens simply walking around — no abductions, close encounters, or strange sightings in the sky.
On New Year’s Day, a fight broke out between teenagers outside of a Miami mall. Reportedly, the teens were igniting fireworks that were mistaken for gunfire, sparking mass panic and prompting a large police response.
Less than a week later, another blurry video claiming to show a tall alien was uploaded to Instagram, and spread through social media before being covered by multiple news outlets.
The footage was filmed on the Brazilian island of Ilha do Mel and features blurry figures walking on a hill. Eyewitness Sara Dalete, who filmed the footage, claimed that the area was inaccessible and that the figures appeared to be moving very quickly.
Online, the spread of both “alien” videos was accompanied by discussion of the “Nephilim,” a race of giants mentioned in the Bible.
The nature of the Nephilim is disputed by scholars, but they are sometimes interpreted as offspring of men and fallen angels, imbuing the sightings with a Lord-of-the-Rings-esque backstory, and suggesting that alien lore can exist comfortably within a religious framework.
The existence of otherworldly entities appears counter-intuitive to a traditional religious worldview, but thanks to social media, a new era of superstition has dawned; aliens happily coexist with ghosts, fairies and God, in a melting pot of belief that is referred to as “conspirituality.”
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