By Makena Behnke for Conspiracy Week

let’s face it, basically everyone is obsessed with conspiracy theories (Editor Hannah is), they’re all over the media and in various conversations. some conspiracy theories make lots of sense (like iPhones are listening to us), and some are just plain stupid, but they are still fun to think about and come up with on your own. so, i present to you some unlikely theories with no evidence. enjoy.

• you have a doppelgänger that shows up at night, but you are not able to see it. this doppelgänger looks exactly like you except their face is much more weathered and leathery. think the “Other Mother” from Coraline after she goes wack.
• merry-go-rounds are a government ploy to rid our minds of memories of our childhood that could harm the government. the government has lots of secrets they want to hide, and maybe children have some of that precious info. there could be a government tool inside the poles or the fake animals that extract the classified information.
• antarctica isn’t real. maybe the people that went to “antarctica” to study were part of some big scheme to make us think that it’s real. for what reason? i don’t know. perhaps people that passed by “antarctica” only passed by a giant movie set. consider it.
• there is a mirror world outside of our lives. this actually could be possible since we literally have no way of knowing if it is real. there could be an opposite world where you are your best friend with the brown hair and they are you with the blonde hair. i believe it.
• “soulmates” reappear in our various lives. the theory of soulmates is well-known; you meet someone who is so perfect for you that you feel like you were made for each other. this springs off the idea of past lives and reincarnation, so dream with me, folks. what if your past soulmate found you in the form of a butterfly that landed on your nose on the day of your previous anniversary? or maybe now they are your pet dog weaving between your feet. maybe there’s a double universe of sorts where you both exist as humans, but in separate worlds. maybe there’s a universe where you, a gopher, know the route that your soulmate takes on their way to work and you always pop up while your human soulmate walks the route. alternately, you, a human, often come across a cat that sleeps in a cafe window and only walks over to your booth and no one else’s. (i actually believe this theory the most.)

Conspiracy Editor: Hannah Hall