'I love the Lord,' she said in a phone call. Patrice, who declined to provide her last name, is a Christian. One thing most flat Earthers have in common: They found the movement through the internet, though some had already come to the conclusion on their own. The moment they discovered the Earth was flat Mic spoke with four flat Earthers from across the country, representing a range of ages and religious backgrounds: Henderson, a 34-year-old bartender Patrice, 57, a business owner from Florida Walt Johnson, a 49-year-old disabled former disk jockey from Louisiana and Ben Long, in his 20s. They refer to themselves as flat Earthers.įlat Earthers have a wide range of convictions. Some come to the movement from a religious place, others from a scientific one. But most believe in one simple principle: that NASA and everyone involved in space exploration are liars and that there is a massive conspiracy to hide the fact that the Earth is flat. Henderson is one of a growing movement of Americans who believe that the Earth is flat.

Henderson wasn't surprised: The pilot's response was evidence of something he'd been researching for years. 'The higher you get, the flatter it looks,' the pilot replied.

When Malachi Henderson went skydiving a few weeks ago, he noticed that the Earth looked flat, even from the plane.

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