
July 2000: Alex Jones filmed 'Cremation of Care.' Members: Nixon, Reagan, Bushes, Clinton, Kissinger. Nixon: 'most faggy thing.'
“Presidents at ritual before giant owl. Nixon called it 'faggy.'”
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
“Traditional theatrical performance.”
— Bohemian Club · Aug 2000
SourceFrom “crazy” to confirmed
The Claim Is Made
This is the moment they called it crazy.
For two decades, a video recording of world leaders participating in a ritualistic ceremony at an exclusive California retreat was dismissed as fringe conspiracy theory. In July 2000, independent filmmaker Alex Jones brought a hidden camera to Bohemian Grove, a private club in Monte Rio, California, and documented something that establishment media outlets and government spokespeople had insisted didn't exist: high-ranking politicians and business leaders participating in what appeared to be a pagan ritual.
The ceremony Jones filmed, known as the "Cremation of Care," takes place annually at the 2,700-acre compound. According to the footage, attendees included former presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, both Bush presidents, former president Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and numerous other prominent figures. The ritual centered around a massive owl statue—reported to be approximately 40 feet tall—constructed from wood and other materials on the grove's grounds.
When Jones's footage initially surfaced, official responses were swift and dismissive. Bohemian Grove representatives claimed the ceremony was merely a theatrical tradition and artistic expression, nothing more than an elaborate theatrical performance among friends. Media outlets largely ignored or ridiculed the documentation. Government spokespeople declined to comment substantively on the activities. The prevailing narrative in mainstream circles became that Jones had filmed a harmless social gathering and that any interpretation suggesting occult or sinister intent was the product of conspiratorial thinking.
The verification of this claim rested not on debunking the footage itself—which was never convincingly disputed—but on the official acknowledgment that the ceremony actually occurred. Once the footage became undeniable, the burden shifted. eventually acknowledged the ceremony's existence and its regular occurrence. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and other mainstream outlets published articles confirming that world leaders and influential figures had indeed participated in this ritual at the private retreat over many decades.
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What made verification possible was the sheer documentation and the inability of officials to continue denying something that had been captured on film. Subsequent investigative reporting confirmed that yes, the owl statue existed. Yes, world leaders did attend. Yes, a ritual was performed. The details that emerged included recorded comments from attendees—including Nixon's own recorded skepticism about the ceremony, describing it in crude terms to fellow participants.
The significance of this verification extends beyond the ritual itself. It demonstrates how claims dismissed as conspiracy theory can eventually be vindicated through documentation and official acknowledgment. It raises questions about what other documented activities at exclusive private gatherings remain unknown to the public. And it challenges the presumption that mainstream media institutions thoroughly investigate the activities of powerful people, particularly when those activities occur behind closed doors in private settings.
This case illustrates a crucial dynamic: the distance between "conspiracy theory" and documented fact can be narrower than the dismissals suggest. When institutions with resources to investigate choose instead to ridicule inquiries, legitimate questions about transparency and accountability go unanswered for years. The Bohemian Grove footage serves as a reminder that skepticism toward official denials, paired with careful documentation, remains an essential form of accountability.
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This had a 0.1% chance of leaking — someone talked anyway.
Conspirators
~500Large op
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0.5 years
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500+ years