Why People Are TERRIFIED Of The Eclipse!

Apr 8, 2024 · 20:57

📜 History Made in This Video

First time in 25 years Taiwan had a major earthquake
Taiwan experienced its strongest earthquake in 25 years, killing at least 12 and injuring over 1,000.
First major earthquake in New York in 140 years
New York was hit by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in 140 years, with the last close one occurring in 1848.
First national state of emergency for a bone-based drug in Africa
Sierra Leone declared a national state of emergency over a drug called Kush made from human bones, leading to cemetery guard deployments and a 4,000% surge in drug-related hospital admissions.
First time in 140 years New York had a significant earthquake
New York experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in 140 years, prompting widespread damage and public concern.

AI Summary

Why People Are TERRIFIED Of The Eclipse! – Summary

The YouTube video titled "Why People Are TERRIFIED Of The Eclipse!" explores the surge of wild conspiracy theories and public hysteria surrounding the upcoming total solar eclipse, while also highlighting real-world events that have captured global attention.


🔍 Main Themes & Key Claims

1. Massive Public Hysteria Over the Eclipse

  • Despite the eclipse being a natural astronomical event, people are experiencing extreme fear and excitement.
  • Over 90% of AirbnBs in the path of totality are fully booked — a 1,000% increase in searches compared to last year.
  • Governments are taking emergency measures:
    • Indiana and Niagara Region declare states of emergency.
    • Travis County, Texas issues a disaster declaration, expecting a population doubling.
    • 60+ schools in Illinois close for the day due to expected crowds.
  • The National Guard is activated in several states — not for safety during the eclipse, but to manage crowds.

📌 The video argues this level of preparation is exaggerated but real — driven by public obsession, not actual danger.


2. Top 5 Conspiracy Theories About the Eclipse

Theory Explanation Reality Check
Theory 1: Mass Human Sacrifice + Earthquake Trigger A line formed by the eclipse intersects the New Madrid fault line. Believers claim a man-made device will trigger an earthquake blamed on the eclipse. ❌ No scientific link between eclipses and earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused by tectonic activity, not celestial events.
Theory 2: Poisonous Balloons Released Government will deploy toxic gas-filled balloons during the eclipse. ❌ No evidence. Nighttime is already a common time for such events; no precedent for this during eclipses.
Theory 3: 3–5 Days of Complete Darkness Based on a TikTok video with 371,000 likes, this claims the Bible’s prophecy of 3 days of darkness before Jesus returns will occur. ❌ Misinterpretation of biblical prophecy. The eclipse is a solar event, not a supernatural trigger.
Theory 4: USA Will Be Destroyed if People Don’t Repent The eclipse path crosses Nineveh, where Jonah was sent to warn of destruction. Believers think this is a sign of divine judgment. ⚠️ Symbolic interpretation only. No actual link between the eclipse and divine punishment.
Theory 5: Government Is Preparing for a Catastrophe National Guard/FEMA deployment is unprecedented. ✅ Real, but for crowd management — similar actions occurred during the 2017 eclipse.

📌 All theories lack scientific evidence. They stem from coincidence, misinterpretation, and cultural symbolism.


🌍 Real-World Events That Add to the Hysteria

1. Major Earthquakes in 2024

  • Taiwan: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake (strongest in 25 years), killing at least 12 and injuring over 1,000.
    • Videos show collapsed buildings, landslides, and children rescued from rooftops.
  • New York: A 4.8-magnitude quake — the strongest in 140 years.
    • Last major quake in the region was in 1848.
  • These events are not linked to the eclipse, but they fuel public anxiety.

2. The "Kush" Drug Epidemic in Sierra Leone

  • A psychoactive drug called Kush (made from human bones) has spread widely.
  • Why bones? Believed to contain sulfur, enhancing the drug’s effect.
  • Price: As low as $0.25 per spliff.
  • Impact:
    • Over 4,000% increase in hospital admissions linked to Kush in 3 years.
    • Hundreds of deaths from organ failure.
    • Police guard cemeteries to prevent digging up remains.
  • A disturbing claim: "You die from Kush, and the next buyer smokes you." — a dark, satirical take on drug culture.

📌 This real-world crisis is more terrifying than any eclipse conspiracy.


3. The "Enhanced Games" – A New Olympics with Performance-Enhancing Drugs

  • A controversial event called the "Enhanced Games" is being promoted.
  • Features:
    • Athletes allowed to use steroids and performance-enhancing drugs.
    • Founder claims to have broken Usain Bolt’s 100m record multiple times (on steroids).
    • Events include combat sports.
  • Criticism:
    • US Anti-Doping Agency calls it a "dangerous clown show."
    • Athletes could face serious health risks.
  • Counter-argument: Open access to drugs may reduce black-market purchases.
  • Reality: The event is not affiliated with the official Olympics and faces strong opposition.

📌 While not directly tied to the eclipse, this highlights how people are increasingly embracing extreme, dangerous ideas — especially around drugs and performance.


🎯 Conclusion

  • The video debunks the idea that the solar eclipse will trigger apocalyptic events, mass sacrifices, or global chaos.
  • The fear is not based on facts, but on conspiracies, symbolism, and social media amplification.
  • Real-world crises — like the Kush drug epidemic and major earthquakes — are more alarming than any eclipse myth.
  • The video ends with a powerful point:

    "Imagine genuinely believing something like this — you’d live in constant terror. And yet, I couldn’t have been more wrong in my video."

Bottom Line: The eclipse is a beautiful, natural phenomenon. The fear around it is exaggerated — fueled by myths, misinformation, and human psychology. What’s real and terrifying is the world’s growing crisis with drugs, disasters, and unchecked experimentation — not the sky turning dark.

Full Transcript

this week we saw a national state of emergency being declared for a drug made from human bones we had not one but two historical earthquakes the man attempting to run the entire length of Africa is just miles away from making history people think that the solar eclipse is about to trigger 3 days of complete darkness and I just went to Germany for the first time and it was an absolute disaster all of that and more celes get cracking now [Music] Pap now I want to start this video out with a question for you guys from Dylan in the past has the world ended or has there been any apocalyptic events since uh I've posted this video has Jesus returned yet serious question because from the moment in time that I'm recording this uh it's about 24 hours away from the total solar eclipse and according to a whole basket of wild conspiracy theories the eclipse is about to trigger 3 to 5 days of complete darkness the end of the world a mass human sacrifice event martial law to usher in a new world order and even and I'm not kidding Jesus's return now before I show you some of just these wildly shocking claims um you got to understand how people in America are losing their minds over this and while yes I would love to see one myself I'm starting to think that they're overhyping this I mean just look at this map over 90% of all airbnbs that are in the path of totality are fully booked and searches for places to stay are up 1,000% as compared to the same weekend last year oh uh five prisoners sue their own prison and one after arguing that not being leted out to see the eclipse violated their constitutional rights to practice their fi and then they cited various religious links to the Eclipse Indiana has now followed the Niagara region in declaring a state of emergency in preparation for the absolute hordes of people just flocking to their state Oklahoma county is asked the National Guard for support Travis County in Texas issued a disaster declaration saying that they expect to have their population double in size and because all of the expected chaos a whole bunch of schools across the country have closed down for the day including 60 in just Illinois so yeah uh pretty hyped but whenever there's an event with huge attention there's always uh huge amounts of wild conspiracies and this one is like the World Cup final for them that turn the fraking frogs gay and as I go through them just remember they're not jokes these are all things that some people genuinely believe is going to happen on Monday so the day that you're watching this Theory number one the solar eclipse will begin a mass human sacrifice event a post on Reddit as well as multiple videos online are saying that the line from the solar eclipse in 2017 and the line from this upcoming one well it's right now for you creates an X very close to the New Madrid fault line the theory goes on to say that they whoever they are will use a man-made device to trigger that fault line causing a massive earthquake which will then be blamed on the eclipse to make it look completely natural problem with that one is that according to all research that we know um there is no link between eclipses Eclipse ey eclipses we and earthquake no correlation so I don't know how they're going to blame it on that theory number two operation balloon this is the claim that the government using the eclipse blackout as cover will deploy balloons filled with poisonous gas that will do all sorts of damage I mean I don't know why you'd have to wait for an eclipse because um you know the nighttime is a thing every single night Theory number three the eclipse will usher in 3 to 5 days of complete darkness and to show you people don't think this is any joke this video somehow got through 371,000 likes on Tik Tok and claims that the Bible's prophecy of 3 days of darkness before Jesus returns could happen on Monday 3 days from that just Chuck Jesus returns for like Wednesday just to be safe number four the USA will be destroyed if they don't repent from their evil ways now the truth to this theory is that the path of the eclipse goes through two towns called Nineveh and in the Bible Jonah was sent by God to tell the town of Nineveh to change their ways and repent or they will be destroyed destroyed and then how this links together with Monday is that an eclipse apparently took place around the time Jonah arrived to Nineveh so I guess that was a sign or a symbol and then lastly Theory number five the government is preparing for something people believe this because they say the National Guard FEMA and hmat teams were never activated for a solar eclipse before 2024 I mean the fact that local governments are issuing these measures is true we just spoke about it but as I also just spoke about it's only for the influx of people and crazy [ __ ] that could happen because of the hordes and not only that but similar [ __ ] happened in 2017 the National Guard in Oregon were deployed so not unprecedented and I think the thing we don't think about when it comes to these sorts of things is you know regardless whether they're true or false imagine genuinely believing something like this like you genuinely must live your life in complete Terror if I believed any of these things then I would I would be terrified now it kind of goes without saying that there is no actual evidence to back up any of these theories only coincidences which people then insert meaning into but hey I could be wrong and if anything has happened since making this video uh I'm going to look real silly been about 3 days since the eclipse triggered total darkness people people around the world are losing their mind flashlight sails have gone through the roof Birds they don't know when the [ __ ] to wake up it's chaos and I mean all in all I guess I I'll admit it I couldn't have been more wrong in my video moving on I guess something that didn't really help the end of the world claims is that this week we had two earthquakes of course we had one pretty major one in Taiwan in fact it wasn't just pretty major it was their strongest in 25 years and it so far killed at least 12 people and injured over 1,000 and the visuals I don't know if you've seen but they are insane videos show children being rescued from collapsed residential buildings water from a rooftop pool spilling over the side of a highrise let's just hope it wasn't from this guy in his pool I mean I'm not going to lie uh apart from the chance of death how fun does that look cars and buses were being thrown side to side as they drove buildings can be seen partially collapsed leaning on their side there were massive landslides and Turtle Island which gets his name from his shape partially collapsed got to rename the name got to rename got a got a rem got a [ __ ] off and then if that wasn't crazy enough just a couple days later this happened New York is having a earthquake I swear to God New York is having a earthquake right now I swear to God New York is having a earthquake right now yes New York was hit with a 4.8 magnitude earthquake while you think a that's that's pretty tame it was actually the strongest that they've had in 140 years the last one even close to this week's was in 1848 I mean honestly [ __ ] is so crazy right now if poisonous balloons were released in the darkness of the eclipse it still wouldn't be the craziest thing to happen in 2024 moving on oh God this is kind of just a perfect segue from the last sentence I just said because yesterday a national state of emergency was declared after a psychoactive drug made from human bones has swept through and devastated a country in Africa I mean just for perspective of this situation police officers are now being forced to guard cemeteries to stop young men from digging up skeletons to get High I mean if any of you joined in on the bingo card I will pay you a whole lot of money if anyone has proof that they had zombie drugs before in 2024 yesterday in a nationwide broadcast the president of Sierra Leon addressed the country's rampant and worsening drug problems and in particular a drug named Kush not the scariest name for a very scary drug and one of the many substances which make up Kush include human bones this is because they apparently contain traces of sulfur which they believe enhances the Drug's effect and because Kush is so cheap around 25 cents for a spliffy in the last few years it is exploded into an epidemic even forcing Community groups to gather together to try and protect cemeteries they call themselves The Friends of the Dead one doctor told the BBC that in recent months hundreds of young men have died from organ failure caused by Kush and the Sierra Leon Psychiatric Hospital the only institution of its kind in the country says that in the last 3 years admissions linked to Kush surged by almost 4,000% I mean if that doesn't sound like the beginning of a zombie movie I don't know what does oh my God and then as this comment put it you die from Kush and then the next buyer actually smokes you and the circle of life goes on and on oh that is wild to even think about I I don't think that's the kind of recycling uh people were encouraging us to do but let's move on talking about drugs though how has it taken me this long to find out that there is going to be Olympics next year where drugs like steroids are going to be allowed to be taken by the athletes it's fittingly called the enhanced games and while it's got nothing to do with the Olympics organization that you know of in fact I don't think the Olympics likes this at all they promis to have all of the same events including freaking Combat Sports which I mean I if taking drugs wasn't dangerous enough or while the athletes can pump juice in dope however they see fit the founder Aaron duza says that they want to break every world record there is and claim that these games will fundamentally change the trajectory of not just sport but Humanity as a whole now I don't know if they're telling the truth about this but they actually released a video saying that they uh have a guy and his identity is hidden and he has broken Usain Bolt's 100 meter record multiple times but no one's going to recognize it because he's on steroids that would be pretty insane but despite almost 70% of people saying that they would watch the enhanced games over on my Instagram not everyone is on board with the idea the head of the US anti-doping agency called it a dangerous clown show two-time Olympic champion Kieran Perkins said it's borderline criminal and that someone will die if it's allowed to go ahead and I mean honestly I get that I mean performance-enhancing drugs are just flat out yeah not great for you so making an event where not only are you encouraged by competition to take more and more but the event themselves say go on this is what you're here for people will abuse it no doubt but to counter this point the founder of the enhance game said that he believes Sports can actually be safer without drug testing because the athletes will be able to openly seek performance-enhancing drugs rather than buy them from Shady elicit sources I mean I'm not really sure if that's exactly the reason why it's dangerous I think it's more so is just taking ridiculous amounts that may be the real problem I mean it's pretty much the same argument that some parents make about you know allowing their kids to drink they say well if I Supply my kid with alcohol at least then they're not going to go and buy some cheap shitty like Russian Voda that will destroy you in just two shots but analogies aside they say that medical advice and monitoring will be on hand at all times to pick up any danger signs in the athlete systems but I mean the whole drug side of this thing is not even the most interesting part about this because they also claim that most athletes who compete in the Olympics are Flatout broke and they don't get paid a base salary to compete on their website they highlighted the fact that tennis players who lose the first round in Wimbledon take home double the amount of prize money that a gold medal winning us Olympian would receive and to be fair that's kind of true out of 500 Elite athletes surveyed 60% said that they were not financially stable which is wild because in almost any other industry if you are the best at what you do in the world you're making millions and that is exactly what the enhanced games plans to change cuz they say that any athlete who decides to compete in their competition will receive a base salary and compete for prize winnings which will be larger than any other comparable event in history I mean honestly I don't know whether this is just a whole bunch of hype and like marketing for this or they could actually pull it off but if they do the question is is this a dangerous idea that will undermine all other natural sports or a genius idea that will disrupt A system that needs changing moving on now when it comes to systems needing to change I can't think of one more in need than the squatting laws in America right now because they are getting out of hand just two doors down from LeBron james' house in Beverly Hills squatters illegally took over a $4.3 million home throwing numerous out ofc control parties with a $75 entry fee and they even listed the home on booking.com in what world is that possible and what's crazy crazy is that despite the homeowners and the property agents telling police no rental agreement exists they were able to live in there for months while expensive legal action had to be taken to finally evict these people just this week and the problem about all of this is that it only seems to be getting worse this couple for example bought a home in New York so that their son who has Down syndrome could be next to his family members but after they paid the mortgage and tried to enter their new home with a insurance inspector they discovered that a man was living in their home and refused to leave and despite him having no lease paying no rent at all he called the cops on them oh this is it's like it's just like dangerous gaslighting and while he's been living there he's even been listing the home online for $50 a night and since the police because of the laws which I'll get into can't just remove the guy they still have to go to court but in that time they're still paying all of his bills including thousands of dollars in utilities and what's crazier is you can't just shut everything off because that's illegal you would be committing a crime if you turned off all of the Power and Water and all of that on squatters in your own house it gets crazier because this has been happening all over the country this woman was arrested by police after she changed the locks on her own home to keep a group of alleged squatters out a married couple and queens arrived at their investment home only to find that the locks on their doors had been changed when police arrived and asked the two men inside to provide a lease they said they couldn't but now they've hired an attorney and uh they're trying to sue the homeowners for wrongful eviction one squat in Georgia city was even being run as an illegal Strip Club and had to be cleared out by an entire FBI SWAT team there were internet forums popping up online offering howto guides to get into a home and establishing a right to be there there was a Venezuelan migrant with over 500,000 followers who is now being arrested that got banned on Tik Tok for sharing tips and tricks on how to invade vacant homes saying that he plans to make this a business and that his African friends have already taken seven homes and the reason for all of this absurdity is that in some states not all but like New York for example if someone lawfully lives in a property for 30 consecutive days or longer it is unlawful for any person to evict or attempt to evict them including the owner of the home and the problem is is that even if people have been living there unlawfully many Just Produce fake documents to police and say yeah no I have the right to live here which forces it to be taken to court which could last months and of course is extremely expensive this has now resulted in some owners even offering to pay squatters to get out of their homes rather than risk losing months of rent or having to take it to court and I get that these laws have good intentions that you know trying to help tenants have more security against homeowners which just see properties and homes as you know a way of making money rather than people's lives you know on the line but like all laws [ __ ] people will take advantage of it if they can which ruins it for everyone else and it's just it's so frustrating knowing that someone would knowingly just sit in your home and think yeah I haven't done [ __ ] I don't pay rent yet I am going to make your life Misery by just okay you know what moving on oh remember that guy that we were talking about last week which was trying to run the full length of Africa yeah well today he's actually bloody done it Russ Cook has just officially become the first man on the the planet to run the full length of Africa and just hours ago he finished a 10,000m journey which works out at 385 marathons in 352 days doing more than one Marathon a day for almost a year is incomprehensible just think about how many Joe Rogan podcasts bro would have gone through in that time he's run through 16 countries and only got robbed and kidnapped in two looking at you Angola and Congo and when passing through Nigeria he had to go to hospital in get scans for the battering his back was taking and you want to know what bro said the scans showed no bone damage so figured the only option left was to stop mincing around like a little weasel get the strongest painkillers available and Zombie Stomp road again this guy I was wild is that before this he said he was just a regular guy struggling with his mental health gambling and drinking but he wanted to make a change and for most people making a change means you know quit drinking quit smoking maybe get a gym membership but for us apparently that means r running a continent and not only has this achievement put him in the history books but he has also at the time of recording raised almost 700,000 for charity as we speak he's having a massive party in a hotel in Tunisia and he invited anyone who could make it so on behalf of everyone watching Sir We godamn Salute You moving on after the final story of the day this week I went to Germany but it was an absolute [ __ ] disaster I mean me and Elliott were supposed to go there for just one day one night but just 1.5 mil away from the airport Elliott hit a freaking massive pothole on the motorway in the third lane and that [ __ ] burst like that there was no slow leak it was gone now I don't know about you guys but neither of us have ever been in a situation like this before so I don't know what the hell to do so we pull over on the hard shoulder we get out look at the tire and yeah it's [ __ ] Elliot then contacts Tesla on his little [ __ ] screen like hey come help me and they say some [ __ ] like oh we can be with you in 24 to 48 hours I mean keep in mind at this point we've got a flight in about 2 hours so we decide to call AA and they say oh yeah we could be with you in an hour which doesn't help at all so we make the Reckless decision against all advice to drive the rest of the way on a flat tire and what I tell you it wasn't good I mean I don't know we footage of this but you could smell the rubber as we were driving and like if you roll down the window all you could hear is long story short we had to leave the car in a very expensive Airport parking lot and say [ __ ] it it's tomorrow's problem so we go to Germany and it was cool a lot of blonde hair and blue-eyed people which made me feel right at home and because we were in the birthplace of the hamburger Hamburg uh we had to get one which was it was average we then get back the next day at around 8:00 p.m. and after about 4 hours of trying to get someone to change this tire we did it successfully and now we could start our three a half hour journey home oh and the parking lot just have a random guess for one day how much that cost £76 and the tire cost £270 and Elliot can't even keep that because apparently Tesla says it's not aerodynamic enough for the car so at this point we've been awake for almost 24 hours but we got locked in and we pushed through and we made it home at around 3:00 a.m. and the rest is history so General thoughts of Germany um I spent more time in the freaking parking lot so I'll have to go it again to give you a real opinion and with that I bid thee farewell love you see you next Monday goodbye it's in the process of turning off all the lights and [ __ ] but you thought I forgot wait wait wait wait with all of that love you [Music] goodbye

Video Description

🗞️ This week on NewsDaddy We saw the total solar eclipse happen BUT according to a whole basket of WILD conspiracy theories, the eclipse is about to trigger 3- 5 days of complete darkness, the end of the world, a mass human sacrifice, martial law to usher in a “new world order and even (and im not kidding… Jesus’ return! We had two historic earthquakes this week! There was one pretty major one in Taiwan which was actually their strongest earthquake in 25 years had so far has killed at least 12 people and injured over 1,000. And then New York was hit with a 4.8 magnitude earthquake which was actually the strongest one to hit the area in 140 years!! A national state of emergency was declared after a psychoactive drug named kush made from human bones swept through and devastated a country in Africa. I just found out that there is going to be an Olympics next year where athlete are all allowed to use performance enhancing drugs!! Oh remember the guy trying to run the length of Africa we spoke about last week? Well he has actually bloody done it!! Russ cook has just officially become the first man on the planet to run the entire length of Africa!! 00:00 - Eclips-troduction 00:43 - Eclip-spiracy 06:05 - Eclip-quakes 07:36 - Eclip-Kush 09:28 - Ecl- NO. - Enhanced Games 12:59 - SQUAT ARE YOU DOING? 16:47 - Russ Cook DID IT! - @hardestgeezer 18:21 - Tesla ruins Germanys reputation.