Cain's Not Dead But Maybe Paul Is

"Join Cristina as she discusses the possibility that Cain is actually a well known cryptid possibly in your backyard. just don't go killing your siblings and maybe it would have turned out alright. Chelsea this week brings up the popular conspiracy about Paul McCartney being dead!"

## Cain is Bigfoot

### Presented by: Cristina

Category: Cryptid, Religious Mystery

Cain is figure in Abrahamic religions and is said to be the first born of Adam and Eve. He was farmer as opposed to his younger brother Abel, who was a shepherd. Cain killed Abel in a fit of rage after God favored Abel's sacrifice of meat over Cain's fruit. As punishment, God gave Cain his eponymous mark to people would know not to kill him. The Bible never specifies what this Mark of Cain is.

Members of the Mormon faith believe that Cain still walks the Earth to this day, specifically in the United States, where they believe (in possibly the most outlandish religious belief on record) the Garden of Eden is located, somewhere near Jameson, MO.

There were sightings of Cain in the 1800s. Abraham O. Smoot, in 1835, wrote about an account David Patten had told him about meeting Cain on the rode. Another member of the church recounted being attack by a giant, hairy man.

It had been the belief within the Mormon Church that the Mark of Cain was dark skin. However, when Joseph Freeman became the first African-American Mormon Priest following the Revelation of Priesthood in 1978, this could no longer be the stance of the church. While stories of Sasquatch by the Native Americans and Viking invaders were well documented for centuries, modern Bigfoot craze began in 1958. As sightings increased, the link between the Mormon encounters of the 19th century and Bigfoot was made. Thus began the theory that Bigfoot is Cain.

Takeaway: What are you doing, people reading the Bible.

## Paul is Dead

### Presented by: Chelsea

Category: Conspiracy

The rumor that Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in a car crash began in 1967. Paul had, according to the rumor, gotten into a fight with John Lennon and had lost control of the vehicle and been decapitated. Either at the behest of their producers, who wanted money, or MI-5, fearing mass hysteria and suicide from the news, Billy Shears, either an orphan or a lookalike or both, was hired to take the role. This coincided with the Beatles ceasing live shows ahead of their break up and with Paul taking a break from the spotlight.

The first evidence pointing to this was the belief that you could hear the words, "Turn me on, dead man, turn me on." The legend grew when DJ Russ Gibb spoke about the story on his show and Fred LaBour wrote an article for the student newspaper for the University of Michigan. The article was satirical, poking fun at over enthusiastic musical analysis. Clues included:

* John Lennon being dressed a priest, Ringo Starr in mourning, George Harrison as gravedigger and Paul being shoeless.
* John apparently saying "I buried Paul" "Strawberry Fields Forever". (In reality, he said "Cranberry Paul" (the Beatles did *a lot*of drugs))
* A Beetle with the license plate 28IF LMW on the Abbey Road cover, which references that Paul would be 28 *if* he was still alive at the time.

As the final of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (actually Death), Paul McCartney is still alive. At the time of the rumor, he was understandably disturbed by it, but can joke about it now. In 1993 he released an album entitled *Paul is Live*.

Takeaway: If a rumor starts that you're dead, lean into it.