Tinfoil Hat Time - What's Up With The Mysterious Fog Appearing Around The Country? Are People Fucking Crazy Or Is There Something Going On?

Dante1/02/2025 11:40 PM

Let's talk about the latest apocalyptic panic sweeping the internet: “The Fog.”

The first time these videos started showing up on my timeline on twitter, I rolled my eyes so far into the back of my head that Kelly Keegs would have been impressed.

But the thing is they haven't stopped. And they're getting weirder and weirder.

Most of them involve people talking about the thick, particle-filled mist that some claim is delivering flu-like symptoms that is appearing all over the place in the United States and Canada.

People have been posting videos of an ominous fog rolling through their towns. Some claim it smells “chemical” or “electrical,” and a subset of these amateur meteorologists say they feel sick afterward- coughs, fevers, and fatigue galore.

Naturally, conspiracy theories are blowing up faster than your group chat when someone gets engaged.

The term “Fogvid-24” is trending, which is both hilarious and terrifying. People are out here saying the government (or aliens, because why not?) is spraying us with a new virus.

The idea is that this mist isn’t natural, that it’s an experiment or an attack. And you know what? After the last few years, who could blame people for being a little suspicious of airborne anything?

Still though, let’s pump the brakes.

So far, these fog reports are mostly coming from the U.S. and the U.K., and last I checked, both places are known for damp weather. Florida, for instance, isn’t exactly the Sahara.

Add some holiday-season COVID spikes, and suddenly your average flu feels like a full-blown government plot.

Let’s start with the skeptics' favorite argument: It’s just weather, bro.

Fog, for those who skipped fifth-grade science, is made of tiny water droplets or ice particles suspended in the air. Shine a flashlight into it, and voilà, you see particles. This isn’t the work of shadowy government fog machines- it’s basic optics.

But skeptics can’t explain everything. What about the chemical smell? Or the actual documented history of governments using fog to test bioweapons? More on that later.

Now, here’s where it gets wild. People are digging up old patents for fog machines and pointing fingers at “chemical fog” experiments from a century ago. There’s even a 1916 patent for artificial fog production floating around, though the inventors probably weren’t envisioning TikTok conspiracies when they filed it.

And then there’s the big one: U.S. military experiments in the mid-20th century. From 1949 to 1969, the military did use artificial fog to spread bacteria over places like San Francisco, simulating germ warfare attacks.

According to Leonard Cole’s book Clouds of Secrecy, residents inhaled thousands of particles per minute.

So, yeah, the precedent is there- but does that mean it’s happening now? Probably not. Could it happen again? Let’s just say I wouldn’t bet the house against it.

The real story here isn’t the fog itself; it’s the mistrust fueling these theories. People don’t believe their governments, and why should they? Between the military experiments of yesteryear and the ever-growing pile of shady decisions, skepticism is the default setting.

But skepticism cuts both ways.

If you’re calling it a bioweapon without evidence, you’re as bad as the guy yelling “It's just weather!” without looking into it. If not worse.

I’m not saying the fog is some nefarious plot. I’m also not saying it’s not. The truth is, it’s probably just fog-and maybe a side of the flu- but between the drone situation, and with history as sketchy as it is, can you really blame people for asking questions?

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Dante1/02/2025 11:40 PM