That Americans are being birdwashed into docility and obedience. Know one last thing: It’s not real. Birds Aren’t Real is an elaborate and successful prank. Everyone is in character ...

Birds Aren’t Real is a parody social movement designed to challenge and mock misinformation in a post-truth world. Created by ...

IF IT FLIES, IT SPIES. BIRD WATCHING GOES BOTH WAYS. These slogans promote Birds Aren't Real, a satirical conspiracy group claiming the U.S. government wiped out all birds and replaced them with ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Shock Value. In 2016, Peter McIndoe started a farcical conspiracy theory called Birds Aren't Real—gaining a following of Gen Z adherents. He reflects on what ...

Jeanna Kelley has been covering the Falcons for The Falcoholic since 2011 and the NFL for SB Nation since 2015. You may have heard the youths online claiming “Birds aren’t real.” It’s ...

BIRDS AREN’T REAL: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in US History, by Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos Birds are, in fact, real. Now that we’ve gotten ...

In 2016, Peter McIndoe started a farcical conspiracy theory called Birds Aren't Real—gaining a following of Gen Z adherents. He reflects on what... Birds aren't real? A gen-Z conspiracy theory ...