![]() ![]() “If he’s not ‘Q’ himself, he can find out who ‘Q’ is at any time,” Brennan told ABC News in September. The elder Watkins has been living in the Philippines since 2001, according to records obtained by ABC News.įredrick Brennan, who hatched the idea for 8chan while high on psychedelic mushrooms, said James Arthur Watkins, his former business partner, could easily reveal the true identity of “Q” if he wanted to. Two Americans are accused of being the brains behind QAnon - 8chan owner James Arthur Watkins and his son Ronald Watkins, the administrator of 8kun. “Q” periodically posts vague and cryptic updates known as “Q drops” or “breadcrumbs” about Trump’s alleged mission to take down the pedophile ring. The QAnon community - many of them Trump supporters who believe the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax - recently pushed a bogus theory that when the president fell ill with the bug, he was pretending to be sick as a plot to arrest Hillary Clinton, according to the Guardian. QAnon began on the heels of the viral “pizzagate” conspiracy theory that falsely claimed Hillary and Bill Clinton ran a pedophile ring out of a Washington, DC, pizza shop. ![]() Followers believe Trump was delivering a coded message. “You guys know what this represents? Maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” he said. “The Storm” is a reference to a comment Trump made in 2017 while posing alongside military generals. “Q” claims to have insider knowledge of the Trump administration and touts the theory that the president is waging a secret war against a global cabal of pedophile elites that includes an array of Hollywood actors and Democratic politicians who allegedly worship Satan.ĭisciples of QAnon believe that a day of reckoning called “The Storm” is coming - when Trump uncovers the cabal, leading to the arrest of thousands - and a so-called “Great Awakening” will bring salvation. In October 2017, an anonymous user named “Q Clearance Patriot” began posting conspiracy theories on seedy message board 4chan - with the messages now appearing on 8kun, a rebranded version of the shuttered 8chan message board. Here’s a look at how QAnon began and its ascent into the mainstream. QAnon started as just a baseless conspiracy theory spouted in online posts by a shadowy figure named “Q” but has since exploded into a cultish fringe-right movement that’s been linked to crimes - including at least one murder - and is now deemed a potential domestic terror threat by the FBI. Much like COVID-19, QAnon has dominated the headlines in 2020, most recently after President Trump was asked to denounce the once-fringe conspiracy movement at a town hall event in Miami. 'QAnon Shaman's' halfway house neighbors stunned to learn of his past 'QAnon Shaman' out of halfway house and peddling bizarre merch - including socks and mugshots in disguise dies in dirtbike accident - followers claim it's just a hoax QAnon leader who claimed Trump was JFK Jr. 'Sound of Freedom' is real, not QAnon fantasy says anti-trafficking hero who inspired hit ![]()
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