Here lies a question that scuttles through millions of minds each day, young and old. The concept of lizard people, also known as reptilians, dates back to the conception of conspiracy. Perhaps the elusive humanoids could trace their roots back to ancient religion or maybe just the original synthesis of the powerful hallucinogen DMT in 1931, according to its chemist progenitor R.H.F. Manske in his academic paper, "The synthesis of the methyltryptamines and some derivatives." There's one fun fact you didn't expect to hear today. Now put on your tin foil hats and board up your windows because the results I found might surprise you.

The short answer to this question is no. The long answer? That's more of a hesitant, "Um...no?"

I am a big fan of conspiracy theories from an entertainment standpoint. As a big fan, I tend to look at a variety of sources for evidence or lack thereof whenever an interesting headline piques my interest. Most of the evidence seeking to prove the existence of reptilians can be found on conspiracy forums or books by David Icke, a renowned specialists in the history of reptilians. According to Icke, Reptilians range from five to eight feet ltall, masquerade around in human skin, and threaten our welfare. Unfortunately for reptilian enthusiasts everywhere, anecdotes presented by Icke and fellow believers are circumstantial at best and fabricated at worst.

Some of you may be asking yourselves why anyone would believe in lizard people? For many, the power of suggestion outweighs logic in its pure form. Many individuals need a scapegoat to explain the giant footprints on their windows and their mutilated cattle. Regardless of their reasoning, I think we can all agree that the possibility of reptilians thriving in our human communities is an amusing prospect. Due to my rampant curiosity in the proliferation of this conspiracy theory throughout the public sphere, I interviewed a handful of locals. A particularly eloquently spoken interviewee stated that he did not believe in lizard people whatsoever before stating that it was, “f*cking crazy,” having apparently forgotten that he had previously invited me to sign his petition lobbying for the creation of a department of the federal government specializing in the discovery and detainment of reptilian Americans. The public appears to be divided and it’s no wonder considering how poll results released in 2013 affirmed that 4 percentof Americans support the theory, making up nearly 13 million people.

Look around you. At least one of individual in a crowd believes in this. Maybe you yourself do. I guess we'll see who is right whenever the reptilians inevitably rise up against us.

But they totally don't.