‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Founder Tells Howard Stern How His Movement Is ‘Holding Up a Mirror to the Lunacy’ of Conspiracy Theorists

This guy s on ░░░░░░░░ phone Peter the birds ░░░░░░░░ t real guys have ░░░░░░░░ heard about this birds ░░░░░░░░ t real he started ░░░░░░░░ movement called birds aren ░░░░░░░░ real the movement you ░░░░░░░░ love this Robin is ░░░░░░░░ on the conspiracy theory ░░░░░░░░ the United States government ░░░░░░░░ and replaced 12 billion ░░░░░░░░ with robot spy drones ░░░░░░░░ my God there were ░░░░░░░░ many weird __ conspiracy ░░░░░░░░ he thought it d ░░░░░░░░ funny to go in ░░░░░░░░ with a big sign ░░░░░░░░ says birds aren t ░░░░░░░░ because what were the ░░░░░░░░ of signs you were ░░░░░░░░ oh I mean the ░░░░░░░░ were nuts there s ░░░░░░░░ people out post election ░░░░░░░░ in the streets the ░░░░░░░░ time everyone s feeling ░░░░░░░░ madness pretty hardcore it ░░░░░░░░ just a lot of ░░░░░░░░ kind of hateful rhetoric ░░░░░░░░ spread it s so ░░░░░░░░ to go to a ░░░░░░░░ theory rally and then ░░░░░░░░ you hold up a ░░░░░░░░ that says birds aren ░░░░░░░░ real it reduces the ░░░░░░░░ thing to chaos it ░░░░░░░░ like it s just ░░░░░░░░ absurd it was sort ░░░░░░░░ this idea of like ░░░░░░░░ up a mirror to ░░░░░░░░ lunacy sort of just ░░░░░░░░ the situation not aggressively ░░░░░░░░ comedy for a while ░░░░░░░░ people quoting it and ░░░░░░░░ birds aren t real ░░░░░░░░ real like were enough ░░░░░░░░ going along with it ░░░░░░░░ yeah I mean that ░░░░░░░░ kind of the goal ░░░░░░░░ the project you know ░░░░░░░░ ve been doing birds ░░░░░░░░ rails for four years ░░░░░░░░ and starting off the ░░░░░░░░ was to kind of ░░░░░░░░ this fictional character that ░░░░░░░░ in the real world ░░░░░░░░ I wanted kind of ░░░░░░░░ to process the character ░░░░░░░░ a real person so ░░░░░░░░ spent four years in ░░░░░░░░ you know local media ░░░░░░░░ on birds aren t ░░░░░░░░ having existed since 1976 ░░░░░░░░ that s the thing ░░░░░░░░ like about this movement ░░░░░░░░ s so easy to ░░░░░░░░ fake information out there ░░░░░░░░ the internet and even ░░░░░░░░ media sucks nobody back ░░░░░░░░ nobody does anything I ░░░░░░░░ it was pretty funny ░░░░░░░░ saw a tape of ░░░░░░░░ on a news show ░░░░░░░░ what d you do ░░░░░░░░ drank clam juice right ░░░░░░░░ they interviewed you and ░░░░░░░░ you just threw up ░░░░░░░░ they started interviewing oh ░░░░░░░░ God yeah so I ░░░░░░░░ to make myself throw ░░░░░░░░ on live TV because ░░░░░░░░ theory my character is ░░░░░░░░ nervous guy from Arkansas ░░░░░░░░ know in his mind ░░░░░░░░ day he had a ░░░░░░░░ responsibility he was carrying ░░░░░░░░ world on his back ░░░░░░░░ carry the truth of ░░░░░░░░ movement to the people ░░░░░░░░ my character flogged it ░░░░░░░░ super nervous on TV ░░░░░░░░ vomited oh my God ░░░░░░░░ m so nervous I ░░░░░░░░ so sorry well we ░░░░░░░░ you re okay uh ░░░░░░░░ order to do that ░░░░░░░░ had to wake up ░░░░░░░░ drive to Walmart by ░░░░░░░░ cans of clam chowder ░░░░░░░░ and just stuffed them ░░░░░░░░ but right before we ░░░░░░░░ live I uh had ░░░░░░░░ eaten as much clam ░░░░░░░░ as I could humanly ░░░░░░░░ in my stomach by ░░░░░░░░ time we went on ░░░░░░░░ I just overflowed the ░░░░░░░░ s pretty big now ░░░░░░░░ mean Peter s making ░░░░░░░░ living because he can ░░░░░░░░ uh birds aren t ░░░░░░░░ merch well I don ░░░░░░░░ know how this is ░░░░░░░░ it s the most ░░░░░░░░ movement on the face ░░░░░░░░ the earth some may ░░░░░░░░ I m hoping that ░░░░░░░░ people will see the ░░░░░░░░ aren t real movement ░░░░░░░░ say wait a second ░░░░░░░░ we should look into ░░░░░░░░ of the stupid __ ░░░░░░░░ we believe yeah you ░░░░░░░░ hoping but you don ░░░░░░░░ see it happening you ░░░░░░░░ t show me people ░░░░░░░░ no no no giving ░░░░░░░░ on their theories that ░░░░░░░░ my point I I ░░░░░░░░ t show them to ░░░░░░░░ but I ve met ░░░░░░░░ uh they won t ░░░░░░░░ on the air it ░░░░░░░░ work Peter s movement ░░░░░░░░ working I I m ░░░░░░░░ of it