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Conspiracy theories
There are many conspiracy theories centered around, or at least involving, extraterrestrials of reptilian lineage. Many of these posit that the so-called Greys (fictional creatures from another planet in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, since adopted as the archetypal extraterrestrial) are in fact reptiles, and should be categorized as “Reptoids”.
David Icke claims, based on his exploration of genealogical connections to European royalty, that many presidents of the United States have been reptilian humanoids. In his view, United States foreign policy after September 11 is the product of a reptilian conspiracy to enslave humanity, with George W. Bush as its key player. (See also Bush family conspiracy theory.) Some conspiracy theorists claim to have worked out a “dichotomy of axes” involved in hypothetical interplanetary and intergalactic conflict, and place the reptilians in an evil “Draconian” “axis”, while humans are one of the species that belongs in an opposing “Evadamic” “axis”. Several other entities and parties have been placed into this conspiracy theory, with some players who switch allegiances between Draconian and Evadamic.
The Nazi-friendly, subterranean flying saucer-riding super race depicted in Vril: The Power of the Coming Race is sometimes associated with accounts of reptilian humanoids.
None of these “theories” have ever been validated by any scientifically credible research.
Reptilian humanoids in fiction
The Conan the Barbarian and King Kull stories by Robert E. Howard pitted their heroes on occasion against a race of serpent people; this race’s background was greatly expanded upon during the development of the Cthulhu Mythos, with a history stretching into the dinosaur era.
Ancient reptilian races known as the Silurians and Sea Devils appear in the Doctor Who series.
Presumably in reference to Credo Mutwa’s Chitauli and many of the conspiracies mention above, Marvel Comics’ The Ultimates written by Mark Millar and with art by Bryan Hitch features updated versions of the villainous Skrull race called Chitauri. They have shape-changing abilities and have orchestrated various conspiricaies to exterminate the human race, the most successful of these plots was the rise of the Nazi party in Germany.
In the television series V, the aliens are reptilian creatures who disguise themselves in a complete covering that resembles human skin.
Reptilian humanoids in games
In the fictional Dungeons & Dragons fantasy universe, there are several species of reptilian, amphibian and fish-like humanoids. These include lizard-men (or lizard-folk), the weak, dog-like kobolds, the serpentine yuan-ti, the aquatic sahuagin, locathah and kuo-toa, and various types of half-dragons such as the draconian.
Lizardmen are a prominent race in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle wargame.
In the popular video game X-COM, Reptoids, or “Snakemen”, are the foot soldiers for an alliance of genetically altered extra-terrestrial beings bent on the subjugation and control of Earth.