The Bohemian Grove was founded in 1878 by the Bohemian Club, which was formed in 1872.

It is 2,700 acres of private land in Montreo, California, where every summer in July,

hundreds of the most powerful and influential men attend what is known as the cremation of care ceremony.

An early version of it was photographed in 1915 and published by National Geographic.

In 1989, a writer for spy magazine infiltrated Bohemian Grove and mentioned the cremation of care

ceremony, but did not mention the effigy.

The article mostly focused on powerful drunk men dressing in drag and engaged in homoerotic behavior.

In 2000, when Alex Jones captured the ceremony on video, you can see an effigy, a model of a person to be destroyed,

being burned alive in a ritual sacrifice.

This summer sets us free.

Around the time that Alex Jones was there filming it,

musician Kid Rock was there as a guest.

Did you?

He went to the grove?

Yeah.

It was the first evening, and you gather around whatever, the owl, by this lake,

if I remember correctly, which could be a little hazy.

It was a long time ago. And, like, I've heard about this place i'm like this is some real secret ass shit man

i can't believe i'm fucking here right and it's just a trove of celebrities i met like uh paul

polosi and his son oh boy and like chris matth Like, you know, when I was hanging out with them,

we were having cool conversations. Kind of weird. And then they asked me, like, I had to come

play my guitar. Oh, no. And, like, sing at one of these camp things. And I was like, I feel so

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