Skeptoid #140: The Bosnian Pyramids

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2009

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.

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0:00.0	I'm often fascinated at how some people, upon hearing some fringe or disproven alternate
0:09.4	theory about something, will immediately jump on board, and, despite all evidence to
0:14.4	the contrary, insist to their dying day that this alternate theory must be the correct
0:20.3	one.
0:21.3	Such was the case when it was noticed how a particular hill in Bosnia looked suspiciously
0:28.0	pyramid-shaped.
0:29.8	The Bosnian pyramids are today on Skeptoid.
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1:26.9	The Bosnian Pyramids.
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