{"id":21568,"date":"2019-03-08T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=21568"},"modified":"2019-03-07T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:03:18","slug":"denver-airport-now-has-a-snarky-talking-gargoyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2019\/03\/08\/denver-airport-now-has-a-snarky-talking-gargoyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Airport has a super-snarky talking gargoyle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chatty Gargoyle at Denver International Airport\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKVOtx7Blfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flydenver.com\/great_hall\/denfiles\">conspiracy theories<\/a> have swirled around Denver Airport:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>SINCE THE AIRPORT\u2019S OPENING IN 1995, THERE HAVE BEEN ENDLESS RUMORS AND THEORIES. PEOPLE SAY OUR UNDERGROUND TUNNELS LEAD TO SECRET MEETING FACILITIES FOR THE WORLD\u2019S ELITE. OUR BLUE HORSE IS THOUGHT TO BE CURSED. SOME BELIEVE WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE FREEMASONS. SOME PEOPLE EVEN SAY THAT WE ARE HOME TO A COLONY OF LIZARD PEOPLE.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>So, the airport decided to embrace the weirdness and got themselves a talking gargoyle!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/denver-airport-conspiracy-theory-gargoyle-troll\"><em>Thrillist<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-text__paragraph-text font--body has-spacing\">&#8220;I think they used to be annoyed by it, but in recent years we&#8217;ve just embraced it,&#8221; airport media-relations chief Heath Montgomery previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/travel\/nation\/denver-airport-conspiracy-theories\">told Thrillist<\/a>. The airport has embraced its\u00a0unique place, even using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/denver-airport-conspiracy-theories-construction-signs\">conspiracy theory ads<\/a>\u00a0inside the airport in summer 2018. That embrace has continued with a very elaborate prank involving a gargoyle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text__paragraph-text font--body has-spacing\">A video uploaded on February 28 shows an animatronic gargoyle speaking to travelers as they move through the airport. It talks about the conspiracies and the funny hats people are wearing, surprising many passersby, including some of the airport&#8217;s staff.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/2w4QhPHkxLlVhsvtxW\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B000CQBY5C\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00XIGQC32\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B014Q6R1WS\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><!-- A 2x5 Grid Template Layout. It can be configured by the two input fields below --><br \/>\n <!--Section tag for iterating through the list of items--><\/p>\n<div class=\"aalb-pg-ad-unit\" id=\"aalb-B000CQBY5C-B00XIGQC32-B014Q6R1WS-US-13503-20-ProductGrid\">\n<h2 class=\"aalb-pg-ad-header\">Products from Amazon.com<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- Title of the ad localized according to the marketplace picked from the AalbHeader tag --><\/p>\n<div class=\"aalb-pg-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"aalb-pg-product-container\">\n<ul class=\"aalb-pg-product-list\">\n                  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>via <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/denver-airport-conspiracy-theory-gargoyle-troll\">Thrillist<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, conspiracy theories have swirled around Denver Airport: SINCE THE AIRPORT\u2019S OPENING IN 1995, THERE HAVE BEEN ENDLESS RUMORS AND THEORIES. PEOPLE SAY OUR UNDERGROUND TUNNELS LEAD TO SECRET MEETING FACILITIES FOR THE WORLD\u2019S ELITE. 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