A Missouri Republican made an eyebrow-raising acknowledgement to a right-wing podcast that he suspects giants were real.
Rep. Eric Burlison made the comments to BlazeTV host Alex Stein in a clip published July 30. The comments were first flagged by Meidas Touch.
Stein brought Burlison on the show to discuss popular conspiracy theories, including UFOs, interdimensional aliens, and other possible government cover-ups.
"Ok, Rep., this sounds so stupid, you know, but really they say that the military has remote viewing and they can look into other dimensions, I mean, can we — let's not even talk about space travel. Is there interdimensional travel in your opinion? Is that a real thing?"
Burlison pointed to quantum entanglement as evidence that there's "something deeper than the existence that we live on." He conceded that whether other beings exist in a "higher dimension" is another question, however.
"I remain skeptical," he said, clarifying he believes angels exist, and that there could be some overlap between the concept of aliens and what's in the Bible.
"While they call them angels, but at the end of the day they're not from Earth," he said.
Shortly thereafter, Stein asked the congressman his thoughts on another fabled being.
"Hey, Rep. They call me crazy but I think there was giants. I believe in the Nephilim. I believe that was real, Rep. And they're going to clip this and call you crazy. Were giants ever real in your opinion? I hope this doesn't get you canceled."
Burlison replied, "No, I'm going to say I do believe that they were real. I do believe. I do."
Burlison said he went deep down the conspiracy rabbit hole — and hinted at using his oversight power to look for giant bones hidden in the Smithsonian.
"We gotta figure out a strategy behind that," he said.
Watch the episode below or at this link.