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This series does not exist to agree or disagree with any conspiracy theory. The information below is for entertainment purposes only and the topic will have some relation to the cache container or location. Be stealthy, BYOP, and get a donut when you're done.

For many years, the Denver International Airport (DIA) has been the subject of much speculation and conspiracy theory. Many believe that the airport sits on top of a vast underground structure that includes tunnels. From the constructions oddities to the apocalyptic murals and sculptures, this is one "interesting" place that bears further investigation.

The Denver International Airport was built in 1995 on 34,000 acres. Its construction forced the Stapleton International airport to shut down (even though it had more gates and runways than the DIA). The initial cost of construction was $1.7 billion but the final project elevated the bill to $4.8 billion: $3.1 BILLION over budget. Numerous irregularities have been reported regarding the construction of the site:
- Different contractors have been hired for different parts of the airport. They’ve all been fired after their job was done. This lead observers to believe that it was a strategy to make sure nobody had the full scope of the project.
- 110 million cubic yards of earth have been moved, way more than usually required. This arose suspicion of construction taking place underground.
- 5300 miles of fiber optics were installed for communications (USA coast to coast is 3000 miles in comparison).
- It has a fueling system that can pump 1000 gallons of jet fuel per minute. This amount is totally absurd for a commercial airport.
- Construction of a huge tunnel system (trucks can circulate in them) and underground trains. Most of those aren’t used at the moment.

DIA has the capacity to handle a huge amount of people and vehicles, leading observers to think that the structure might be used as military base and others speculate that it will be used as a civilian concentration camp in the near future.

Here are examples of the art on display at the DIA.

1- Horse of the Apocalypse

This art is what welcomes you when you enter the gates of the airport. A 32 foot high fibreglass stallion with veins popping out of its whole body and demonic eyes that glow red. Interesting fact: the horse killed his creator, Luis Jimenez, while he was working on it. A portion of the sculpture came loose and smashed him, causing fatal injuries. His friends now say that the horse is cursed.

Some specutlate that it represents the Pale horse of the Apocalypse. It is the fourth horse in the book of Revelation in the Bible and is appropriately called “Death”.

2- Masonic Capstone

The stone is situated in the “Great Hall” of the airport (term that is also used by masons to refer to their meeting hall). There’s Freemason symbols on the stone and on the “keypad” which seems to be written in braille.

The capstone mentions “New World Airport Commission”. This particular commission does not exist, so conspiracy theorists believe that it most likely refers to the New World Order. There is also a time capsule buried under the stone to be opened in 2094. The angled arm is very enigmatic seems to have a purpose other than being decorative.

3- Prophetic Murals

Divided into four walls, the murals painted by Leo Tanguma are supposed to represent peace, harmony and nature, some believe that they are instead a sort of prophecy. There are specific social and political references and other occult details that basically turn those paintings into a New World Order manifesto. Tanguma reportedly confirmed that he was given guidelines for the paintings and was paid $100,000 for the first ones. He later denied he was given instructions and refuted any questions regarding hidden meanings in his paintings.

  • A) “Peace and Harmony with Nature

So the airport’s official website says that the name of the mural is called “Peace and Harmony with Nature”. At the center of the piece, we see saddened children with extinct animal and plant species and in the background, a forest on fire and further back, a city on fire.

An interesting fact about that city is that it has been retouched and painted over many times during the years, as if it represents something important for the creators. It seems surrounded by an ill colored haze, many say as if it was attacked by a bio-chemical weapon.

One of the children holds a Mayan tablet depicting the end of civilization.

At the bottom, of this peaceful painting, we see three open-caskets containing dead girls from different cultures. Is this a reassuring image prior to getting on an airplane?

  • B) Children of the World Dream of Peace

The 2nd mural is a two part piece. We will examine it from left to right.

Many conspiracy theorists believe that in this mural, the children of all colors, dressed in folkloric costumes are giving weapons wrapped in their country’s national flag to a German boy. They speculate that this represents countries of the world giving up their military might and their national identity for “the common good” and is ultimately another reference to a New World order, with one government and one army. Now follow the movement the of the rainbow that starts underneath that statue, going around the children and leading you to part II of the mural (which has recently painted over)

  • Part 2

Many believe that this big and aggressive militaristic figure is dressed in a Nazi uniform (notice the symbol on the hat) with a face shaped like a gas mask. His hands are holding a rifle and a scimitar that is rather violently molesting the peace bearing dove. On the left is depicted an endless lineup of crying parents holding their limp, dead baby. This is a truly atrocious painting, with no redeeming message or moral. The fact that this was displayed at the main gate of the largest airport of America, during the age of political correctness (the nineties) is totally aberrant. The militaristic figure is glorified and all-powerful, situated at the center of the action. It has regained its powers that it seemed to have lost after WWII.

Look closely at the people on the left and the dead children sleeping on bricks. There are no traces of violence on them. They’re simply devoid of life, as if they were poisoned by the deadly gas emanating from the rainbow above them.


Whether you agree or disagree with the conspiracy theories, this is one strange airport.

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