I think this is referring to that
most people who went to Storm Area 51 were actually just
very horny and looking for an alien to bone...
to clap them cheeks.
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Could have been overrun. It could have destroyed the town.
Yee-haw!
It's a terrible idea, because they do shoot people.
Kaboom!
Doosh!!
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My name's Zeke. I'm a producer for Vice.
I produced the 'Storm Area 51 Alienstock' piece
and the Internet called me a monster
because of the way I make eggs.
So in summer 2019, the 'Storm Area 51' movement
became this viral sensation.
It was a joke, but one the Air Force
is taking seriously.
Nearly a million Facebook users
say they're going to raid Area 51.
The number of people who say they're interested
just keeps growing.
So, we convinced our bosses to let us go to the middle
of the desert to see what it is going to be,
not knowing if it was actually going to be a thing,
if people were going to show up.
I really hope people actually come.
Otherwise, this was all just a big troll on everybody.
So we just went out there and we tried to make
the most sense out of all of this Internet chaos.
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We're planning for 10,000 to 20,0000.
That's quite a swag.
This quote refers to Commissioner Phillips
who helped them get the permits
for Alienstock to happen in this county.
He had some really great one liners that we had to cut.
Well, I didn't even know mat-- Matty --
Matty might have been a doormat, as far as I'm concerned.
You know, I just think the guy made a big old boner mistake.
I don't know if he's brave enough to own up to it or not.
Chicken.
We're not long on gutless people out here.
We come from the old school.
Those values aren't my values.
Somebody could really cause a ruckus.
Most social media get is from my grandchildren.
I pay attention to when they say in the picture.
You're welcome to come to Nevada.
We love you, etc..
Lincoln county, etc., etc., etc.
But if you're coming for this reason, just stay home.
Good man, good man. Some good people out there.
And here's our guy.
Media parking.
$1,000.
God, I just feel like...
I got this, like, queasy feeling in my stomach,
like I got swindled.
The website that we went on to pay the money for,
that was all going to Connie and the Little A'Le'Inn.
We're over here with the media schmucks.
Who all paid $1,000 to be here for this event.
This has just been a massive joke on the entire world.
A beautiful trolling joke.
And we got trolls with them.
That's just great.
Fucking Connie.
That's all I'm going to say.
"What a fucking monster."
We spent the night out here because we'd heard
that there was gonna be a big raid at 3:00 a.m.
But we woke up at 3:00 a.m., and, uh...
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You know...
All right, I love cooking eggs, okay?
Give me a break. Come on.
When we picked up the RV,
there are so many other supplies that other people leave.
All right, so some good news.
We were able to pick up our RV earlier today.
Since we've walked in, everybody's just been
giving us free stuff.
You guys are the best. Okay.
Okay.
Just partial bags. Rillos.
Look at all this stuff we got that we didn't have to buy.
Ah, the RV community --
That's a nice community to be a part of.
You want to be a part of that.
They're ready to go.
And so we ended up getting a bunch of stuff.
So by the time we were out in the middle of the desert
and we were making eggs,
I wasn't gonna be able to go get a wooden spoon
or a plastic spatula.
So we had to use what you got.
This is, you know, essentially RV camping.
Do you want to set the record straight
that you know how to cook an egg?
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So why did you come out here today, man?
I did it for the meme.
Everybody was like, "Oh, you're not really going to go.
It's a meme, right?" And then everybody came here.
It's like, your faith was rewarded.
It was like, "I'm going to do it, dude!"
You guys lift?
If you spent a day in the life with Hunter,
I think you'd be a little exhausted by the end of it.
He was kind of like a Reddit forum brought to life.
You know the D&D alignment system?
You guys watch "Serial Experiments Lain"?
Do you guys know what black pill is?
Hobgoblins hobbling around.
You guys know Ron Paul?
You can buy Che Guevara T-shirts.
You have to read that book by Bronze Age Pervert.
I know you guys know "Fight Club."
And they're gonna be shooting up schools and stuff
and going to see the "Joker" movie.
I have no idea where where he is now.
I never got his Instagram handle,
but I hope he saw the piece. and I hope he enjoyed it.
"We need more of him."
That's going in my LinkedIn profile.
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"He would be the worst fucking reporter on earth lol."
Naruto!
And what is that from?
Where is the... Nurato run from?
"Naruto."
Is it -- It's from, uh...
"Naruto."
I'm not the expert. I'm not the Internet God.
I'm gonna ask people questions.
It also creates great scenes that then Hunter
gets to explain to me what a Naruto is.
It's okay to ask questions.
That those are some facts right there.
That is very true. I can't tell you
how much anxiety we'd had in preparing for this.
We had brought more than enough food.
We had brought more than enough water.
If I hit somebody --
like a car or a person or something --
Like, if you hit a school bus.
I think we got to get that.
I think we had, like, 25 gallons of gas
in the back of our RV.
I'm sort of scared of running out of gas in the desert,
but I'm also pretty scared of having all this gas
in the back of the car.
I feel fucking terrified.
Is it?
In the case you get rear-ended, it could be a bomb.
And I was driving the RV, so I thought, you know,
I tried to hedge my chances that maybe
since I'm in the front that maybe the back would blow up
and I'd be okay.
Shut -- Now you're making me nervous.
We were very scared about
how much of a humanitarian crisis this could have been.
There's two things here. It's not very sexy.
It's like any time somebody says "county,"
my eyes roll over.
I see a lot of comments that this clickbait.
I actually disagree with that, too.
These were the words and the sentiment
that Joerg Arnu had told us at the interview.
We don't even know if we're going to have
500 people show up
or if we're going to have 50,000 people show up.
We feel that they will turn against the local residences
and start raiding homes
and trashing properties here in Rachel.
This was a town where 50 people live.
So if 10,000 people show up to a place where only 50 people live,
it's very possible that that town could have been destroyed.
Thanks for watching. Thanks for engaging.
Keep the comments coming, we'll keep the videos coming.
We'll see you on the next one.
Who cares about my eggs?
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There's one meal I can make -- it's breakfast.
Always bring some extra cheese just in case-o.
There's cheese in there.
It's easy.
There's one meal I can make -- it's breakfast.
How are those eggs?
-Great. -Okay.
Always bring some extra cheese just in case-o.
-There's cheese in there. -I know.
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It's easy.