In one particularly tasty exchange on the conspiracy theory subreddit, two hair stylists clashed over Mangione's eyebrows.
One user wrote, “I was a hair stylist 20 years ago, no one's eyebrows grow that fast in three days.” “It was on the state board exams. The hair on your head grows a quarter inch per month. The hair on your eyebrows grows slowly.
Another user responded, “I'm also a hair stylist and work with models.” “Differing lighting and different facial expressions cause different shadows in photos. This guy is trying to start a revolution. “Don’t plot for what is for the people.”
However, this is just one of the conspiracy theories circulating about Mangione. Another popular theory concerns the number 286 and its multiple links with the alleged shooter.
In his profile on X, Mangione shows off the Pokémon Breloom, which is the 286th Pokémon. Mangione had also posted exactly 286 times on X when he was arrested. 286 is also code Health insurance companies use When “When the appeal deadline for a health care claim is not met.”
Other users on TikTok pointed to a possible link to the Bible, which states Proverbs 28:6: “A poor man who walks in his integrity is better than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.”
Finally, some people online claimed that the distance between the location of the shooting and the McDonald's where Mangione was seen is 286 miles. However, According to Google MapsThe distance is actually 279 miles.
Whatever the distance between it and Manhattan, this McDonald's location has itself given rise to some conspiracy theories, as seen in the work of a Reddit poster who set out to document multiple links between the board game Monopoly and the shooting. Took time for.
First, he reported that there was play money in a backpack found by police in Central Park. He also noted that Altoona is home to the Pennsylvania Railroad, one of four railroads for sale in the standard US version of the game. Finally, the poster highlights the fact that McDonald's ran a promotional campaign with the game for decades, although it was stopped for a short time at the beginning of the century. massive fraud scam This included a key insider and Gennaro “Jerry” Colombo, who claimed to be a member of the Colombo crime family, in addition to dozens of others.