Solar eclipse will mark start of ‘massive human sacrifice event’, wild conspiracy theory claims

The internet is buzzing ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse, with conspiracy theories about the rare celestial event spreading like wildfire. Some are much more outlandish than others, however, with one particularly wild theory speculating that the phenomenon will lead to “a massive human sacrifice event.” Taking to the r/conspiracy subreddit, a Reddit page for sharing conspiracy theories about a multitude of topics and discussing them with others, Redditor u/wefellinloveinnyc expressed their fears surrounding the solar eclipse on Monday. They cited maps showing the eclipse’s path of totality and that of previous American eclipses as well as the locations of…