Erich von Däniken Dies

 

I'm sorry to report that Erich von Däniken has died. Erich was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1935 and ran a hotel before he developed an interest in UFO's and ancient mysteries. After travelling around the world examining ancient monuments he came up with a hypothesis that combined the two. Early in our history and prehistory our ancestors had experienced open contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These aliens taught us all kinds of technology and helped us construct the world's first civilizations. The evidence for this can be found in their ancient stone structures, as well as their artwork and mythology. He wrote the book Chariots of the Gods in 1968 which I found in my school library when I was about eleven or twelve; and it fascinated me. Erich went on to write numerous more books and founded a theme park. He took part in numerous film and television documentaries and appeared at alternative conferences globally. His work inspired many other researchers and, in more recent times, the TV series Ancient Aliens. I met Erich once in 2022 at the Chariots of the Gods Awakening Expo in Blackpool, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-streetcar-named-starr-gate.html. I find a lot of Erich's theories very dubious. Many of the anomalies he noticed can be explained by the presence of a prehistoric human civilization; and so I'm more on Graham Hancock's side. However, nobody can deny that Erich widened the Overton window considerably when it comes to all kinds of new and esoteric ideas both within alternative archaeology and associated fields of study; such as UFOlogy, the Disclosure movement and historical conspiracy. Like Hancock, Erich was subjected to the most bitter and enraged opposition from academia. Erich von Däniken passed away aged ninety on Saturday at Interlaken in his native Switzerland. Source: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/erich-von-daeniken-ist-gestorben-440874260050. His relatives and friends have my deepest condolences.