"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Conspiracy Theories

Many have compared "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" to the JFK assassination and many others among the great conspiracy cases. The facts surrounding the many mysteries the movie draws are nearly as cold as the Fall weather you experience while your children beg you to watch it for the ten-thousandth time. "That alone should be a warning to people" says 30-year old Jack Hammond, a local Missourian who claims to have viewed the movie over 830 times looking for clues to the seemingly endless supply of riddles that remain unanswered. Here are two conspiracy theories that he claims are the most striking.

1. The Angry Squid

Bill Melendez has never commented on the fact that there is a giant, angry squid looming in the sky as the children look to the stars in the famous pumpkin patch scene. Some say the squid represents the war-torn American mindset at the time of the TV special's first appearance in 1966. Some say that Melendez was aware of the future lack of privacy Americans would experience due to the internet, and was using this creature of the sea to try and warn us. Others still say it is simply an illusion, which makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever.

2. The Sun Isn't Actually Setting

Many believed that the director of the holiday special had been sent to another planet through a major, government-funded teleportation device. At first, the people who had accepted this belief were the subject of endless ridicule. After carefully analyzing every single frame of the show's introductory scene, Hammond believes he has proof that this may have actually been the case. "You can clearly see that throughout the scene with Lucy forcing Pig Pen to pick out the largest pumpkin, the sun never moves." Hammond tells us that the amount of time the cartoon characters took should have shown at least some change in sun's azimuth, but it's clearly not there. He claims this may reflect the environment on the planet Melendez may or may not have been teleported to. Have a look for yourself above and make your own conclusions.