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<\/a><\/p>\nThere\u2019s no other airport in the world with as many conspiracy theories attached to it as the Denver International Airport (DIA). Claims of the 35,000 acre structure\u2014the second largest airport in existence\u2014being home to a clandestine military installation have dogged DIA since its bloated\u00a0$4.8 billion<\/a>\u00a0construction came to a finish in 1995. Airport executives are aware of the conspiracies and, in an attempt to dispel the myths, just built an interactive gargoyle to converse with wayward travelers.<\/p>\n The conspiracy theories related to the Denver Airport stem largely from the outlandish\u2014and sometimes disturbing\u2014murals, decor, and art exhibits festooning both its interior and exterior. There is, for example, the 32-foot tall steel armature sculpture of Blue Mustang, nicknamed Blucifer, who rears toward the sky with glowing red eyes. The\u00a0sculpture<\/a>\u00a0gained special notoriety when, during construction, its head fell off and severed an artery of creator\u00a0Luis Jim\u00e9nez, ultimately killing him.<\/p>\n Inside the airport, travelers pass by a \u2018time capsule\u2019 capstone engraved with a Masonic symbol. The dedication was created by the\u00a0New World\u00a0Airport Commission and is meant to be opened in the year 2094. Then there are the infamous murals of Leo Tanguma, which depict enormous, haunting tableaus of the world\u2019s children ensconced in a fiery apocalypse and huddled populations overlooked by an armed skeletal sentry that many have described as looking freakishly Naziesque.<\/p>\n Some conspiracy theorists assert, persistently though largely without credible evidence, that there\u2019s more going on at this airport than the usual flights and cheap peanuts. A 2013\u00a0article<\/a>reported on a whistleblower claiming to have inside information confirming that the airport\u2019s aerotropolis, or \u201cAirport City\u201d, which ferries 50 million travelers annually, also contains an underground military station contracted by the Department of Defense. This base, which ostensibly connects to a vast network of subterranean military installations via miles of tunnels, constitutes a top-secret Continuity of Government (COG) base that would serve as a fallback in case a severe national emergency compromised our central government.<\/p>\n The new interactive exhibit\u2014a giant animatronic gargoyle\u2014is voiced by a full-time actor who engages in humorous conversations with travelers as they pass by. In a video of the strange new feature, the glistening gargoyle, whose head and eyes swivel about like a robotic puppet at Chuck-e-Cheese, pokes fun at the airport\u2019s conspiratorial reputation.<\/p>\n \u201cWelcome to Illuminati Headquarters\u2026 I mean, Denver International Airport<\/em>,\u201d it says to delighted, and sometimes shocked, passersby.<\/p>\n The responses by the gargoyle, who states that he\u2019s 243-years-old, are impromptu but so synchronized with peoples\u2019 specific characteristics that it\u2019s creepy. Check out this video from the airport:<\/p>\n