I kid you not. You don't have to make up this stuff; someone(s) already believes it.
Thanks for the link.
Now that I see "Comet" (D.C., not Brooklyn), I remember that nonsense.
The very worst aspect of the Internet is that it's given every crackpot, lunatic, and agent provocateur, not to mention every just plain nasty person, a free platform with unlimited reach, and has thereby made the world a FAR worse place!
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire