‘I am not a lizard’: Mark Zuckerberg denies rumours about alien origins

Well, everyone’s fears can be put to rest: Mark Zuckerberg is not a lizard person.

Or can they?

The Facebook CEO did exactly what you would expect a lizard person would do when asked if he was part of a shape-shifting reptilian alien race who is seeking to take over the world.

During a Facebook Live Q&A at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, as part of an event for Oculus Rift, one commentator questioned the tech giant’s founder about his true origins: “Mark, are the allegations true that you’re secretly a lizard?”

To which Zuckerberg replied, “Um … I’m gonna, I’m gonna have to go with ‘no’ on that. I am not a lizard.”

Before adding sarcastically: “But keep the high quality comments coming in please, this is surely on track to be a great Live Q&A if we continue getting stuff at that level of quality.”

According to Public Policy Polling, 12.5 million Americans, yes 12.5 million, believe that shape-shifting lizard people control politics.

British conspiracy theorist David Icke has been credited for popularizing the theory, which revolves around the idea that these reptilians – similar to The Visitors from the short-lived TV show “V” in the 1980s –  came from Alpha Draconis star system, have infiltrated many of world’s highest-ranking positions and are part of a conspiracy against humanity.

Yahoo Canada Finance reached out to Icke for his thoughts on Zuckerberg’s actual parentage, but has yet to receive a response.

Zuckerberg says he was born in White Plains, N.Y., and raised in nearby Dobbs Ferry, along with his three sisters, by his father Edward Zuckerberg, a dentist, and mother Karen Kempner, a psychiatrist.