The Inspiration for 'Stranger Things' Came from an Unsolved Government Conspiracy

The 'Montauk Boys'

According to Nichols, the people that were involved in the Montauk Project were exclusively young men. He referred to them as the “Montauk Boys” and claimed that they lived terrible lives while being tested. Nichols detailed that the Montauk Boys were starved, dosed with research chemicals, and put through jarring fluctuations in temperature to test their physical limits. 

Nichol's Biggest Supporter

All of the allegations that Preston Nichols made in his book were backed by a man that claimed that he was one of the Montauk Boys, Stewart Swerdlow. This man claims that he was brought onto the project for 13 years, and as a result, he claims that he can see energy fields, read DNA sequences, detect mind patterns, and even telepathically travel to other planets…

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.