Is there an image showing a demonic portal hovering over the White House?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not really. It’s just another very silly conspiracy theory publicized last year.  

 

On April 28, 2022 there is an article by Kyle Mantyla at RIGHT WING WATCH titled Roger Stone claims there is a ‘Satanic Portal’ over the White House. It was humorously discussed that day by Evan Hurst, the managing editor of Wonkette, in another article titled Oh no Roger Stone found the satanic portal above the White House. Evan referenced a possible inspiration – the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But at Metabunk.org Mick West had a third article that day titled Explained: Roger Stone’s ”Portal” over the White House – Lens Flare and Spotlights. Lens flare is an imaging artifact. It happens inside your camera rather than out in the real world.  

 

The portal has been discussed more recently by Stone, and then reported on by magazine and newspaper journalists. For example, an article by Jason Lemon at Newsweek on May 14, 2022 is titled Trump allies warn of ‘Demonic Territory,’ ‘Satanic Portal’ over Biden WH. And at The Guardian on June 14, 2022 Peter Stone has an article titled Roger Stone and Michael Flynn under fire for rallies ‘distorting Christianity’ with this:

 

“Stone revved up the crowd with at times bizarre conspiratorial claims. ‘There is a satanic portal above the White House, you can see day and night. It exists. It is real. And it must be closed. It will be closed by prayer,’ he said.

 

The ‘portal’ Stone told a rapt crowd, first appeared after Joe Biden ‘became president and it will be closed before he leaves’. Stone, a longtime Trump confidant, was convicted on three counts including obstruction during the Russia meddling investigations, but he was pardoned in late 2020 by Trump, who had earlier commuted his sentence.”

 

It also was discussed at Salon on December 13, 2022 in an article by Meaghan Ellis titled Roger Stone claims he personally saw a literal “demonic portal” over Biden White House. Others have made claims about portals without having seen them. Another article by Sudliksha Koshi at USA Today on July 26, 2022 is titled Fact check: Scientists at CERN are not opening a ‘portal to hell.’ And if you believe what you see in films, like Portal to the Abyss, then you might even find a demonic portal in your bathroom.

 

My image of a portal was created in PowerPoint by adding recolored image of a galaxy (via Photoshop Elements) to an image of the White House (both from Wikimedia Commons).