THE term ‘serpent DNA’ has been in the spotlight after Matthew Coleman was accused of killing his two kids.
Coleman, 40, told investigators he feared they might have been passed it by their mother, according to court documents.
What is Serpent DNA?
Coleman said that he believed his children were going to grow into monsters so he had to kill them, according to the court document.
He is reportedly a follower of QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories.
He said receiving visions and signs revealing that his wife possessed serpent DNA and had passed it on to his children, according to the affidavit.
Serpent DNA is a likely to be a reference to the "lizard people" conspiracy theory associated with QAnon.
It falsely purports that reptilian aliens secretly run the world and have taken over important positions in government, banking and Hollywood.
The conspiracy theory contends that powerful people worldwide are actually human-lizard hybrids.
The man who set off an explosion at an AT&T building in Nashville on Christmas Day in 2020, federal officials said at the time adhered to the conspiracy theory, NBC reports.
Anthony Quinn Warner had made statements about the theory, according to investigators, and they were told he went on camping trips to hunt possible aliens.
The bomber was "heavily into conspiracy theories" and also believed 5G was the "root of all deaths in the region".
Alarm has been raised by law enforcement that QAnon could inspire real-life violence after circulating on the internet for years.
What is a serpent?
The serpent - or snake - is one of the oldest and most common mythological symbols and has become associated with evil.
The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake.
In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, the serpent who tempts them to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden is popularly equated with the Devil.
In the Genesis account Satan - the Devil - tempted Eve with the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.