So, this guy, Jeran Campanella, who’s been super into the whole Flat Earth thing, decided to take a crazy 9,000-mile trip to Antarctica to prove he was right. The plan? To check out the midnight sun and finally show that the Earth’s flat.
But, plot twist: it didn’t go quite the way he expected. By the end of the trip, he kinda had to admit… he was totally wrong. Yep, the Earth is actually round, buddy.
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Some still deny the Earth is round
Honestly, it’s kind of crazy, but some people still think the Earth is flat — like, for real. There’s this whole group of folks out there who swear the Earth’s just this giant disc.
No matter how much proof you throw at them, they’re just not having it.
Jeran decided to take a bold step
Jeran Campanella, who had been all in on the Flat Earth thing, decided it was time to settle it once and for all.
He joined this trip to Antarctica, thinking he could totally prove that the Earth isn’t a globe. He called it “The Final Experiment.” Yeah, big deal.
The 9,000-mile trip cost $36,000
And this trip? It wasn’t cheap. Dude dropped $36,000 to get there. That’s a lot of money, right?
Flying all the way from California to Antarctica just to show the world that the Earth wasn’t round. Pretty bold, man.
He wanted to observe the midnight sun
What was the plan? Jeran wanted to check out the 24-hour sun, something that flat Earth believers say shouldn’t even be possible. He thought this would totally prove his point.
If he could see that sun just hanging in the sky, he was gonna blow the whole globe theory wide open. Spoiler: didn’t quite go as planned.
Antarctica’s stunning landscape was captured
Along the way, there was some pretty epic footage of Antarctica. Like, yeah, it wasn’t the reason they were there, but let’s be real — it was pretty cool to see.
The live-stream showed some wild shots of the icy land, so at least there’s that.
The sun remained visible at midnight
And then came the moment. The sun just… didn’t go down. It stayed up, like, all night. That’s the 24-hour sun, and it’s something that flat Earth theory can’t explain.
Jeran watched this happen and, well, it hit him. Hard.
Campanella admitted his mistake on camera
So, here’s the thing. On camera, he just straight-up said, “Sometimes you are wrong in life.” Yeah, he admitted it.
He went from “There’s no such thing as a 24-hour sun” to “I honestly now believe there is.” Like, wow. That’s a big shift.
He could no longer deny the evidence
It wasn’t just some vague acknowledgment, either. He owned it. He flat out said, “I thought there was no 24-hour sun… but I honestly now believe there is.”
There was no avoiding it at that point. The facts were right there.
Still, he didn’t fully embrace the globe theory
Of course, Jeran didn’t totally go all-in on the whole globe Earth idea. He wasn’t about to say the Earth is “perfectly spherical.”
He did say, though, “But the sun does exactly what these guys said — it circles the southern continent.” So, yeah, he kinda admitted he was wrong, but not all the way.
Other Flat Earthers refused to believe it
Even with all this proof, some of his fellow Flat Earthers were like, “Nah, I’m not buying it.” Austin Witsit, another guy who’s into this whole Flat Earth thing, said the 24-hour sun didn’t prove anything. He thought it was just “a singular data point” and that it didn’t mean the Earth was round.
Guess some people just aren’t ready to face the facts, no matter how much evidence is staring them in the face!
So, yeah, Jeran went all the way to Antarctica, spent a ton of money, and saw something that changed his mind about the Earth’s shape. He admitted he was wrong, but still wasn’t fully sold on the Earth being a perfect sphere.
At least he was honest about it, though. Can’t say that for everyone!
