Bird's Aren't Real is a viral conspiracy theory that has captured the minds of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Americans. Believers insist that the American government systematically replaced the millions of birds in the sky with government surveillance drones to spy on civilians. But are they serious?

In this episode of My Life Online, we spend time with the movement’s leader, Peter McIndoe, to find out what’s really going on…

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