Flat Earther Also Supported Neo-Nazis, Police Say. He’s Not the Only One.

The rogue “Flat Earth” graffiti artist of San Bernardino County, California was also behind a series of neo-Nazi spray paintings, police allege.

Skyler Butts, 34, is accused of more than 30 vandalism incidents on federal land near California’s Parker Dam. Many of the sprawling murals urged readers to “research Flat Earth,” the conspiracy theory that falsely claims the planet is a level plane, maybe covered by a dome. Butts shared pictures of multiple Flat Earth graffiti tags on his Instagram account. But police also accuse him of graffiti that supported the Rise Above Movement, a Southern California white supremacist gang whose primary members have been charged with violent incidents in California and Charlottesville, Virginia.

Butts, a former tattoo artist, was open about his Flat Earth graffiti. On Instagram, he shared pictures of floor-to-ceiling murals spray painted in tunnels, presumably near Parker Dam. “Flat Earth - check it out,” one read. “Research Flat Earth,” another instructed.

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