"MortalsOfEarth", the Barefoot Wannabe-Saviour from Michigan Threatens and then Accuses Archaeologist

 

This guy (Frank Rogala) claims to have science cracked (see below), plus be able to "save civilization" and has a "new book coming out in June":

MortalsOfEarth @MortalsOfEarth
Writer, researcher and traveler exploring ancient civilizations. Insights shared http://MortalsOfEarth.com —interviewing scientists, researchers and truth seekers. Science and Technology Mackinaw City, MI Joined October 2024 (111 Following 218 Followers,  Not followed by anyone you’re following).

Here are his views on archaeology:

"[...] It's all just lazy guesswork dressed up as expertise. I can't wait until we finally crack the voids, shafts, and hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid, which clearly aligned to some advanced industrial or engineering role, so we can roast them for peddling fairy tales about the Queen's Chamber shafts being soul-ascension portals for the king. They literally pull this nonsense out of their asses and call it scholarship."

Here he is addressing Lee Clare, excavator of Gobekli Tepe on Jimmy Corsetti's Twitter account:

 MortalsOfEarth @MortalsOfEarth

"The dude has no idea that dealing with you [, Jimmy,] so far has been the easy part.

Someone like me is the one who asks for a lie-detector test.
I care about the story—the motivations, the main characters, and their actions. I care about whether it all makes sense.
So make it make sense, Lee.
Let’s talk about the contract that was signed with the entertainment company that took over the site—the same people who rolled in bulldozers and poured concrete over unexcavated ruins.
I want to know where the money goes.
Who’s involved in that agreement?
When was it signed?
Where did the money change hands?
And who’s getting paid now?
And while we’re at it—did he kill Klaus Schmidt with his own bare hands? Did he pay someone else to do it? Or did the fixers from the entertainment company handle that too?
I’m not playing.

7:28 PM · Dec 29, 2025 - 231 Views"

This is the soirt of thing that we have all too easily become accustomed to from pseudoscientific and populist harassment campaigns. The use here of conspiratorial framing, entitlement, accusatory language, and intimidation tactics, is not serious questioning or “holding someone to account”. It is nothing less than intimidation dressed up as concern. The post talks at a working archaeologist as if he’s a suspect, throws around lie-detector fantasies, and even hints at violence. That’s not how evidence-based criticism works, and it’s not how professionals should be addressed. Lee Clare is an archaeologist doing his job within normal legal and institutional frameworks, and nothing in this kind of rhetoric helps anyone understand what’s actually happening at the site. It’s conspiratorial, hostile, and can only be treated as harassment that needs to be highlighted and deplored rather than something that deserves engagement.