The gottcha moment in the article was when the questioner's name was revealed as PLAYBOY.
Myth Busted: Some people really did only buy it for the articles.
For context: Erich von Däniken died on January 10, 2026 at the age of 90 years: https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023
Ah, thanks! I had missed that. Let's move the thread to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867, which has that info. I'll put your twitter link in the toptext too.
Article is (1987) btw
Added. Thanks!
Aye, thx. Meant to.
I’ll try to confirm the actual original source, you know, just for the article.