It is not uncommon for punters to have a somewhat outlandish bet accepted by bookmakers, such as when William Hill accepted a bet back in the 1990’s that Elvis was going to come back from the dead. But for Grimsby man Gerrard Gallacher, he can’t find a bookmaker who is willing to take his bet on that the Earth is flat.
The reason why he thinks that the bookmakers are not taking the wager is that they are scared because they could lose heavily.
“I think the reason that they won’t accept my bet is because they know that I am right in saying that the Earth is flat,” Gallacher said, “and if other people joined me in placing the bet they could lose millions.”
Flat-Earther Gallacher argues that bookmakers should taken his money, which to them should seem like easy money and he would be happy enough to be proven wrong. “It’s just easy money for them,” Gallacher argued, having tried to place a £100 (around $135) bet several times. He was reportedly told by one operator that it would be too difficult to prove if he was right or wrong.
If the bookmakers are 100% convinced that he is wrong, Gallacher argues, and won’t pay out on the bet, they should at least accept it. The Flat Earth movement rejects the conventional wisdom that the Earth is a globe. In Gerrard’s case he became interested in the subject a few years ago and through his own research is sure of his truth. He believes that no-one has taken a real picture from space and everything that NASA has produced have been computer generated.
Following on from that Gallacher believes that no rocket has been sent into space either, saying “I just don’t believe that we have ever sent rockets into space. I cannot comprehend that if space is a vacuum where there is no air, then what do the rockets propel against?
“I have also viewed footage of amateur weather balloons that clearly show to me that the Earth is flat, as I cannot see a curvature anywhere.
“Another reason that has convinced me is that apparently water is always meant to fall at a level and does not bend. So then how does the Earth manage to bend water all the way around a globe, it just doesn’t seem to add up.
