STRANGE Bohemian Grove: What Is Documented
Nixon's ties to the Bohemian Grove are documented in White House tape logs (1967 speech, cancelled 1971 visit); on a May 13, 1971 tape he is widely reported calling it 'the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine' — but no primary source supports satanic-ritual or criminal claims.
The Bohemian Club (est. 1872) holds an annual all-male summer encampment at Monte Rio, CA; the opening 'Cremation of Care' is a theatrical pageant (filmed by infiltrators in 2000). Nixon's engagement with the Grove is documented in White House tape logs — his 1967 speech there and a proposed-then-cancelled 1971 presidential visit (Nixon Library subject logs). On a May 13, 1971 tape, Nixon is widely reported to have called it 'the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine... I attend from time to time.' No primary-source evidence supports claims of satanic rituals or human sacrifice; no criminal case has ever been tied to the Grove.
Evidence status: Confirmed by primary sources — court records, government reports, declassified documents.
AI DOCUMENT REVIEW
Generated from the primary source document. How we review.
AI review of the Nixon Library Tape Subject Log for Conversation No. 552 (Oval Office, July 30, 1971), read in full: - What the document is: a staff-compiled topic list (not a transcript) covering Nixon's proposed presidential visit to the Bohemian Grove encampment — its cancellation, press coverage, the off-the-record tradition, and his 1967 speech at the Grove. - Names logged: Walter Baird, Ronald Ziegler, George H.W. Bush (discussed as replacement speaker after Nixon's cancellation). - IMPORTANT: the widely quoted phrase comes from the May 13, 1971 tape, not this July 30 log — the quote does not appear in the document reviewed. It is corroborated across multiple secondary sources (transcript excerpt linked). - The log contains no mention of the 'Cremation of Care,' no 2000 infiltration footage, and no satanic-ritual or criminal-case material. Record summary corrected to match what each source actually shows.