The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson & Robert Kelly

Episode: Shadow People w/ Sean Donnelly & Dan St. Germain
Date: October 8, 2025
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A riotous deep dive into the world of viral alien videos, ancient metal spheres, rapidly approaching space threats, and the blurry line between cosmic paranoia, genuine curiosity, and hilarious skepticism. With special guests Sean Donnelly and Dan St. Germain, the crew explores internet conspiracies, odd pseudo-science, and their own relationships with the unknown, all while keeping the wisecracks and banter flowing.

1. Opening Banter & Guest Introductions

[00:36–03:25]

• The guys riff on traveling food disasters: Bobby’s doomed bento box, brisket, and especially “crackling” (pork skin).

  • Quote: “The bento box does not travel well. Fresh at the house—hot—oh my god. But, it travels like clams.” – Bobby Kelly [00:47]
  • Discussion winds into a comedic analysis of who actually eats crackling, and a mishap where Jay tries a piece and is traumatized:
  • Quote: “He made me eat it. He goes, ‘try it, it’s really crispy’—and then the skin pulled off...like human, like arm meat. It was crazy. It was pretty Armie Hammer.” – Big Jay [02:29]

• Introduction of guests Dan St. Germain and Sean Donnelly (promoting their podcast, Burbs Bros). [03:25]

2. UFOs, UFO Skepticism, and Bobby’s Encounter

[03:39–06:13]

• Sean asks Jay if he’s any closer to believing in UFOs and aliens. Jay remains skeptical:
  • Quote: “No, but I always—I like to listen...I do like to listen to it all.” – Big Jay [04:04]
• Bobby recounts his supposed alien encounter on the West Side Highway, but comic Shane Torres called it “just balloons.” Bobby reluctantly admits he may have been fooled by metallic balloons.
  • Quote: “I don’t believe any of this. And I didn’t see anything. It was balloons. It was a cluster of fucking balloons from some kid in the Bronx.” – Bobby Kelly [08:13]

3. Viral Alien Videos: The "Venom" Creature Debate

[06:13–15:06]

• Bobby introduces a new viral story about a supposed space organism:
  • A meteor hits, a local finds it, something “Venom”-like emerges, grows in water, and is filmed by "KimPanama" on TikTok.
  • The group watches and debunks: suspicions it’s two fish, AI, or a crab. Jay jokes about raising a Groot.
  • Quote: “If this was a real thing, these things’d be off and this guy’d be disappeared...The CIA or whatever would be right on this.” – Sean Donnelly [08:03]
• Banter about the absurdity of TikTok evidence and the performative side of viral “alien sightings”:
  • “Oh, a TikTok user, KimPanama, posted it. So it’s gotta be true.” – Big Jay [10:57]
• Christine cracks wise about the alien being “pro-Israel”—satirizing online identity projections [11:15].
• Jay and Bobby riff about the creature: “This thing turned down the Riyadh Comedy Festival.” – Big Jay [11:28]
• The gang ultimately agrees the video is creepy—but probably an elaborate hoax involving mundane animals and TikTok clout.
  • “If this is special effects, this guy’s amazing.” – Sean Donnelly [13:48]

4. Shadow People, Spheres, and Ancient Mysteries

[14:49–24:23]

• They recount the viral “shadow people” sightings at a Miami mall—giant, mysterious humanoid figures supposedly backed by “regular ass people.” [15:06]
  • “It’s just Miami Heat...nobody knows the players anymore.” – Big Jay [15:14]
• Shift to discussion of the “Buga Sphere”: found in South America, tested by the University of Georgia, allegedly 12,000 years old, made of a bizarre alloy, and origin unknown.
  • Christine notes, “Universities have become so politicized—impossible to get an accurate read.” [16:21]
• Discussion of testing and skepticism:
  • “Harvard’s not gonna believe the Jewish theories.” – Big Jay [16:30]
  • “The only one that’s gonna believe it is Bunker Hill Community College.” – Bobby Kelly [16:33]
• Christine and Sean clarify: the sphere is made from combinations of metals unlikely to be made with known technology, at that alleged age. Advanced atomic architecture, mysterious origins, and carbon dating support the artifact’s enigmatic status:
  • “Its composition and advanced internal architecture...defied conventional manufacturing methods.” – Sean Donnelly [24:00]

5. Comets, 'Three Eye Atlas', and Elon Musk’s Doomsday Prep

[24:55–33:04]

• Sean brings up the “Three Eye Atlas”—a comet or possible ship behaving with “intelligent” navigation, flagged by Harvard’s Avi Loeb.
  • “This thing’s coming towards us—he says it seems to be like, intelligently operated. It’s been changing path.” – Sean Donnelly [25:21]
• The group discusses billionaires’ doomsday movements—Elon Musk building tunnels, bunkers, prepping for planetary escape.
  • “Everything he’s doing is to figure out a way to get off this planet...he might know something’s about to happen.” – Bobby Kelly [25:44]
• Comic riffing about who would survive, what Jay would do in his “man cave,” and the uselessness of foosball in the actual apocalypse.
  • “I got a foosball table, electric drums...is there gonna be electricity involved?” – Big Jay [26:50]
• Sean explains, using layman’s terms, how scientists estimate the mass of a distant, mysterious object via telescopic data—Jay repeatedly does “translator” bits.

6. False Flag Theories, World Unity, and Occult Alien Energy

[33:38–35:59]

• Christine mentions theories from Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp suggesting governments might stage a fake alien threat to create perpetual external enemies (“false flag attack”) and unite the planet militarily.
  • “...if you have enemies in space that we can’t see, then we can fund wars forever.” – Christine [34:18]
• Reagan’s “Star Wars” speech is referenced as cultural origin for these ideas.
• Jay delivers a sendup of existential paranoia, urging Christine to use the looming apocalypse as an excuse to give out candy “in only a shirt and no pants” on Halloween—suggesting that every day is a “gift” before the “ray beams” come.
  • “Every day we have is a gift. Before you regret it, when the ray beams are coming down, Christine you should definitely wear no pants and just a shirt when you’re giving out candy...” – Big Jay [34:34]
• Christine references the occult idea that some entities “run off sexual energy,” which everyone leans into with more darkly comic banter.

7. Plugs, Podcast Crossovers, and Classic Bonfire Banter

[36:31–39:25]

• More playful cross-invites to do Burbs Bros Podcast and collaborate at The Stand.
• Shameless plugs for everyone’s podcasts, tour dates, and social media.
  • “You’re getting a believer and a naysayer.” – Bobby Kelly [37:09]
  • “I believe it’s coming. I just told Christine the Flash. All the kids are showing up.” – Big Jay [37:14]
• Farewell riff about Big Jay bleeding, Bobby asking him to “suck it,” and Christine predicting a “great change in the next five years”—with Jay cracking about Metro PCS phone plans.

Notable Quotes & Moments

• “No, but I always...I like to listen to it all.” – Big Jay, on believing in UFOs [04:04]
• “He made me eat it...skin pulled off it like arm meat. It was pretty Armie Hammer.” – Big Jay [02:29]
• “The only one that’s gonna believe it is Bunker Hill Community College.” – Bobby Kelly [16:33]
• “If this is special effects, this guy’s amazing.” – Sean Donnelly [13:48]
• “This thing turned down the Riyadh Comedy Festival.” – Big Jay [11:28]
• “Every day we have is a gift. Before you regret it, when the ray beams are coming down...go pantsless, show the neighbor kids, make a stamp!” – Big Jay [34:34]
• “You’re getting a believer and a naysayer.” – Bobby Kelly [37:09]
• “I got a foosball table, electric drums...is there gonna be electricity involved?” – Big Jay [26:50]

Episode Highlights by Timestamp

• [00:36–03:16]: Food mishaps, guest intros, and pork crackling trauma
• [03:39–06:13]: UFO beliefs, Bobby’s West Side Highway “alien”; turns out, balloons?
• [06:13–15:06]: Viral “Venom” alien video deep-dive, TikTok/hoax analysis, comic riffs
• [15:06–16:33]: Miami mall “shadow people” sighting, societal reactions
• [15:53–24:23]: Ancient “Buga Sphere”—carbon dating, metallurgy, and skepticism
• [24:55–33:04]: Three Eye Atlas meteor/ship theories, Musk/billionaire prepping, apocalypse jokes
• [33:38–36:31]: False flag alien attack, Star Wars, sexual energy, more riffs
• [36:31–39:25]: Podcast plugs, collaborations, and classic Bonfire banter outro

Tone & Takeaway

Hilarious, irreverent, and fast-paced, this episode swings between sincere curiosity about unusual phenomena and seasoned skepticism, always prioritizing humor above all. The group’s dynamic—skeptics versus believers, all united by stand-up sensibility—makes for a comedy-first (but surprisingly informative) ride through internet mythology, pop-science, and cosmic clickbait. Even for listeners unfamiliar with the viral videos or news stories being discussed, the real entertainment is in the hosts’ quick-witted deconstructions and the sense of camaraderie that comes from their relentless, playful roasting of each other—and the world’s weirdest news.