The club is so hush-hush that little can be definitively said about it, but much of what we know today is from those who have infiltrated the camp, including Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones. One exception was in 1942, when a planning for the Manhattan Project took place at the grove, leading to the creation of the atom bomb.Ī spokesperson for Bohemian Grove say the people that gather there “share a passion for the outdoors, music, and theater.”
presidents, musicians, and oil barons - are told that “Weaving Spiders Come Not Here,” meaning business deals are to be left outside. The people that gather at Bohemian Grove - who have included prominent business leaders, former U.S. Their purpose: to escape the “frontier culture,” or uncivilized interests, of common men. (Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)Įvery July, some of the richest and most powerful men in the world gather at a 2,700 acre campground in Monte Rio, Calif., for two weeks of heavy drinking, super-secret talks, druid worship (the group insists they are simply “revering the Redwoods”), and other rituals. presidents, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, are pictured with Harvey Hancock (standing) and others at Bohemian Grove in the summer of 1967.