A top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claims he was involuntarily teleported to a Waffle House.
Gregg Phillips, a far-right conspiracy theorist who was appointed in December to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, said that he was teleported against his will to several locations, including once to a Georgia Waffle House 50 miles away, according to a CNN report.
“I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia, and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was,” Phillips said during his appearance on the Onward podcast last January.
“And they said, ‘where are you?’ and I said, ‘A Waffle House.’ And ‘a Waffle House where?’ And I said, ‘Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.’ And they said, ‘That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.’ But it was possible. It was real,” Phillips recounted.
In the same podcast episode, Phillips also claims his car was “lifted up” while he was driving and carried nearly 40 miles before landing in a ditch near a church.
Phillips insisted that the incidents are real, but he is not clear about whether they are “good” or “evil.”
Later in the podcast interview, Phillips warned about the dangers of teleportation.
“Teleporting is no fun,” he said. “It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet um – but so real. And you know it’s happening but you can’t do anything about it, and so you just go, you just go with the ride. And wow, what just an incredible adventure it all was.”
Despite his ability to be easily teleported against his will to an unknown location at any moment, Phillips was appointed to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, a consequential role that involves making decisions that affect search-and-rescue operations, emergency aid, and infrastructure restoration.
In a statement, a FEMA spokesperson dismissed CNN’s report as “so silly it’s barely worth acknowledging.”
“DHS, FEMA, and Mr. Phillips are focused on the critical mission of emergency management and ensuring the safety of the American people,” the spokesperson continued. “Many of the comments cited are taken out of context or represent personal, informal, jovial, and somewhat spiritual discussions made in the context of barely surviving cancer; in a private capacity prior to his current role.”
