CARLSON, Randall

Randall Carlson gained prominence through his collaboration with Graham Hancock and appearances on Joe Rogan’s podcast, promoting theories about catastrophic climate change and lost civilizations during the Pleistocene epoch. A self-taught researcher with a background in construction and sacred geometry, Carlson argues that conventional geology underestimates the role of catastrophic events in shaping Earth’s history.

Central to Carlson’s work is the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, which proposes that a comet or asteroid impact approximately 12,800 years ago triggered rapid climate change, massive flooding, and the extinction of megafauna. He argues this event destroyed an advanced Ice Age civilization whose survivors influenced later cultures through flood myths and megalithic construction techniques.

Carlson presents geological evidence including scabland formations, erratics, and sediment layers that he interprets as evidence of catastrophic flooding events far exceeding conventional explanations. He emphasizes the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington as proof that massive water flows carved landscapes within days or weeks rather than gradual processes over millennia.

His Sacred Geometry International organization promotes connections between ancient architectural proportions, mathematical constants, and astronomical alignments, suggesting advanced prehistoric knowledge of cosmic cycles and earth sciences. Carlson argues that megalithic sites encode information about past catastrophes and future cosmic events.

Mainstream geologists acknowledge evidence for Younger Dryas climate change but dispute the impact hypothesis and reject claims about lost civilizations. Critics argue Carlson’s interpretations exceed available evidence and that catastrophic geological processes, while real, do not require invoking advanced prehistoric cultures. His work appeals to audiences interested in alternative history and catastrophist geology.