Flat Earther spends $20,000 on DIY experiment that accidentally proved the planet is ROUND

A famous Flat Earther spent a whopping $20,000 on a DIY experiment that accidentally proved the planet is round.

Bob Knodel was filming for a Netflix documentary titled Behind the bend when he realized his costly mistake.

To refute the mass of research led by NASA experts, he explained the specifics of the DIY experiment using a laser gyroscope.

The test involved using a camera to film through two holes, while a person stood on the other side and shone a flashlight at the camera.

Mr Knodel claimed that if the light can be seen with a camera, the holes in the fence and the torch are all equidistant above the ground, he could draw a positive conclusion that the Earth is flat.

But in a humorous and expensive turn of events, there was no light to be seen, leading Mr. Knodel to mutter an awkward “interesting” after the mistake.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Mr. Knodel has since talked about the experiment and what it means for flat-Earthers around the world.

“What we found is that when we turned on that gyroscope, we found that we picked up a drift. A drift of 15 degrees an hour,” he said.

“Well, of course we were surprised by that,” before admitting that the results were “a bit of a problem.”

“Obviously we weren’t willing to accept that, so we started looking for ways to disprove that it was actually recording the Earth’s motion,” he added.

According to a report by Uniladone Instagram user claimed, “I bet he still won’t take it.”

Another said, “There’s something curiously satisfying about watching a simple opinion dissolve in the face of non-rigorous methods lol.”

The failed experiment has since gone viral on Reddit, with people noticing that Mr. Knodel continued to use “mental gymnastics” even after the experiment to claim that his conspiracy theory was still valid.

One person wrote, “I’ve seen that clip many times, but I’ve yet to see his explanation of how that happened.”