While it's well known that Americans love a good conspiracy theory, a new survey conducted in Bulgaria, of all places, reveals where residents stand on conspiracy theories, the paranormal, and superstitions.
The wide-ranging poll, produced by a research organization for a Bulgarian media outlet, asked residents of the country for their opinion on a vast array of esoteric ideas.
Standing out among the survey results, as a whole, is that a belief in aliens fared far worse that a number of other fantastic ideas.
In fact, less people believed in aliens (29%) than reincarnation (33%), the proverbial New World Order (40%), and magic (45%).
There were also a number of rather unique beliefs that received strong support from Bulgarians who took the survey.
For example, a whopping 75 percent of those surveyed said that they believed in the prophetic abilities of legendary Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga.
Meanwhile, a surprising 66% said that there is a conspiracy to manufacture diseases in order to sell new medicines.
This particular result is interesting in the sense that it is remarkably close to a similar medicinal conspiracy theory surrounding vaccines that was endorsed by French citizens earlier this year.
And, in the realm of superstition, 73 percent of the people admitted to knocking on trees to foster good luck while less than 40% expressed concern about dangers caused by black cats, broken mirrors, or Friday the 13th.
Check out more of the results from the enlightening survey of Bulgarian beliefs at Novinite.com.