DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY THEORY: Last night's super blood moon has sent apocalypse enthusiasts into a frenzy

The blood moon is an incredible natural phenomenon, but could it also have a more sinister side?

But last night’s super blood moon has sent apocalypse enthusiasts into a frenzy, thanks to a biblical warning that a blood-coloured moon spells the end for mankind.

The blood moon prophecy, a popular theory among doomsday theorists, states that this natural occurrence is a warning that Earth is about to be destroyed.

The Biblical theory is believed to have originated from a quote from the Book of Joel, where it is written: “the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.”

Apocalypse fears

Last night's super blood moon has sent apocalypse enthusiasts into a frenzy, thanks to a biblical warning that a blood-coloured moon spells the end for mankind

Conspiracy theorists believe that the end is nigh, and they claim it’s for real this time.

The latest apocalypse prediction has been flagged on conspiracy blogs everywhere, and doomsday-obsessed theorists claim that it’s all to do with last night’s blood moon.

The blood-red moon is apparently a sign that the end is nigh

The natural blood moon phenomenon makes our moon seem reddish in colour, and far brighter than usual, as a result of it’s position in the night sky.

Also known as a hunter’s moon, because it used to give light for hunters as they tracked animals at night, last night’s lunar event was particularly impressive, since it was also a so-called supermoon.

A supermoon looks bigger than usual, because the full moon comes at the same time as it’s at the closest point to Earth during a lunar cycle.