Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists are now dominating the Internet and to the dismay of the victims' families, garnering some of the attention focused on the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting in Newton, Conn.

Referred to as the Sandy Hook truthers, the movement continues to insist that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting didn't occur as it was reported or maybe not even at all.

Over the past couple of days, the truthers have attempted to get their message across through Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, as they swap feelings with one another on what they believe really happened on the tragic day.

While many people are quick to point out the truthers' faulty reasoning and holes in their case for what they believe is the truth, the group still continues to increase in terms of its believers. One of which may be baseball star Denard Span of the Washington Nationals, whose opinions on the shooting now seems to be swayed, as he shared via Twitter.

"I was watching some controversial stuff on YouTube about the sandy hooks thing today! It really makes you think and wonder," he wrote.

Benjamin Radford of the Skeptical Inquirer spoke to The Huffington Post, explaining that the truthers and the framework of their YouTube clips "just raising questions" lowers the guard of the viewers watching.

"The video begins with something that really everybody can accept - 'We are just raising questions,' ... The whole subject is framed like, 'Don't look at us, we're not saying this crazy stuff, we're just asking questions," he said.

Radford added that he feels as though the conspiracists offer too much speculating and not enough facts.

"All they offer are tantalizing 'could be's' ... The classic conspiracy theorist sees the hidden hand in everything. Nothing is as it seems. There's something bigger that's going on," he said. "They don't know where it is, but they are willing to tantalize people and throw out any number of suggestions, which are often times contradictory."

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