“If you’re in a helicopter and you hover, why does the earth not come to you if it is round?” Flintoff asked, according to The Sun. “Why, if we’re hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling? Also, if you fire a laser about 16 miles, if the world was curved, you shouldn’t be able to see it but you can.”
He added: “There’s evidence to suggest that the world isn’t round. The pictures which you see, the horizon always appears flat apart from NASA pictures, which some say could be doctored. They could be doctored.”
Flintoff, who inspired England to victory in the 2005 series, conceded he does not think the world is entirely flat, however, rather believing it is “bulbous, like a turnip.” He said: “I am not coming out now and saying that the world is flat, but it could be. You’ve got the earth, its bulbous, like a disc. It’s not completely flat underneath.”
He added: “The middle is the North Pole, around the outside is the South Pole, which is like a big wall of ice. This is why all governments now have bases on the South Pole. You can’t turn up to the South Pole as a punter.”
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