As tick bites surge, conspiracy theories follow

Grist
By Zoya TeirsteinMay 14, 2026, 6:10 am25 pts
“Tell you what,” Drew Maciel told his Instagram followers in April, “I’m sick of finding dead moose.” He zoomed in on a dead bull moose lying prone on the ground, running the camera over clusters of ticks nestled within every crevice of the corpse. Maciel is a shed hunter, meaning he collects antlers…

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