Demo contractor diversifies into "cult" leadership

A weeks-long gathering in Dallas in late 2021 of believers in an aggregation of online rumors collectively known as QAnon was reportedly organized by a former demolition contractor from the state of Washington.

According to an early December online article on the Seattle Times website, 58-year old Michael Protzman is considered the leader of the gathering of QAnon devotees who congregated near Dealey Plaza in Dallas (site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination) to witness the return of the late John F. Kennedy Jr., who would proceed to reinstate Donald Trump as president.

John F. Kennedy Jr. died when the light aircraft he was flying crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts in July of 1999. His body was recovered by divers five days after the crash. He has not yet been spotted alive in Dallas in 2021 or 2022.

Citing “state business records,” the Seattle Times says Protzman and his wife started Eclipse Demolition in 2007. That firm most recently based in Federal Way, Washington. Eclipse “was administratively dissolved” in 2020, according to the newspaper, after it failed to maintain its registration.

 A business listing for Eclipse Demolition on thebluebook.com website describes the former company as serving King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and Thurston counties in Washington, with services provided including “selective interior demolition, robotic demolition, demolition consulting, concrete cutting, total demolition, flooring removal and concrete cutting.”

The article on Protzman’s QAnon involvement describes him as having become “a top QAnon influencer” with a Telegram channel where he goes by the name “Negative48.”

Friends and relatives contacted by the newspaper either express surprise at his post-demolition career or as someone who transformed into a person who was “not showering or working, and believing in government conspiracies.”