ROBERT Bigelow is Ron DeSantis’ largest donor, but before that, he was known as a billionaire with a profound interest in aliens and the afterlife.
Bloomberg reports that Bigelow has donated $10million to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' re-election campaign.
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Thanks to donors like him, DeSantis has raised over $161million dollars, surpassing Donald Trump’s presidential run.
Despite his political convictions, Bigelow’s persona has been linked extensively with matters that concern aliens and the afterlife.
He became a billionaire with the launch of the motel chain Budget Suites of America, which has locations in Nevada, Texas, and Arizona.
In an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Bigelow shared the moment when he became obsessed with UFOs.
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He talked about a childhood story that his grandfather shared, claiming to have seen a big red object floating above them while he was driving, like an airplane on fire.
Bigelow’s grandfather said the object suddenly turned and flew away.
Bigelow said of the story: "My grandfather had to sit on the side of the road for a while to recompose himself.
"Because they thought they were going to die. That was the beginning for me.
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Bigelow’s space and alien projects include Bigelow Aerospace, which devised an inflatable habitat that was sent to NASA, and the foundation of the National Institute for Discovery Science, which researches alien encounters.
He was also friends with Harry Reid, a Democrat and US Senator who funded a Pentagon project that studied UFOs.
In a Bigelow profile with The New York Times, Reid said that even though he didn’t agree with Bigelow’s politics, he respects him, saying that he’s looked into areas that “other people only think about”.
In terms of the afterlife, Bigelow’s interest came after his son, Rod Lee, died by suicide at age 20.
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Bigelow and his wife then started funding projects and studies that looked into consciousness and what happens to people’s souls after their deaths.
In 2021, following the death of his wife, he founded the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies where he offered almost $1 million dollars in prizes for the best evidence of consciousness after bodily death.
