>> you guys know what this represents? i don't know maybe it's the calm before the storm. >> reporter: weeks later someone calling themselves q began to post cryptic messages in an online thread called calm before the storm. q claimed to be a high-level government insider. followers believe q even flew on air force one. at one point qanon had falsely suggested certain hollywood celebrities were pedophiles, posting video of the alleged victims on youtube. another theory that gained steam, lies about slain dnc staffer seth rich. >> explosive developments in the mysterious murder of former dnc staffer seth rich. >> reporter: one of the theories posted read "q bombshell. debbie wasserman schultz ordered seth rich's murder." and suggested someone has put together some very significant qanon bread crumbs and baked a bombshell loaf of bread. police say it was a botched