The home of Andrew Jones, the founder of Noah’s Ark Scans, was ransacked on Saturday as research on the boat-shaped Durupınar formation near Mount Ararat in Turkey continues.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Noah’s Ark Scans, the group leading an expedition into the origins of the Durupınar formation, believed to house Noah’s Ark of the Bible, has received permits from the government of Turkey to explore the site and conduct a deep-core drilling survey.

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“I believe this is Noah’s Ark, that’s why I’m putting the Durupinar site through the most rigorous testing possible,” Jones said.

Now, Jones is facing threats on his life and apparent attempts to destroy his research on the biblical site.

Lauren Witzke, the President of Noah’s Ark Scans, announced on Saturday that Jones’s apartment was “ransacked and burglarized” after he fled his apartment from individuals repeatedly threatening to kill him in the middle of the night.

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Witzke noted, however, that copies of everything were made and stored on memory cards, and “none of the data was lost.” She added, “Andrew is safe, the research is safe, we are not backing down and we won’t be scared into quitting the most important scientific study in world history.”

Full statement below:

Noah’s Ark Scans founder’s apartment ransacked and burglarized!!

We’ve already said this expedition has come under attacks that are borderline demonic. But we still didn’t think they’d go this far.

After the permitted study was announced, Andrew started getting woken up between 1 and 3 a.m. People banging on his door. Yelling profanities. Trying to get in. Threatening to kill him. More than once.

We all told him to get out and stay with a friend until the 2026 Noah’s Ark study was over and thank God he listened.

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This doesn’t look like a local job. The villagers around the site have been good to us. They benefit from the tourism Noah’s Ark brings and the man screaming threats through the door was speaking English.

Of course, Andrew had already had made and taken copies with him of everything on memory cards so none of the data was lost.

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We’ve already said this expedition has come under attacks that are borderline demonic. But we still didn’t think they’d go this far.

After the permitted study was announced, Andrew started getting woken up between… pic.twitter.com/SvCAVzqXbk

— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) September 26, 2026

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