Why do people think Elvis Presley is still alive, where have the latest sightings been and when did The King die?

CONSPIRACY theorists have been arguing that Elvis Presley is still alive ever since he died over 40 years ago.

Here’s everything you need to know about the bonkers beliefs, including rumoured sightings of the King as well as the actual circumstances of his death.

When and how did Elvis die?

Elvis Presley died 41 years ago on 16 August 1977 at the age of 42, in the toilet of his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee.

George Nichopoulos, the Memphis doctor known as Dr Nick, was blamed by millions of fans for Presley’s untimely death because he dished out prescription drugs to the star.

Heavy use of barbiturates by the music legend had the unwelcome side-effect of increasing his already monstrous appetite.

It is thought in the days leading up to his death Elvis was gorging so much his colon ballooned to breaking point – leading to heart failure.

Thousands of fans gathered in Graceland to take a look at the open casket and 80,000 lined the processional route towards Forest Hill Cemetery, where the King was laid to rest.

Following his untimely death, Way Down was catapulted back into the charts, topping the UK Top 40.

Why do some theorists believe that Elvis is alive?

Some conspiracists have claimed that Elvis faked his own death in order to disappear and live anonymously.

They believe that a clue pointing to this is a black helicopter that landed in Graceland hours before his body was uncovered.

Theorists are adamant that the star was picked up and flown to Bermuda, where he lay low when he became tired of fame.

A 2002 movie called Bubba Ho-Tep is based on an “Elvis isn’t dead” theory, and tells the story of an elderly Elvis in a nursing home in East Texas, who has to help save the other residents from a vengeful mummy.

Have there been any sightings of Elvis?

Some have suggested Elvis – who would have been turning 82 – remains alive since his death forty years ago.

In January 2019, conspiracy theorists alleged that the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was alive and well and working as a singing pastor in Arkansas.

Over the years there have been countless theories that he faked his own demise to escape the pressures of fame.

One of the most popular recent theories is that Elvis – who would now be 84 – has assumed the identity of Bob Joyce.

The Arkansas pastor is a talented musician and Elvis fan whose singing voice bears an uncanny resemblance to the King’s.

Among the stranger theories is that he appeared in 1990 cult film Home Alone.

A bearded man in the background of one scene bears a resemblance to the King.

In January this year, a picture emerged showing a baseball cap-wearing man at the Graceland property which conspiracy theorists believe is Elvis at 82.

The white-bearded man mingles with crowds outside the house.

And it convinced many in an Elvis-sighting Facebook group that

The most recent sighting captured by Murray McHardy apparently shows the ghost of Elvis Presley perched on the roof of his neighbours house in Dundee, Scotland.