HOW FAR IS TOO FAR?

OK, I consider myself to be very open minded when it comes to conspiracies. Its rare that I learn about a conspiracy that I have a hard time believing, but some stories are just beyond my belief. For the past twenty years, a belief that there is a species of ALIEN REPTILES that take on the form of actual humans on Earth, live among us. Many supporters of this theory go as far as saying, that these reptilians are the actual engineers of humans, and humans were created for the sole purpose of serving as slaves for these reptilians. One of my favorite conspiracy theorist is a man by the name of David Icke. Icke is a strong believer in this reptilian theory, and has wrote several books, and has lectured all across the world concerning this particular issue. Icke says that we humans are fools, and have been mentally manipulating to believe that the possibility of reptiles living among us is a ridiculous belief. In his most successful publication The Biggest Secret, Icke urges humans to address this belief with a open mind,

The reptile species has a long, long connection with the
Earth, going back more than 150 million years to the dinosaurs and beyond. If we
are to understand the true nature of life we need to free our minds from the
bonds of conditioning and realize that what we see around us on Earth is only a
tiny fraction of possibility. The reptile species, like lizards and snakes, are
but one form of the reptilian genetic stream in this universe. While the
dinosaurs were not all cold-blooded reptiles, as modern research has shown, the
reptiles and dinosaurs are closely related by physical appearance alone and both
have spawned an amazing variety of different forms. The dinosaurs manifested as
everything from flying creatures, large and small, to the eight-ton,
Tyrannosaurus.

I'm a huge fan of Icke and I believe he makes allot of valid points when explaining this theory. However, I guess I fall into the category of mind manipulated humans, because this theory is too much for me to swallow. Whats your opinion on this theory?