The true crime documentary has everyone talking as it is available to stream now
The Cult of NatureBoy has been dubbed a ‘bizarre’ watch(Image: ABC/Hulu)
True crime fans cannot stop talking about a “bizarre” documentary that left their jaws on the floor.
The Cult of NatureBoy is a four part documentary series that plunges viewers into the rise and fall of YouTuber Eligio Bishop, also known as ‘Nature Boy’.
Giving fans an unprecedented insight into the cult, viewers are transported back to 2016 when Eligio used social media to lure unsuspecting followers to a real-life ‘utopia’ he had founded. However, the alternative lifestyle soon turned into a cult plagued by coercion, violence and abuse.
Having first been released earlier this year on Disney Plus, the four part series follows his life and eventual trial as viewers have branded it one of the “most bizarre” documentaries they’ve ever seen.
An official synopsis reads: “The Cult of NatureBoy traces the rise of Eligio Bishop, aka NatureBoy, leader of Carbon Nation. Beginning in 2016, he used social media to attract people to a self-described Black Utopia. What began as an alternative lifestyle in the tropics became a sex cult of violence, manipulation, and coercion, ending with his 2024 trial and life sentence.”
Streaming on Disney Plus now, it comes with a strong viewer warning however, as more fans are only just discovering the relatively new watch.
Taking to TikTok this week, one true crime fan shared a video captioned: “One of the most bizarre documentaries I’ve watched.”
They said: “What on earth have I just watched? If you’ve not seen it yet, Disney Plus have brought out a four part documentary and it’s called The Cult of NatureBoy. I’m telling you now right, this is one of the most bizarre documentaries I’ve watched.”
They later added: “I’m sorry what? It baffles me that people stayed with him, it baffles me even more that people sent him money.”
However, they went on to say: “I need to warn you because some of the things you see on it….It’s one of the maddest things I’ve watched.”
One person commented: “I watched this yesterday it’s so crazy!” Another replied: “I’ve just finished it now and my jaw is still on the b***** floor.”
A third penned: “It was mind blowing how the h**l could people let them treat them like that.” Over on X, viewers previously shared their disbelief as one person said: “#TheCultOfNatureBoy is too damn bizarre.”
Another added: “What’s absolutely terrifying are there are SO many men on this earth with the same mindset as Eligio and the most heartbreaking this is there are people who’s mindsets and upbringing will always make them the perfect victims to these monsters.”
A third commented: “Watch #TheCultOfNatureBoy if u wanna be p***** off from episode one until finale.” A fourth fumed: “This man was a walking red flag and was obviously spewing nonsense.”
The Cult of NatureBoy can be streamed on Disney Plus in the UK