Is she sent from the future to save us? Source: Twitter@CoolHistory''Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us''.
A conspiracy theory has gone viral after a photo from 1898 emerged of a girl with a striking resemblance to climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The photo shows three young children working at a gold mine in Canada, one of which is a girl sporting Greta’s signature hair braid and...well, her exact facial features.
Three children operating rocker at a gold mine on Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898 pic.twitter.com/NA1yRrWRSP
— Cool History (@history2cool) November 19, 2019
The picture was recently discovered in archives at the University of Washington and historians have traced it back to around 1898.
And as they tend to do, conspiracy theorists have taken the idea that Greta is a time travelling teen sent from the future to try and stop global warming from happening.
''Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us'', said one twitter user.
So, ‘Greta Thunberg’ is in a photo from 120 years ago, and it’s my new favourite conspiracy. Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us. pic.twitter.com/5ObTjPFXvk
— Jack - J.S. Strange (@JackSamStrange) November 18, 2019
''Maybe she is from the future who was sent back in time to key moments in history to stop climate change'', said another.
Maybe she is from the future who was sent back in time to key moments in history to stop climate change ?? https://t.co/FH0TFlCvKm
— Kelly Edwards (@KellyEdwardsWPG) November 19, 2019
People also speculated over what she could have been doing in the past ...
So what was she doing 120 years in the past!?
— Alan Baxter (@AlanBaxter) November 20, 2019
''So what was she doing 120 years in the past!?'' One person asked.
To which another responded, ''maybe trying to kill the person who invented plastic''.
Maybe trying to kill the person who would invent plastic
— Jack - J.S. Strange (@JackSamStrange) November 20, 2019
Obviously it's highly unlikely that Greta is actually time traveller... but you have to admit it does make for a great movie plot.
A time travelling teen sent back to key moments in the past to stop a global catastrophe... someone get a movie studio onto this, stat!
