Skeptoid #810: Frida Sofia, the Victim Who Wasn't

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

After the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, rescuers dug through the rubble for a little girl named Frida Sofia — who never existed.

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0:00.0	Freedosophia was a little girl trapped in the rubble following the 2017 earthquake in
0:08.7	Mexico, except she never really existed, but the whole nation had been fooled watching
0:14.5	the rescuers trying to reach her.
0:16.7	It was a mind-boggling case of false information, even having had the rescuers on site convinced
0:23.9	they were communicating with and digging toward a person who did not exist.
0:30.1	Freedosophia is coming up next on Skeptoid.
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1:25.6	Freedosophia, the victim who wasn't.
1:31.1	The 2017 Puebla earthquake hit Mexico on September 19, 2017.
1:38.1	The magnitude 7.1 quake killed 370 people and injured thousands.
1:44.5	Most of the casualties were in Mexico City and amid the destruction, a four-story private
1:49.8	elementary school building collapsed.
1:52.7	19 children and 7 adults were killed.
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