121-year-old photo convinces people Greta Thunberg is a time traveller
The internet is abuzz with a new conspiracy theory about Greta Thunberg after a 121-year-old photograph made the rounds online.
The black-and-white photo – which was shared recently by researchers at the University of Washington – shows three children working a gold mine in northwest Canada in 1898, with one of them bearing a striking resemblance to the Swedish teen.
The picture led many to claim that the young environmental activist is a “time traveller”.
“Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us,” one Twitter user wrote.
“How eerie is it that they both wear their hair the same way... A side plait, worn on same side! Time traveller or Greta in a past life? My mind is literally blown,” one posted.
“Maybe she is from the future who was sent back in time to key moments in history to stop climate change,” another commented.
Thunberg, 16, first captured the world’s attention after her 2018 climate strike outside of the Swedish Parliament inspired school walkouts around the globe. This year, she spoke at the UN Climate Action Summit and reprimanded policymakers for their inaction in climate change.