Acre conspiracy

Satirical conspiracy theory

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The Acre conspiracy (Portuguese: Conspiração do Acre) is a satirical conspiracy theory claiming that the Brazilian state of Acre does not exist or is inhabited by dinosaurs. This humorous theory is the Brazilian equivalent of that attached to the German city of Bielefeld.^[1] It was studied in scholar articles.^[2]^[3]

The meme has even been used by the Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Brazil, who proposed placing dinosaurs on the entrance sign to the state as a tourist attraction. The videographer Moisés Santos also used the joke of the presence of dinosaurs in the state to dress in a 2.20-meter-tall dinosaur costume, a fact that had a great impact on social networks.^[4]

References

^ Ball, James (15 April 2018). "Australia doesn't exist! And other bizarre geographic conspiracies that won't go away". The Guardian.
^ Carmelino, Ana Cristina; Silveira, Karine (December 2016). "O Acre não existe? Nas desnotícias, não". Linguagem em (Dis)curso (SciELO). Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. pp. 433–448. doi:10.1590/1982-4017-160304-1216. ISSN 1982-4017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ Lucena, Giselle Xavier d'Avila; Barros, José Márcio (December 2013). "Memórias e interações midiatizadas: o Acre existe?" (PDF). GI1: Comunicação Digital, Redes y Procesos. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Dinossauro no Acre? Jovem brinca com piadas e conquista a web ao invadir espaços com fantasia de mais de 2 metros" (in Portuguese). G1. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2023.