Acre conspiracy

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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 non-avian dinosaurs. This humorous theory is the Brazilian equivalent of that attached to the German city of Bielefeld.^[1] It was studied in scholarly 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]

• Bielefeld conspiracy