History, Freaky Friday
Do You Remember Mona Lisa Smiling?
If your response is “No.” — you aren’t the only one
5 min readDec 18, 2020
As a whole, the scientific community declares that the Mandela Effect is nothing more than shared false memories. However, some quantum theorists suggest we may have slipped into a very similar parallel universe.
While some Mandela Effects are easy to dismiss, others are much more difficult to ignore. Well-known historical Mandela Effects are especially compelling.
The Lindbergh Baby
Reality:
In 1932, a man kidnapped Charles Lindbergh’s baby. The infant’s body was found two months after the kidnapping. The child had been killed by a blow to the head not long after the kidnapper abducted him.³
Mandela Effect:
The authorities never found Charles Lindbergh’s baby. No one knew what happened to him. Some theories claimed that the baby lived but never knew his true identity.
