What is a conspiracy theory that turned out to be true?

Not me, but one I’m sure my younger brother has/will have.

My parents bought my younger brother (12yo) a pet finch. Note, this bird Will. Not. Shut. Up.

My husband and I were going out of town and my parents agreed to watch my 2 dogs, a lab and a corgi. My lab is a notorious counter climber. My mom leaves to take younger brother to school, comes back home, and a bird murder has taken place.

This is literally 2 days after my brothers bday, so my mom and I conspire to just replace the finch. The problem is, my brother spent all day with it. SO. We bought 2 finches. Why? So that when he said it looked different, we could say “well, you just couldn’t tell them apart is all.” The cover up was that the bird needed a friend because it wouldn’t stop tweeting.

And that my friends, is how my mother and I are giving my brother deep seeded trust issues.

Side note: he’s had a tough time since my grandma died. Normally we would tell him the truth but he needed something happy in his life at the time.

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