The myth of the 11-month pregnant woman that captivated the internet
The legend of a woman who claimed to have been pregnant for 11 months and wrote in alexandrine verse lives on.
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The mysterious 11-month pregnant woman who became a digital myth
No one has ever been able to prove she existed. Her story, however, is still alive and kicking. She was an anonymous woman who claimed to have been pregnant for eleven months; when asked why she hadn't given birth, she calmly replied that she was going to the hospital to have labour induced. That lack of logic, far from debunking her, turned her into a cult figure.
From alexandrine verse to an impossible nationality
As the weeks went by, the figure accumulated layers. It was said she wrote in alexandrine verse, that she presented herself as Croatian despite having lived in Spain for years, and that, according to some, she was actually a bearded man from Sigüenza. There was even a theory circulating that she dictated the texts to a voice recognition system. The mix was so utterly far-fetched that it came to be considered a work of trolling art.
The identity that was never solved
The hypotheses about who was behind it ranged from a female computer engineer studying at the UNED (Spain's national distance-learning university) to a man from Spain's depopulated countryside with too much time on his hands and a fertile imagination. Both versions could be true, or neither. Years later, the mystery remains intact, and attempts to unmask the character have only added more noise.
As long as there are internet users willing to believe, new legends will be born. This one, with its impossible pregnancy and its alexandrine verse, is guaranteed a successor.
No one has ever been able to prove she existed. Her story, however, is still alive and kicking. She was an anonymous woman who claimed to have been pregnant for eleven months; when asked why she hadn't given birth, she calmly replied that she was going to the hospital to have labour induced. That lack of logic, far from debunking her, turned her into a cult figure.
From alexandrine verse to an impossible nationality
As the weeks went by, the figure accumulated layers. It was said she wrote in alexandrine verse, that she presented herself as Croatian despite having lived in Spain for years, and that, according to some, she was actually a bearded man from Sigüenza. There was even a theory circulating that she dictated the texts to a voice recognition system. The mix was so utterly far-fetched that it came to be considered a work of trolling art.
The identity that was never solved
The hypotheses about who was behind it ranged from a female computer engineer studying at the UNED (Spain's national distance-learning university) to a man from Spain's depopulated countryside with too much time on his hands and a fertile imagination. Both versions could be true, or neither. Years later, the mystery remains intact, and attempts to unmask the character have only added more noise.
As long as there are internet users willing to believe, new legends will be born. This one, with its impossible pregnancy and its alexandrine verse, is guaranteed a successor.
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