Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations
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News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death
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Nigel Phillips, the governor, was getting ready for bed on Wednesday night when he was inundated with anxious messages. He got up and searched the grounds to check on the tortoise. “Jonathan is asleep under a tree in the paddock,” he told the Guardian, adding that the animal was “very much alive”.