{"id":11385,"date":"2026-03-12T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11385"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:03:08","slug":"buried-secrets-unearthed-what-was-really-found-in-the-garden-at-savannah-guthries-sisters-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11385","title":{"rendered":"Buried Secrets Unearthed: What Was Really Found in the Garden at Savannah Guthrie\u2019s Sister\u2019s Home."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"222\">The story about a \u201cburied secret\u201d in the garden of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Savannah Guthrie<\/span><\/span>\u2019s sister is <strong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"139\">very likely not a real news report<\/strong>. There are several strong signs it\u2019s a <strong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"221\">fabricated or misleading viral article<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"5b4eq9\" data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"255\">Key problems with the story<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"586\"><strong data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"303\">1. No confirmation from major news outlets<\/strong><br data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"306\" \/>A disappearance involving the mother of a nationally known TV host would be major news. Yet outlets such as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">NBC News<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">CNN<\/span><\/span>, or <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span> have <strong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"561\">no verified reports<\/strong> about this alleged case.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"675\"><strong data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"631\">2. Vague \u201csources\u201d and missing evidence<\/strong><br data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"634\" \/>The article repeatedly uses phrases like:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"765\">\n<li data-section-id=\"qvys6r\" data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"714\">\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"714\">\u201csources close to the investigation\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"d80gx8\" data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"745\">\n<p data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"745\">\u201creports circulating online\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1e1j3m0\" data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"765\">\n<p data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"765\">\u201callegedly found\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"927\">But it never provides <strong data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"904\">official statements from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/span><\/span> or the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department<\/span><\/span><\/strong> confirming the claims.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1140\"><strong data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"955\">3. Clickbait structure<\/strong><br data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"958\" \/>The page includes many unrelated ads (nail fungus cures, plumbing tricks, parasites, etc.). That layout is typical of <strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1139\">clickbait websites that generate revenue from viral stories<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1331\"><strong data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1187\">4. Real names used in fictional scenarios<\/strong><br data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1190\" \/>Public figures like <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Savannah Guthrie<\/span><\/span> are sometimes used in fabricated stories because recognizable names attract clicks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1333\" data-end=\"1557\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1351\">Bottom line:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1354\" \/>There is <strong data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1490\">no reliable evidence that Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped or that investigators found buried evidence in her daughter\u2019s garden.<\/strong> The story appears to be <strong data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1557\">sensationalized or entirely fictional.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The story about a \u201cburied secret\u201d in the garden of Savannah Guthrie\u2019s sister is very likely not a real news report. There are several strong <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11385\" title=\"Buried Secrets Unearthed: What Was Really Found in the Garden at Savannah Guthrie\u2019s Sister\u2019s Home.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11387,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11385\/revisions\/11387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}