Internet personality Sofia Ligeros makes shocking discovery in Exmouth op shop
A woman travelling around Western Australia has made a spine-tingling discovery in a small Exmouth op shop.
Internet personality Sofia Ligeros announced just days ago that her close friend, Cockatoo Paul, had died.
Since then, she has been documenting her grief journey and sharing her thoughts on life after death.
The social media sensation — who has more than 1.1 million followers — was tossing up the decision to continue exploring WA or make the 61-hour drive to Byron Bay in New South Wales to visit his memorial.
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As she weighed up her options, Ligeros and her friend walked into a vintage Exmouth store and were left speechless at her find.
“This is probably one of those things where if I didn’t have proof, no one would believe me,” Ligeros said in a TikTok video.
“I walk into an op shop, and I very rarely go to op shops, I would go to an op shop maybe once every six months.
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“But this small town that I’m in has (3400) people and it’s got very (few) shops.
“So I go into this op shop with my friend and we are just pottering around and I walk over to her and she’s like ‘You’re not going to believe this, you’re not going to believe what I just found.’
Ligeros then shows a CD with the words ‘Cockatoo Paul Live’ on the cover.
“I read that (the cover) and I’m like Cockatoo Paul, that’s my friend that passed away. That’s him, it’s literally him.
Ligeros then shows a CD with the words ‘Cockatoo Paul Live’ on the cover. Credit: Sofia Ligeros
“I didn’t even know that this existed. I didn’t know there were CDs of him.”
Ligeros took the discovery as a sign from her friend to travel to his memorial in NSW.
The video — which has been viewed more than 530,000 times — received an outpouring of love from her followers.
Many said she should take it as a sign to continue her adventures in WA, however Ligeros said she wants to be with her Byron Bay family as they grieve the death of their friend.