Victoria and Coyne Wiggins sold everything, bought 20 acres in the Arizona desert, and hit record. What followed wasn’t the off-grid dream they’d imagined—it was a mystery that set the true crime world spiraling.

Known online as Wiggins Wild World, the Pacific Northwest couple had been documenting their RV homesteading journey on TikTok and YouTube. But in October 2024, while filming a casual walk through their new Cochise County property, they captured something else entirely: a child’s backpack, tiny shoes, scattered bones—and what looked like a makeshift “nest” just miles from the U.S.–Mexico border.

The footage spread fast.

TikTok sleuths and true crime fanatics swarmed the case. Their following surged past 100,000. Speculation exploded—migrant drop site? Human trafficking? Something worse? But just as momentum culminated, the Wiggins' TikTok account vanished without explanation.

“We're out here today on the property trying to find the last corner marking,” Coyne said in one of the couple’s now-deleted videos, archived on YouTube. 

They were walking the perimeter, trying to map out the first five acres they planned to develop. “We're doing it by sight because it's kind of fun.” 

That mood shifted when they stumbled across a kid-sized backpack, a small shoe, and what appeared to be human bones. The discovery happened entirely by chance, the couple said. 

“It feels really heavy here for some reason… cemetery vibes. Sure as shit, there’s a bone this big—it could be part of a little kid’s femur or something,” Coyne said.

Their property lies just 15 miles from the southern border—fueling theories that the area may be a route used by migrants or traffickers. To some locals, though, the discovery wasn’t shocking.

“People from Arizona were saying, ‘Oh, this isn’t that uncommon to find in the desert because this happens all the time,’” said Ashlee Jordan, a TikToker investigating the case, in a post.

The Wiggins allegedly reported the findings to local law enforcement. A sheriff’s deputy reportedly visited the site and collected the bones for analysis. The couple claims they never heard back. They say attempts to contact the FBI led nowhere—but allegedly, strange cars began appearing near their property, and helicopters started flying unusually low overhead.

As their videos racked up views, questions surfaced about their motives.

Some online accused the Wiggins of staging the find for fame or monetization. Others, like Jordan, disagree.

“I didn’t see anything that pointed to them asking for money,” she said, noting that TikTok’s Creator Fund requires significant qualifications and delays payouts. “If they deleted their account, they’re not getting paid.”

“I am not accepting any financial aid at this time at all. We’re not going to let anyone try and accuse us of doing this for anything other than trying to get the word out there that this was weird,” Coyne said in a final now-deleted post.

Videos from the Wiggins’ TikTok are being preserved on their still-active YouTube channel, but the couple themselves remain offline.

Organizations like Project Child Rescue have reportedly shown interest in verifying the claims and are in contact with law enforcement. Others point to a more mundane possibility—that the bones may belong to a deer, not a person.

Hot Take Times has contacted the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office and Coyne Wiggins for comment. This story will be updated, or additional coverage will be provided as new information becomes available.