It is thought that most of us have a ‘doppelganger’ somewhere out in the big wide world. For one man, he actually got to meet his, purely by chance!

A retired clergyman was shocked when he moved to a different county and people kept waving and smiling at him as if they knew him. He realised that it wasn’t just friendliness on their part as they kept referring to him by a different name!

After a couple of months of this, the puzzled man decided to ask the cafe owner (who also addressed him by the wrong name) what as going on! The cafe owner was shocked that the man didn’t seem to know him, and that he wasn’t called ‘John’ either that he had been referring him as. He even had to get out his driving licence to prove it!

It turned out that John also lived in the town and had done for over fifty years. This explained to the Clergyman (called Neil) the case of mistaken identity and he thought no more about it, despite being a little intrigued as to what this John looked like.

Not long later, Neil went on a coach trip to the British Library Museum. He heard someone mention the name ‘John’ and he craned his neck to get a better view. He could actually see the resemblance himself, and they had in fact, got a lot in common!

Not only do they have similar taste in clothes (the pic was taken on the day of the coach trip), but they had actually studied at the same College and followed careers as RE teachers! They also have similar interests in Amateur Dramatics and writing poetry, and have now become firm friends!

How would you feel if you met up with your ‘twin?’ Personally I think I would be a bit freaked out!