Can you imagine boarding a plane, finding your seat and discovering you had a lookalike right next to you?
That is exactly what happened to two guys on board a Ryanair flight - who look like twins.
Neil Thomas Douglas, a photographer from Glasgow, was travelling to Galway via London Stansted last night when he came face to face with the bearded stranger.
He said: "When I got on the Ryanair flight, there was a dude already on my seat - when the guy looked up, I thought: 'He looks like me'.
"We had a big laugh about it - everyone around us had a laugh, we took a selfie and that was it."
But the pair were later to encounter a further coincidence when they checked into the same hotel in Galway.
Neil added: "Later that night, I went to the pub and again, there was my twin. Total weirdness.
"We had a laugh and a pint."
Scottish PR Lee Beattie shared the picture of the pair who were complete strangers before they met on Twitter and now it has become a viral hit.
Guy on right is the husband of my friend @elrottencrotch. Guy on left is a STRANGER he met on a flight last night! pic.twitter.com/kwBFOOEoMc
— Lee Beattie (@leebeattie) October 30, 2015
The Director of Wire Media added:
I can't stop looking at it. They are the same man.
— Lee Beattie (@leebeattie) October 30, 2015
Spooky or what? They look so alike. And it seems Twitter agrees:
@leebeattie @DaftLimmy @elrottencrotch @NeilTDouglas It's that old thing: A stranger's just an identical twin you've never met.
— Jim Gibson (@jimgibs0n) October 30, 2015
@leebeattie @elrottencrotch @NeilTDouglas *whips out DNA testing kit*
— Kate Griffiths (@katesfxmakeup) October 30, 2015
@leebeattie @gaz86lfc @elrottencrotch @NeilTDouglas Separated at birth.
— ICON. (@kloppidol77) October 30, 2015
@leebeattie @Poggymac @elrottencrotch no way, so we do all have a twin.....
— Sean Sutton (@5utty) October 30, 2015
@leebeattie @elrottencrotch EVIL TWIN (but which one?!?)
— Eric Chrisman (@realedc30) October 30, 2015
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