94 Times People Saw Their Doppelgangers In The Most Unexpected Places (New Pics)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a twin? If you were identical, you might be able to play tricks on strangers who don’t realize there are two of you. And you would finally get to experience the magic of twin telepathy yourself!

But if you’re looking for the next best thing to having an actual twin, we’re happy to inform you that, somewhere out there, you definitely have a doppelganger. Below, you’ll find photos Bored Panda has gathered from around the web of people who have found their doppelgangers in the most unexpected places. Enjoy scrolling through these entertaining and confusing pics, and be sure to upvote the ones that appear to be glitches in the Matrix!

#1 I Wasn’t Convinced Until Now. We Are Definitely In A Simulation. Today I Randomly Swam Past My Doppelgänger At The Flamingo Pool In Vegas

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#2 My Family’s Friend Is A Persian Replica Of Jeff Goldblum. They Finally Met

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#3 Jack Black’s Twin? I’ve Been Called Him My Entire Life! If Someone On Here Knows Him, Tell Him I’m A Huge Fan And That He Looks Like Me

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We all have that one celebrity that everyone swears we look just like. “Have you seen [insert film]? You should dress up as [insert character] for Halloween!” And while this can be annoying, we have to admit that it’s a bit amusing to find someone who looks extremely similar to ourselves. We share a bond with these random strangers just by knowing that the world perceives us in the same way.

According to the BBC, there’s only a one in 135 chance that you have an exact doppelganger, but when it comes to someone who shares a striking resemblance to you, there’s a much better chance they’re out there. Especially if you’re someone who has an “average face,” meaning you have features that are common, you shouldn’t have a hard time finding your twin stranger.

#4 That Is Too Funny

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#5 Yes Dani, Tell Us How

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#6 She Is Nowhere Near As Thrilled As Her Father

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For example, the BBC reports that one in ten people have round faces, and 55% of the world’s population has brown eyes. If you’re a man and you have a beard, that increases your chances of encountering a doppelganger as well, especially if you live in the UK, where most men have some form of facial hair. If you’re a guy with short hair, you also fall into the majority, making it easier to find a doppelganger.

But why are we so interested in finding our twin strangers anyway? Well, according to Francois Brunelle, who has photographed over 200 pairs of doppelgangers, “If you meet someone that looks like you, you have an instant bond because you share something.” It can be hard enough to strike up a conversation with a stranger nowadays, but looking alike is an excellent ice breaker!

#7 My Parents (On The Left) Matching With Strangers From Their Cruise

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#8 Two Stranger Twins Met At A Hockey Game, And The Third One Found Their Picture Online

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#9 Met My Doppelganger

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But just because you look similar to a random person you encounter at a theme park or come across online doesn’t mean that you actually share any common DNA. “It is entirely possible for two people with similar facial features to have DNA that is no more similar than that of two random people,” Lavinia Paternoster, a geneticist at the University of Bristol, told the BBC. That shouldn’t deter you from seeking out your doppelganger if you want to though! Just don’t try to frame them as the suspect of a crime you committed if you left DNA at the scene.

#10 These Two People Had Such A Similar Look It Was Uncanny

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#11 Baldception?

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#12 The French Gentleman Spawn Is Broken

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If you are interested in finding your very own twin stranger or strangers, we’re living in the perfect age to do so. With social media and the internet at our fingertips, we have access to billions of people we could have never met in previous generations. And lucky for us, Make Use Of has even shared some online tools that can help you find your doppelganger even faster than usual. One site you can try is actually called Twin Strangers, and it allows users to chat and plan meet-ups with their doppelgangers.

#13 Einstein’s Doppelganger Found In A Random Supermarket, Egypt

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#14 Spotted A Glitch In The Matrix Today

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#15 I Always Get “You Look Like The Guy From The Mummy”. What Do You Think?

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According to the site’s FAQs, users can upload a passport style image of themselves which will be compared to up to 2 million other users of the site. Your closest 100+ matches will then be dropped into your AI search folder for you to scroll through. If you and one of your potential doppelgangers both choose to connect, you’ll have access to one another’s emails and have the opportunity to video chat or even meet in real life.

#16 Pretty Sure I Saw Robin Williams’s Identical Twin While On Vacation In Germany

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#17 Found My Dad’s Doppelganger On A Trip To Jamaica

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#18 I Have Been Told I Was Bryan Cranston’s Doppelganger Since Breaking Bad Started

I went to San Diego for the Comic Con this past summer so I could see him and see for myself. I wasn’t disappointed. I am the op of this picture, that’s me on the left.

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Another tool Make Use Of recommends for finding your doppelganger is to use Google’s reverse image search option with a photo of yourself. Results might yield photos of other people who look strikingly similar, and you might have an image of your very own doppelganger in seconds. Of course, they might not be interested in connecting, especially if they’re not registered on any sites that are specifically for finding twin strangers. But at least you’ll know that you’re not the only “you” out there!

#19 Two Random, Yet Almost Identical, Boomers

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#20 Andrew Zimmern And Myself At The 2019 South Beach Food And Wine Festival

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#21 I’m Actually A Vampire And Here’s A Picture Of Me From The 40s. Just Joking, Just My Doppelganger Great Uncle

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Not everyone believes that finding a doppelganger is a good thing, though. While some might be overjoyed to find a twin and others might believe that the existence of them proves we’re living in a simulation, others actually consider them to be frightening. According to Bustle, doppelgangers have long been seen as a bad omen, as they have been seen as an evil twin rather than an innocuous one.

#22 Drove 10 Hours Alone To A Concert And Met My Doppelganger

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#23 You’re Not My Grandmother

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#24 Found My Double Today

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Doppelgangers have also been seen as an omen of death in some cultures. German folklore says that seeing your twin, especially more than once, means that your time is running out. And apparently, Abraham Lincoln saw two faces in the mirror on the night of his first election, which his wife Mary believed meant that he would fall ill or die during his second term. Sure enough, she was right.

#25 In 1981, My Mom Had A Nanny Who Looked Like Mrs. Doubtfire

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#26 The Dad Multiverse

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#27 Even Their Bags Are The Same. Not Enough Non-Player Character Design In The Matrix

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Are you feeling inspired to go in search of your own doppelganger, pandas? I guarantee they’re out there, but finding them in real life might be a bit unsettling. Keep scrolling through these pics that show that we’re not so unique after all, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever found someone who shares an uncanny resemblance to yourself. Then, if you’re interested in going even deeper down the doppelganger rabbit hole, we recommend checking out this Bored Panda article next!

#28 I Have Worked Here For 2 Years. I Have Only Seen Them Individually. Had A Major “What Is This” Moment Today When I Realized It Was Two Different People

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#29 My Boss’s Girlfriend Knows Bernie’s Doppelganger, Who’s The Bass Player At Their Church

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#30 Steve Jobs’ Lookalike In Egypt

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#31 I Found This While Looking For A Picture Frame

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#32 Server At The Restaurant Said: “Hey, There’s A Guy In The Kitchen That Looks Just Like You. Can I Bring Him Out?”

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#33 A Girl From My School And I. The More I Look, The Weirder It Gets

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#34 Visited A Museum In Berlin And Found Out I Look A Lot Like Herbert Baum

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#35 Casually Met My Doppelganger At A Boat Party

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#36 So It Turns Out I Have A Twin In Israel. Either That Or There’s A Glitch In The Matrix

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#37 I Met Steve-O. People Always Say We Look Alike

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#38 I Found This Random Painting In A Thrift Store That Looks Unsettlingly Similar To Me

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#39 I Present To You: Doppelgangers, Couple Edition. This Is My Friend’s Husband (Top Left Corner) With A Friend (Left-Hand Side Corner) And Their Befriended Couple

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#40 Googled My Name The Other Day And Found My Doppelganger From 70 Years Ago, Who Just Happened To Have My Same Name

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#41 10 Years Ago, I Went Off To College And People I Didn’t Know Kept Coming Up To Me And Calling Me “Brian”. My Name Is Josh. Then, A Few Weeks Later, I Met Brian, And We Took This Picture

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#42 Found My Doppelganger In A Dog Food Commercial

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#43 Whoa. Déjà Vu

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#44 These 40 Spanish Men Wore Almost Identical Outfits To Lunch

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#45 Met My Doppelganger At A Concert Last Night

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#46 The First Day My Boyfriend Met My Dad, They Wore The Same Outfit And Looked Like Twins

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#47 Found My Slimmer Alter Ego On The Bus Stop Commercial

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#48 My Doppelganger At A Music Festival

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#49 Since About 2016 Me And This Guy Have Bumped Into Each Other So Many Times It’s Actually Scary

He was at an event in 2016 to which I went too, I always saw him while I lived in a flat, then I moved and got a house. He just happened to have family in the same street and moved there later the same year. And many many more. This picture was recent where I’ve moved to a different country (England to Wales so not much) and he just happened to visit the same exact campsite I am living on for the day and I bumped into him while taking out the trash.

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#50 I’ve Been Looking For Her Ever Since

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#51 Friend Of Mine Is A Murr’s Clone

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#52 I Found Mine. We Are Not Related, I Found Him In NYC, It Was Very Freaky

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#53 An Old Friend Of Mine On The Left, And A Guy I Work With On The Right. Not Only Do They Look Alike, But All Their Mannerisms Are The Same, Same Voice, Laugh, Smile, And Eyes

Guy on the right is wearing boots otherwise they’d be the same height as well.

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#54 My Son Matches The Placemat At Chic-Fil-A

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#55 Glitch In The Mirror

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#56 My Little Cousins Wanted To Know Why The Art Museum Had A Painting Of Their Uncle

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#57 My Dad Is Howard Stern’s Doppelganger

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#58 Two Of My Friends Are Doppelgängers. They Lived 700 Miles Apart But Both Moved To Denver. Now They Are Adventure Buddies. DoppelDaves Do Denver

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#59 Apparently I Look Like Drew Barrymore

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#60 My Dad Is Larry David’s Clone

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#61 My Dad And His Friend Are Morphing Into Twins As They Get Older

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#62 I Wonder Who I Look Like. Thoughts?

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#63 Urban Outfitters Sells A Pair Of Socks That Looks Exactly Like My Friend Who Works There

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#64 Aquaman’s Doppelganger

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#65 Girl Glitch

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#66 My Friend Found His Doppelganger This Weekend

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#67 Glitch In The Matrix

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#68 They Are Freakishly Similar And Share The Same Birthday

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#69 This Painting That My Brother Came Across While Traveling, Looks Exactly Like Him

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#70 You Weren’t Going To Tell Me Everyone Was Going To Be In Town

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#71 It Happened

We had never met before this photo. Same glasses. Same facial expressions. Everything. This was taken in the hall of our dorm. We actually live on the same floor out of 6 different building possibilities. Weird.

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#72 Ain’t Nobody Famous, But Last Night One Of My Friends Took A Photo Of Someone Who Looked Like Me. I Found My Doppelganger

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#73 My Girlfriend Met Frankito’s Doppelganger

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#74 I Look Creepily Similar To The Guy In This Poster

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#75 My Friend (Left) And His Perfect Doppelganger Randomly Met At A Concert

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#76 My Friend And Keith From The Try Guys

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#77 At The End Of These Three Different Tables, These Women Were Wearing Similar Floral Purple Dresses

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#78 My Daughter Looks Like Clemenza From The Godfather

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#79 The Two Women In Front Of Me In The McDonald’s Drive Through Looked Very Similar

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#80 These Two Unrelated People That Look Similar With Inverted Color Jackets

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#81 I Saw This Guy From Across The Bar Who Looked Like A Shorter Version Of My Buddy. I Made Them Take A Photo

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#82 I Have An Uncanny Resemblance To The Freya Carving At Epcot’s Stave Church

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#83 Met These Two Guys At A Show And Asked Them If They Were Brothers. They Both Said They Had Never Met One Another Before. I Asked Them To Pretend To Be Twins For A Picture

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#84 If You Find Yourself At The LA Auto Show, That’s Not Me In The Toyota Booth. But This Is Close Enough That I’m Tempted To Ask Toyota For My Money

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#85 Last Night, A Friend Of Mine Ran Into Two Doppelgangers Of His At A Concert

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#86 As The Saying Goes “There Are Seven People In This World Who Look Like You”

I never really believed much until 2 years ago, someone happened to send me this picture, and honestly, my heart skipped a beat (guess that’s what happens when you find your doppelgänger for real). She’s Rutu from Ahmedabad, and we contacted her two years ago via social media. We stayed in touch and hoped to meet one day. And guess what sheer coincidence again? Rutu was visiting her maasi in Ahmedabad the same day I was there. We scheduled our meeting, and to my surprise, she looked exactly like me. Her smile, her build, her nature. FYI, our birthdays fall on May 5th and May 6th, respectively. I just found 1 out of 7 of my doppelgangers; this feels so surreal.

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