Seeing double: spitting-image strangers discover science behind doppelgängers | 7NEWS Spotlight

The strange case of doppelgängers. These strangers don't know each other, but what they have in common is bizarre. Matt Doran meets these surprising lookalikes and discovers they have more in common than just their appearance. This story originally aired on August 18, 2019.

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[spaceskipster]

I saw my doppelganger getting of a train at Liverpool Street Station ( London ) when I was about 18. He noticed me and said "bloody hell mate, you're Me!" 😲 we both laughed and went on our way. 😄

[ronnash]

I am Australian and I was living in Texas. My wife said, you know, you look a lot like my neurologist. So I decided to see. She was in with her doctor and I came in about 15 minutes later. As I walked through the hospital staff and nurses were say good morning doctor, or, hello doctor have a great day....etc etc. so I got into it a bit. I would say hello to everyone. Finally, I got to the waiting room, where my wife was waiting. She had told her doctor about me, and as he walked around the corner, it was like looking in a mirror. Not only were we identical, but we even had the same beards with the identical cut. We just stood there a few feet apart staring at each other. He then said "It appears that some of my relatives moved from Italy to were both amazed.

[atyourservicedog]

I was in the airport and a sweet grandmother turned and got so excited when she saw me. “I thought you couldn’t come!” And she gave me big hug, I hugged her and assumed she was suffering with dementia- until her middle age daughter turned around. When I explained my name and I wasn’t who she thought, the mother screamed and dropped her bag. Even she couldn’t believe she didn’t know I wasn’t her kid, they were talking so fast! Then “my brother” turned around and “Mom! What are you freaking out about?!” She pointed at me and said she’s exactly your sister!” He rolled his eyes and looked at me, and froze. The three just stood there getting inches from my face.😂 Then the father and grandfather came up and joined the chaos, it was unreal. They were so very nice, lots of hugs and Grammy kisses.😂 They took a photo of us together and went on their way.

[MollyP]

I need this to be a series on TV! I could watch 10 seasons of this.

[NYC]

It would be interesting to see what each doppelgangers parents look like.

[katararose]

I have a doppelganger out there somewhere. A co-worker kept staring at me and seemed to be scared out of his wits. After about 5 interactions like this with him he finally asked my name. I told him and he explained to me I looked just like his ex wife who was a psychopath and stalker and he has had to go incognito and move from state to state to avoid her.😱 Bless this poor man's heart!!! I tried to avoid him seeing me because I didn't want to be his walking nighmare.

[raizelcortez]

I’ve seen my fiancé’s doppelgänger. I couldn’t get over how identical they were. I actually thought he was my fiancé. They weren’t NEARLY identical, they were COMPLETELY identical. The ONLY reason why I realized he wasn’t my fiancé was he doesn’t own the clothes the guy was wearing.

[heru-deshet]

I came across a gentleman at a grocery store that looked almost identical to my brother that had passed away 13 years ago. He even had the same first name! We sparked up a conversation, took selfies and after looking at the pics we noticed our lower jaws and mouths were extremely similar as well.

[hipretty]

Who else here feels they should have put a link to the site where others can find their doppelgängers????

[melessabrowne]

my husband and I moved to a new village last year, and a guy from the neighborhood befriended my husband. Soon enough, the guy said his wife looked exactly like me. I took it as a compliment, until he brought her one day and me and her looked so alike that I couldn't stop smiling. We started conversing from the moment she entered the door until she left later that night. It was like we were long lost friends! Even more amazing, her and I have a lot of the same mannerisms. We are good friends now.

[doro]

I used to work with a guy that looked just like me. From about 50 yards, even I thought I was looking in a mirror. People who didnt see me everyday thought he was me. he loved it, since he was new. He started telling people he was my little brother as a joke and years later, this lady asked me how my brother was doing, but she meant him. I had to tell her, that was just a gag, we weren't related. She thought I was putting her on.

[NatRicci]

These two guys, they have a twin like connection, it’s more than the super alike appearance, very sweet!

[randomdude_]

id love to see an actual tv series where people meet their doppelgangers, how fun would that be???

[mariantea]

I love how well the two old guys get along, laughing together like they've been best friends since they were ten. 😊

[bwilliamsu]

My best friend died of cancer at 29. Her ex-boyfriend married a woman that looked like her twin (I guess he has a type). What's crazy is that before they got married and my bf was still alive, his wife said strangers kept coming up to her and calling her by my best friend's name. When she came to my best friend's funeral people were telling her they were sorry for her lost because they assumed she must be my best friend's twin sister. We eventually became friends and our daughters are best friends.

[incognitotorpedo]

I had a doppelganger in elementary school. He was a year ahead of me, but we not only looked identical, we had the same first name. We never talked. There was a weird tension between us.

[hestiasgardenhomestead]

The worst part is seeing the doppleganger of a friend that has passed away

[MsKimLorraine]

I love how these two older couples have come together as family and friends. This is cool.

[purplehayse]

Mine was from a rival school across town, unfortunately he was the older of the Westside school shooters in Arkansas. I had relatives calling my family when the pictures of him hit the news thinking it was me. I even worked with his brother a few years later during high-school. He just stopped and was speechless upon seeking me, knowing the fact his brother was incarcerated at the time. Super weird situation

[glasslinger]

Back in high school someone noticed there were a lot of girls that looked alike. So a contest was held to see how many doppelgangers could be found. The winners found 9 girls that were so alike it was virtually impossible to tell them apart!