Man left seeing double after meeting his doppelganger on a plane

A man has spoken of the “total weirdness” of encountering his doppelganger after boarding a flight to see him sitting in his seat.

Neil Thomas Douglas, a photographer from Glasgow, was travelling to Galway via London Stansted on Thursday 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 in 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.”

The plane selfie was posted on Twitter by Lee Beattie, director of Wire Media, who has since been inundated by pictures from people who reckon they give the look-a-like a run for his money.

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