Throughout history, meeting a doppelganger usually meantbad luckand was considered as an evil omen by many folklore tales. Meeting a doppelganger in real life was seen as meeting with a malevolent twin or even a paranormal entity.
The science behind these twin strangers is also quite grim as heautoscopy or hallucinations of seeing your own body in the distance might be signs ofschizophreniaand epilepsy, which explains why it was seen as a harbinger of bad luck in the olden days. Thankfully, today, we use the term doppelganger in a more general and neutral way to describe a person who looks or acts the same way as we do.
Wecollected a list of people who experienced this bizarre look-alike phenomenon, and it genuinely looks like aglitch in the Matrix. Just think about it. You inherit the looks of yourancestors, and someone happens to look exactly like you, and you happen to meet him accidentally. What are the odds? And though it is quite an eerie experience, the chance for a fun picture is just too good.
If you have met your doppelganger in real life, we’d like to hear your story!
#1 My Doppelganger Was Seated Next To Me On A Plane, Then We Accidentally Checked Into The Same Hotel And Went For A Beer
#2 I Found My Literal Doppelgänger Just Now Wtf
#3 I Ran Into My Doppelganger At My Cousin’s Wedding And She’s My Cousin’s Husband’s Sister, No Other Relation
Are Doppelgangers Real?
The word “doppelganger” comes from the German language and literally means “double-goer” or “double-walker,” meaning a person who’s your visual copy. Unlike having an actual twin sibling, the doppelganger twins DNA will never match as they are supposed to be a carbon copy of you sans the shared genes. Spooky, right?
And although doppelgangers are very real in mythology and in popular culture (think “Twin Peaks” or “Us”), chances to meet one in real life are very, very slim. We’ll discuss just how slim they are in the next section.
#4 My Friend Met His Doppelganger Last Night
#5 When Retired Priest Neil Richardson Moved To Essex He Found People Kept Coming Up To Him To Say “Hello John” – Because His Double Already Lived There
#6 My Own Doppelganger That I Ran Into At A Music Festival, Plus A Face-Swap Of The Photo
Is it Possible to Have a Doppelganger in Real Life?
In a nutshell, yes, it is possible to have a doppelganger in real life, but there’s one huge caveat—the chances of having a real-life doppelganger that matches the measurements of your facial features exactly is about one in a trillion. So, if you’re worried about identity theft or if the thought of doppelganger scary stories keeps you up at night, you can rest assured that meeting one in real life is nearly impossible.
This leads us to another question—does everyone have a doppelganger? While we’re not aces in math or statistics, the odds are against this. You may certainly find someone who looks similar to you in your lifetime, but to say that every one of us has an exact match or a real-life doppelganger wandering around is a far shot.
#7 My Friend Found Her Doppelganger At A Party
#8 My Friend Also Found His Doppelgänger At A Party
#9 Doppelgangers. Truly Freaky
Are Doppelgangers Evil?
If we’re talking about real-life doppelgangers, one can never know with them! There are all kinds of people, and doppelgangers in real life can be both as good as you or as bad as your upstairs neighbor who seemingly wears wooden clogs and dances Kozachok in ungodly hours of the night.
If we’re talking about mythological doppelgangers, they almost certainly are all evil. Some mythologies name doppelgangers as harbingers of bad luck; most say they’re your evil twins, and the portrayal in popular culture almost always doubles them with the battle of good and evil.
So now that we know what a doppelganger is and the truth behind doppelganger’s meaning, it’s up to you to decide whether to believe in their existence. Whether you think of them as evil entities or pure gene lottery, one thing is sure—they’re downright entertaining. Scroll down our list of real-life lookalikes and decide for yourself are doppelgangers real.
#10 Bumped Into My Doppelganger At Subic Bay. My Dad, Cousins And Brother Accidentally Mistook Her For Me, So My Aunty Asked Her If We Could Take A Photo Together
#11 10 Years Ago When I Went Off To College For The First Time, People I Didn’t Know Kept Coming Up To Me And Calling Me “Brian”. My Name Is Josh. Then A Few Weeks Into The Semester I Met Brian And We Took This Picture Together.
#12 Found My Doppelganger. Funny…. We Even Share The Same Birthday
#13 My Dads Coworker Is Also His Doppelgänger
#14 My Girlfriend Met Her Doppelganger
#15 I Met My Twin Brother From Another Mother At The Bar. His Name Is Adam And He Also Likes Beer
#16 My Bf (left) Met His Doppelganger At Ikea Last Night
#17 Saw Doppelgänger On Front Page Met Mine A Few Weeks Ago
#18 His Girlfriend Of One Year Started Walking Towards Me Thinking I Was Him…
#19 Met My Doppelgänger And Thought I’d Share. We Even Had Matching Hair Accessories. I’m On The Left
#20 I (im The Shorter One) Met My Canadian Doppelganger On A Cruise Ship With My Wife On Our Honeymoon!
#21 Got Stationed In Okinawa And Shortly After My Doppelgänger Joined My Unit
#22 I Was Walking Around A While Back And Met My Doppleganger, We Even Have The Same First Name
#23 Met My Doppelgänger. He’s A Better Smiler Than I Am.
#24 So My Friend Found His Doppelgänger?
#25 This Is Me And My Doppelgänger. Have Any Of You Redditors Met Yours In Real Life?
#26 Met My Doppelganger
#27 My Friend Just Found His Doppelganger
#28 My Friend Met His Doppelganger On A Night Out…
#29 I Met My Doppelganger In Australia!
#30 Just 20 Minutes Before I Walked Into The Restaurant, The Server Told Her She Looked Like Me. We Actually Already Know Each Other.
#31 Was Out Last Saturday Night Minding My Own Business When A Guy And His Parents Approached Me For A Photo. Apparently I’m His Doppelganger?
#32 Ran Into My Daughter On A Business Trip… Oops. Guess Not.
#33 It’s Always An Interesting Night When You Randomly Run Into A Beard Doppelganger
#34 My Wife (left) Met Her Doppelgänger On Our Holiday In Rome.
#35 I Found My Doppelganger In A Bar Bathroom
#36 Found My Doppelganger, Bought Him A Jager And Got This Photo Op.
#37 Doppelganger
#38 I Finally Meet Longtime Virtual Pal Steve Burnett. Other People Stare In Horror At The Uncanny Duplication.
#39 My Brother Met His Black Doppelganger Last Night
#40 I Think I Found My Beard Doppelgänger
#41 I Met My Doppelganger A Year Ago In A Choir. I Was A New Member. Everyone Kept Telling Us That We Look Alike. We Denied For Months, Until We Decided To Do Snapchat’s Face-swap. We Couldn’t Stop Laughing When Looking At The Result.
#42 Met My Doppelganger At Work! Now We’re Besties!
#43 Just Now, Found My Doppelganger. Surreal. My Mom Told Me To Ask My Father Why This Guy Looks Like Me…
#44 My Brother From Another Mother.
#45 Met My Doppelgänger At Work! She Was Hired To The Same Unit 3 Months Before Me
#46 Never Met My Doppelgänger But He’s A Korean Rapper Called Zico!
#47 Found My Doppelgänger At The Pub After My Friends Went Up And Hugged Her
#48 My Fiancé Ran Into His Doppelgänger At A Car Show. I Called The Guy Over And Made Them Take A Picture Together.
#49 Been Told 3 Times I Have A Dopplegänger. Where Are They??
#50 I (left) Met My Doppelgänger (jenna) At Chick-fil-a! I Actually Didn’t Even See It Until All Her Coworkers Started Flipping Out. They Were Convinced We Were Twins Trying To Pull One Over On Them. After They Took The Picture I Flipped Too.
#51 Doppelganger Story
#52 Thoughts?
#53 My Dad Spotted My Boyfriends Doppelganger In An Amusement Park But He Was Too Embarrassed To Ask For A Picture 😂
#54 Found My Dopplenganger!! She Was A Random Neighbor Kid!! 🙂
#55 Hair, Eyebrows, Glasses, Nose, Smile… He’s The Bizzaro Me!
#56 So It Seems I Have A Few Clones Of My Own From Around The World, Mexican, Chinese, Unknown, Japanese And North Korean Lol Facebook Actually Detects Them All As Me 🤣 #orphanblack #clones
#57 Which Is Me
#58 Can You Help Me Find My Twin
#59 Help Me Find My Twin
#60 Have You Seen My Twin?
#61 Where’s My Doppelgänger
#62 Met My Doppelgänger A Year Ago While I Was Working
#63 My Sister Met An Eerily Similar Looking Girl While Visiting A Friend In A Different State At College.
#64 Do I Have A Twin!?
#65 Tasha
#66 They Say Everyone Has A Doppleganger…help Me Find Mine!?!?!?
#67 Let’s See If I Can Find My Doppelganger 🙂
#68 Where Is My Doppleganger!? 😚
#69 Martha
#70 Wanna Find My Twin And Scare The Crap Out Of My Mom And Boyfriend
#71 Lana
#72 Lana
#73 Looking For My Doppelgänger
#74 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger!
#75 My Dad Met His Doppelgänger Who Just So Happens To Be John Malkovich…
#76 Can Someone Find My Doppelganger?
#77 Does Anyone Know My Doppelgänger
#78 Find Em
#79 I Want To Found Mine Please
#80 Find Me….just Had To Try.
#81 Looking For Husbands Twin As Well. Email Me At Mhilterbran@icloud.com
#82 Met My Doppelgänger In College… He Was A Security Guard At Target
#83 I Ran Into Her At The School’s Library, People On Campus Kept Confusing Us For One Another
#84 She Looks Like Me, But I Don’t Look Like Her.
#85 She Looks Like Me, But I Don’t Look Like Her.
#86 Met My Doppelgänger At Work! We Started Working At The Same Facility And People Kept Mixing Us Up!
#87 Looking For My Twin😊
#88 We Have The Same Last Name (spelt Differently) & She Has A Twin Sister Already. The Outfit Was A Coincidence Also!
#89 With Hope To Find My Doppelganger 💕🙏🏼
#90 With Hope To Find My Doppelganger 💕🙏🏼
#91 Where’s My Lookalike
#92 Me
#93 Looking For My Dobbleganger (currently In Mpls Mn~)
#94 🌹🌹💋
#95 Anyone That Looks Like Me Or My Husband?? @breecaylen On Twitter, Let Me Know!
#96 Do We Have Twins?
#97 Help Me Find Mine
#98 Ruby Red
#99 Met Her On Myspace Back In The Day! Haha
#100 Where’s My Droppelgänger
#101 Hi My Name Is Melissa, Where Is My Twin?
#102 Help Me Find My Twin- For Real!
#103 Anyone Know Of Another Me!? 😊 Help Me Find Her, Would Love To Meet Her.
#104 Who Is My Doppleganger?
#105 Haven’t Met My Doppelgänger Face To Face Yet But I See She Had A Modeling Career!
#106 Looking For My Doppelgänger, I Don’t Even Care If You’re A The Other Sex. Lol
#107 Are You Looking For Me, Too?
#108 Where Is My Double At
#109 Where Is My Doppelganger? Ericademacabalin84@gmail.com
#110 Looking For My Doppelganger? Ericademacabalin84@gmail.com
#111 Me And My Little Man
#112 People Tell Me I Have A Twin Maybe Everyone Can Help Me Find Him
#113 Doggelgängers
#114 Actually Not Racist
#115 Hi, My Name Is Danielle. Help Me Find My Dopplegangers!
#116 Hi, My Name Is Danielle. Help Me Find My Dopplegangers!
#117 Hi, My Name Is Ljiljana. Help Me Find My Dopplegangers!
#118 Find My Twin
#119 Here I Am
#120 Who Looks Like Me Or My Husband?
#121 Me And Hubby, Have We Got Twins Out There?
#122 X
#123 Ashley
#124 Everyone Says I Always Look Familiar. There Must Be People Out There I Look Like!
#125 Find My Doppelgänger ! Where’s Sydney..like Where’s Waldo Except My Names Sydney And I’m Not Lost But My Doppelgänger Is!
#126 Can We Find Our Dopplegangers?
#127 Find My Doppelganger! 🙂
#128 Christmas 2016 – Doppleganger Out There?
#129 Just Me
#130 I Wanna Find My Doppelgänger!
#131 Luis Alvim
#132 Anderson Juvenal
#133 Silvana
#134 Where´s My Clones?
#135 Foto Tirada Em Ilhabela, Sp
#136 Jim Marcel
#137 Será Que Existe Cópia?
#138 Eu
#139 Help Me Find Mine!!(i’m On The Righ)
#140 Can I Have Some Help Finding My Doppelgangers
#141 Never Met Her, But My Friend Posted A Pic Of A Little Person And Everyone Thought She Looked Just Like Me.
#142 My Manager (right) Ran Into His Doppelganger At Out Company Christmas Party, I Work For A Huge Company With Locations All Over Wyoming.
#143 Do I Have Someone That Look Like Me ?
#144 Met My Doppelganger In Utero….identical Twins! Good Luck Seeing If There Are Matches To Us… 🙂
#145 Help Me Find My Twin…lolz
#146 What Would This World Do With Two Of Me?
#147 Met My Doppelgänger 6 Years Ago At A Bar When People Kept Mistaking Us For Each Other. She Likes Beer Too. 6 Years Later We’re Best Friends.
#148 Karmela
#149 Help Me Find My Twin?
#150 Find My Doppelganger?
#151 I Have Been Told Several Times In Different States That I Look Just Like Someone They Have Seen Before….where Are You At? Barbdevine89@gmail.com
#152 Where’s My Doppelgänger ?
#153 Do I Have A Doppelganger?
#154 I Would Love To Meet My Twin!
#155 Looking For Myself
#156 My Doppelganger Is My College Roommate
#157 I Met My Doppelganger At The New York State Fair.
#158 Where Am I In The World?
#159 Hey You..my Doppelganger..where Are You?
#160 I Think I Found Her (me On The Right)
#161 Where Is My Dopplegangger
#162 I Want To Find My Sister From Another Mister!
#163 Live Or Memorex?
#164 5th Cousins ! Never Met.
#165 I’d Really Love To Find My Doppelganger!
#166 Bethan
#167 I Have Never Met A Doppelganger Before!
#168 I’m A Twin, I Wanna Find My Triplet
#169 Where Is My Doppelgänger?
#170 Anyone Out There My Doppelganger??
#171 Katrina
#172 Find Me My Doppelganger And Add Him To My Instagram…
#173 Have Been Told So Many Times That I Looked Alike Someone They Know! Insta: Enire_htac
#174 I Wanna Find My Döppleganger Too!!!
#175 Do I Really Have A Twin Out There?
#176 Hey There Any One Look A Like Us I Suraj 26 Yrs My Wife 24
#177 I’ve Been Told I Look Like A Few People
#178 So It Seems I Have A Few Clones Of My Own From Around The World, Mexican, Chinese, Unknown, Japanese And North Korean Lol Facebook Actually Detects Them All As Me 🤣 #orphanblack #clones
#179 Help Find My Twin
#180 Anyone?
#181 Find My Twin 🙂 Ig: R0ckeyxo
#182 Do I Have A Doppelgänger Out There?
#183 Whats My Doppelganger? 😉
#184 I Want To Find My Doppelganger Too!
#185 Someone, Help Me Find Mine Please…… Im Begging
#186 Metggh
#187 Desperately Seeking My Doppleganger!
#188 Do I Have A Doppelganger???
#189 We Met At A Saloon In Texas. Uncanny, No?
#190 Let’s See If This Works🙈🙊🙉
#191 Looking For My Twin 😍
#192 Looking For My Twin Lol
#193 Where Are You ?
#194 Doppelganger???
#195 I Wanna Freak Out My Mom With My Doppleganger Lol
#196 Do I Have A Twin
#197 Looking For My Twin. I’ve Been Told There Is Someone Out There That Looks Exactly Like Me. I Would Like To Meet Them.
#198 Lookfordoppelganger
#199 My Family Tells Me I Look Like The Mona Lisa.
#200 Just Curious 🙂
#201 Can Anyone Find My Doppelgänger?
#202 Help Me Find My Twin If You Have A Pic Contact Me At Chevijo2003@gmail.com
#203 Help Me Find My Twin!!!!
#204 Murat Ben
#205 Doppelganger Where Are You ?????
#206 Looking For My Doppelganger
#207 Looking For Another Me.
#208 Any One Who Looks Like You??
#209 Me Wondering Where My Doppelganger Is?
#210 Me 🙂
#211 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger?
#212 Where’s My Double?
#213 Everyone Thinks My Best Friend And I Look Alike, But Anyone Know Of A Better Doppelganger?
#214 Found My Little Sister’s Doppelganger At My Work A Few Weeks Ago, Wondering Where Mine Is. Instagram: M1sty_mae_
#215 Where Is My Doppelgänger?!?
#216 Found My Brothers Dopplganger On An Online Article Titled Inappropriate Selfies. My Brother Is On The Right.
#217 Love Snapchat Lol Where Is My Twin??
#218 I’m Told All The Time That I Look Just Like ___ Or People Mistake Me For Someone Else. Even Told I Look Like Sandra Bullock. Help Me Find These People I Supposedly Look Like. I Think I Have A Pretty Unique Look, So To Me It’s Doubtful.
#219 Where’s My Long Lost Twin At!?
#220 Found This Guy On Facebook Because He Has The Same Last Name. We’re Not Related, Not Even From The Same Country.
#221 Looking For My Doppelganger. Anyone Know??
#222 Where Is My Doppelganger?
#223 Looking For My Twin…..
#224 Can Someone Find My Doppelganger?
#225 Response #105 I Think I Found Your Twin!
#226 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger !
#227 Looking For My Twin!!
#228 Does Anyone Know My Doppelgänger
#229 I Want A Twin! Help Me Find My Doppelgänger
#230 Help Me Find My Doppelganger?! (:
#231 Looking For Maybe Twin!! Mhilterbran@icloud.com Email Me!!
#232 I Don’t See The Resemblance. Lol.
#233 Looking For Twin…
#234 I Was Traveling In France And My Companions Grabbed Us Both And Had Us Take A Photo Together.
#235 Where’s My Twin
#236 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger
#237 My Doppelgänger Is Awkwafina (rapper/television Personality) From Queens, New York… I Am A Waitress/bartender From Hawaii… First Picture Was A Collage From A Friend Who Was Bringing Her Down Down For A Show That In Hawaii Saying I’m Her Doppelgänger (i’m On The Right). Second Picture Is When We Met For The First Time At The Show And Learned That Our Voices Sound The Same!!! (i’m On The Right Again)
#238 Where’s My Twin At?!
#239 Where’s My Twin??
#240 Where My Twinny @
#241 Alright, Where You At?!?! 😆
#242 Would Be Amazing To Find My Twin!
#243 Me And My Bestie Are Doppelgängers
#244 Wheres You At?
#245 I Wanna Meet My Doppelganger 🙃
#246 My Dad Spotted My Bfs Doppelganger In An Amusement Park But He Was Too Embarrassed To Ask For A Picture 😂
#247 Dean Sa
#248 I Think It Would Be Cool To Meet My Doppelganger Help Me Find Her!
#249 Find My Twin 😀
#250 Doppelganger. .where Are You?
#251 Hi, My Name Is Melissa And I Would Like To Know My Doubleganger. P.s. I’m From The Netherlands
#252 ליאל
#253 Dear Doppelganger, Find Me!!
#254 My Dear Doppelganger, Where Are You? 😊
#255 My Dear Doppelganger, Where Are You?
#256 I Want To Find My Twin Too. I’m Katarina And I Am From Serbia. 🙂
#257 Anyone Look Like Me!? 😄
#258 Where Are You
#259 I Want To Find My Doppelganger :d
#260 Wanna Find My Doppelgänger! I’m Melina From Germany [insta: Melina.sx]
#261 I Want To Find My Doppelganger Too :d
#262 I’ve Always Wanted To Have A Twin… Anyone?
#263 Levent Gökalp
#264 Would Love To Meet My Doppelganger
#265 I’m Already A Twin, But Curious If I Have A Triplet???
#266 Am I Out There?
#267 Do I Have A Look Alike?
#268 Looking For My Look Alike
#269 Where Is My Doppelganger??
#270 Where Is My Doppelganger? I Live In Norway:d Come And Give Me A Suprice!
#271 Would Love To Meet My Doppelgänger..
#272 Who Looks Like Me
#273 Were Is My Look Alike?
#274 Where’s Mine ? 😢
#275 My Bf And I… Doppelganger Please Be Out There ♡
#276 My And I…doppelganger Please Be Out There ♡
#277 Why Not Give It A Try. It Would Be Fun To Meet Someone Who Looks Like Me
#278 Can’t Wait!!
#279 Nn
#280 I Know You’re Out There!!! Once Had A Picture, 14 Years Ago.. Very Curious!
#281 Where’s My Twin At!?
#282 Hi I’m Maila From Italy, Realy Want To Find My Doppelgënger!
#283 Would Me Nice To Find Someone Who Looks Like Me And Learn What Else We Have In Common.
#284 Would Love To Meet My Doppelganger.
#285 Alright, Where You At? 😆
#286 My Aunt Told Me Once, She Saw My “twin” In Italy. Where Are You?! 😉
#287 Don’t Mind The Socks, Can You Find My Doppelgänger?!
#288 Would Love To Know My Doppelganger
#289 Don’t Know If I Have One But Would Love To Know!!
#290 Where’s My Doppelganger? 😇😈
#291 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger
#292 Do I Have A Doppleganger?
#293 I Mean….. Sure… Lets Find A Doppelgänger?….
#294 Anyone?
#295 Can Someone Help Me Locate My Doppleganger?
#296 Who’s My Doppelgänger??:d
#297 Who Looks Like Me??
#298 Where Is My Doppelganger?
#299 Where Is My Doppelganger?
#300 Where’s My Doppelganger?!?!?
#301 I Would Love To Meet Myself! Help Me Meet Me!
#302 Where You At???
#303 Doppelganger, Doppelganger, Wherefore Art Thou, Doppelganger??
#304 Wheres You At?
#305 Always Wondered Where My Look-alike Is!
#306 Wheres You At?
#307 Always Wanted To Find My Double.
#308 Please Help My Find My Doppelganger I’d Love To Meet Her/him
#309 Noone Looks Like Me…
#310 Me
#311 Lucy
#312 Me 😉
#313 Where Is Mine?????
#314 Let’s See If I Have A Doppelgänger Xx😜
#315 Dave
#316 Who Is My Twin؟
#317 All About Love
#318 I Met My Doppelgänger Today (me On Left)
#319 I Want To Find My Doppelgänger
#320 Doppelgänger Where You At?
#321 Marissa
#322 Find My Twin! Jay
#323 Sera Real Se Que Exite Jajaj
#324 Here I’m Waiting 😉
#325 Everyone Tells Me I Look Like Someone They Know. So Lets See What Happens
#326 Where Is My Twin
#327 Where Is My Doppelganger?
#328 Do I Have A Twinsie?
#329 Awesome Swede In San Francisco – Jon Axel
#330 Found A New Best Friend !
#331 Where’s My Doppelganger???
#332 Ive Been Told Alot I Have A Twin In My Area But Never Seen Her…makes Me Curious Tho
#333 I’ve Been Told You Have Been Spotted…i Know You Exist
#334 Searching For My Doppelganger!!
#335 Help Me Find My Doppelgänger !
#336 Lets Hope
#337 Is There Another Stacey Out There?
#338 Alguien Que Sea Mi Gemela???
#339 Natalie ✌️️
#340 I Would Love To Find My Doppelgänger
#341 Let’s See If I Have A Doppelgänger!
#342 Are You Or Someone You Know My Doppelgänger???
#343 I Want To Find My Doppelganger
#344 I Think I Have A Doppleganger In Ft Lauderdale Would Love To Find Her.
#345 Busco Mi Doble
#346 Lookin Also!!!
#347 Mina R
#348 Is There Another Kk Out There?
#349 Ok…where You At?? Lol
#350 Im Sure It Wont Be Hard To Find Mine, People Are Always Telling Me I Look Like Someone They Know.
#351 Hi
#352 Looking For My Doppleganger!!! Is She Out There??
Final score: -32points 
Kassia Gill