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In October 2006, I attended a Self-Realization Fellowship retreat at a hotel in Chaska, Minnesota. During an afternoon class on Saturday, I was seated behind a few young people. The oldest of them looked to be about twenty. As he turned to talk to someone and I saw his face, it struck me that, both from the back and the front, he looked remarkably like John Linn, a good friend of mine back in high school thirty years ago. Then I saw him smile, and he looked even more like John. I couldn’t get the resemblance out of my mind. When the class ended, everyone stood up to leave. When he turned around, I was stunned. His nametag read . . . wait for it . . . Jon Lynn!
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Tags: doppelganger, Twilight Zone
April 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Don’t leave us hanging here – was his last name misspelled on his name tag and was he John Linn’s son?
April 27, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Nope, no relation. Just a coincidence.
April 29, 2009 at 8:59 AM
hey that’s an amazing coincidence! i was asking the same question when i read your story, thinking he might be John linn’s son…
April 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Nope. Both the first and last names were spelled differently. Hence the Twilight Zone moment!
May 1, 2009 at 10:53 AM
This story gave me shivers!
May 1, 2009 at 11:04 AM
You’re telling me! My whole body was one long shiver when it happened!
July 23, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I was almost spooked! =p
July 23, 2009 at 8:03 PM
No almost about it for me, Twelveoranges!!!!