Police in the U.K. believe they鈥檝e identified the man with an uncanny resemblance to 鈥淔riends鈥� star David Schwimmer following a viral post about the suspect.
In a now-deleted Facebook post from Tuesday, Police in Blackpool, U.K. indicated they were looking for a man in connection to a Sept. 20 theft at a local restaurant.
Users quickly noticed the man in the photo looked an awful lot like Schwimmer and the post gathered thousands of comments with humorous references to his famous role on 鈥淔riends.鈥�
full of 鈥淔riends鈥� references, Blackpool Police thanked the public for the support and mentioned they believe they鈥檝e identified the suspect in the image.
鈥淐ould we BE any more overwhelmed with the response to our CCTV appeal on Tuesday,鈥� the police wrote in an update. 鈥淲e really appreciate your support and thank you for sharing the post with all your Friends.鈥�
Blackpool Police say the post reached 23.1 million Facebook users through 113,000 shares before it was deleted. It is their most popular post ever.
with a video recreation of the image, only with a New York Yankees logo in the background, indicating he was in New York at the time of the alleged crime.
Could we BE any more overwhelmed with the response to our CCTV appeal on Tuesday 鈥� the one where we wanted to identify a...
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Officers, I swear it wasn't me.
鈥� schwim (@DavidSchwimmer)
As you can see, I was in New York.
To the hardworking Blackpool Police, good luck with the investigation.
