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Contributed by: John Zwick, YourHub.com on 2/16/2007

I was going to be a little mad at Seth Davis for beating me to the doppelganger story, but the more I think about, the more comforting it is.

You see, like him, I'm afflicted/gifted with a mystery counterpart. Based on where and when people would stop me, I assumed this guy that I'm always mistaken for must have been someone's drug dealer. It was the only sensible answer for being stopped by strangers on Colfax at midnight about once a week - strangers who say I look like someone they know, but whose name they can't remember.

The only other scenario would be an alternate personality of mine heavy into drug use and/or sales, but I haven't really had an issue with losing huge chunks of hours in the way that one with a narcotic habit or extra personality would.

My most recent run-in, last week, finally shined a little light on the phenomenon. It was at the grocery store around midnight. People bother you less and the chances of getting stuck by someone with 50 items in the express lane writing a check is pretty low, so I make a habit of it.

"Hey how's it going?"

I responded to the guy with the noncommittal, courteous smile and nod. He was kind of a hippy so I figured he may have just been feeling extra-friendly to his fellow man.

"Oh man, I'm sorry. You look just like someone else," he said.

"Hey, it happens like once a week, man.S'all good."

Then he gives me the first bit of evidence that makes a lick of sense about my doppelganger. "You looked like this former bouncer at the Park Tavern."

I've never thought of myself as looking like any kind of bouncer. The last time I was in the kind of shape where I looked like I could hurt someone if I had to, I must have been about 20 or 21. Even then, just squeaking in at six feet doesn't much make me bouncer material.

But it would explain why so many people - types that are out late at night - would recognize me without putting a name to the face. Maybe he's a scaled-up version of yours truly (he would be the physical doppelganger alone since mental doppelganger honors go to Jeff, an old drinking buddy from Boulder - a guy that I'd have to lift a whole lot of weights to pass for.)

Since he's a former bouncer, I can't really swing by the Park Tavern at 931 E. 11th Ave. and find the guy. But maybe I'll find someone that can point me in the right direction.

In the meantime, if you've got a notion of who I need to be looking for, drop a comment in the box below.

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Submitted By: Seth Davis

posted on 2/16/2007 @ 10:57:57 AM

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I actually just went to the Park Tavern for the first time last week and didn't see anyone resembling you. Maybe next time I'll post a flyer in the place that has your photo and the words, "Does this man look familiar to you?"

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