How I Became A Minor Celebrity In China (After My Stolen Phone Ended Up There)

This really weird thing happened to my phone and an even weirder thing happened after. A continuation of: Who Is This Man And Why Are His Photos Showing Up On My Phone. Updated on Feb. 22.













THIS STORY BEGINS LAST MONTH...






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I was sitting on my couch in the living room looking at my photo stream, you know, looking for something to Instagram. That's when I noticed a bunch of pictures I hadn't taken. Like, a lot of them. They were mostly of this man taking selfies with an orange tree. To be honest, it was pretty funny but also fucking terrifying because I didn't take the pictures.




















WHO IS THIS MAN AND WHY ARE HIS PICTURES SHOWING UP ON MY PHONE?






Matt Stopera/The Orange Man














For the next month, more pictures kept on showing up in my stream. It was pretty weird but I got used to it. It was exciting going into my photo stream and seeing what he had done that day.

It was like our ~clouds~ crossed and he was my long-lost brother or other dimension partner in crime. It was cool.







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