25 Photos Of People Who Got Away With Pretending To Be Someone Else
Great pretenders who successfully convinced everyone they belonged.
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Some people are afflicted by imposter syndrome, while others are gifted at being great pretenders. Having the ability to fool others into believing you are someone else is the sign of an evil genius we can appreciate in some ways. The intelligence it takes to pull off such a feat is certainly one to be commended, after all it is no easy task or everyone would be doing it. It may be a form of trickery, but in some instances, these hoodwinkers particular skillset is worthy of being a Netflix series.
A recent foray into the Act Like You Belong community unearthed some rather elite displays of when ordinary people pulled off one of the greatest pretences of all time. Scroll below to check out the most impressive strategies employed by people who successfully convinced all their peers that they belonged even though they were only pretending all along.
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#1 The 12th Man
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#2 Look Busy And Leave
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#3 The Illusionist
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#4 To Be Flamingo
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#5 Atta, Boy!
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#6 Dedicated “Employee”
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#7 Panda Caretakers In China
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#8 Guerrilla Street Safety
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#9 An identity thief stole the identity of a surgeon and while aboard a navy destroyer was tasked with performing several life saving surgeries. He proceeded to memorize a medical textbook just before hand and all the patients survived.
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#10 It Would Probably Work Too
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#11 Back When Aol Was A Thing
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#12 Matt Miller Variant
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#13 After 1.4 Billions Crayons, Turns Out Top Maker Is Colorblind
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#14 Slpt: Pretend Everyday Is Your First Day
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#15 Mexican Man Tries To Illegally Enter The Us By Disguising Himself As A Car Seat
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#16 Brought My Vf-2 Tomcat Helmet To The Movies. I Let Random People Take Pictures With Me. I Saluted Everyone Entering The Cinema With "Mam", "Sir". They Thought I'm Part Of The Promo Crew
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#17 Flashback To When My Friends And I (Bottom 3) Snuck Into A Prom And Ended Up Making It Into The Yearbook Even Though None Of Us Ever Went To That School
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#18 A True Wikipedia Scholar
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#19 Act Like A Florida Man
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#20 Mad Lad Eats For Free
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#21 The King Of Acting Like You Belong
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#22 Walz: I Am Not Leaving This Grocery Store Without A Free Turkey
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#23 One Day…. One Day He’s Hoping I Won’t Notice…
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#24 King Of The Jungle
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#25 When Acting Like You Belong Pays Off
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