Sometimes, life can throw us some interesting coincidences that make it seem like some prankster is pulling the strings behind everything.
For instance, there’s something oddly satisfying about the knowledge that a man named Max Fightmaster was actually in the Army reserves and that another man named Jeff Pigott was director of food-service marketing at the National Pork Board.
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But while some appropriate names might give us a chuckle, it’s true that a picture is a worth a thousand words. Because one incredible coincidence now has the internet’s amused attention, if not for the most pleasant reason.
Last Tuesday, police in Galesburg, Illinois made a request via Facebook for information relating to six suspects.
As the post made clear, all of them were wanted for either violating their probation or skipping out on a bail bond.
Normally, this would only interest the local community except that one of the suspects looked very familiar.
Once they saw 50-year-old Todd W. Barrick Jr.’s mugshot, they were immediately struck by how closely he resembled Walter White’s appearance in the latter seasons of Breaking Bad .
So while the Galesburg Police Department received more responses than they were likely expecting, they wouldn’t find most of them all that useful.
As ABC News reported , at least one commenter suggested trying to track him down in Albuquerque before his crimnial empire could really get off the ground.
And if that wasn’t a crazy enough coincidence, people really couldn’t help but make the connection when they discovered what Barrick was originally on probation for.
According to ABC News , his legal troubles all started with a charge for possession of methamphetamine.
He may not have been cooking it like Walter, but it’s still bizarrely appropriate for the whole situation.
