Man Flies 5000 Miles To Make Facebook Friend

Last Update: January 11, 2015 at 11:48 am

Jan 2015 – SOURCE Orange.co.uk

A Belgian student travelled more than 5,000 miles to Austin, Texas, to meet a stranger after Facebook suggested they should be friends.

Victor Van Rossem, was curious when Neal D Retke, 49, popped up as a ‘suggested friend’ as they had no obvious connection aside from one mutual acquaintance.

After browsing through Mr Retke’s pictures, Mr Van Rossem, 25, from Ghent, became intrigued by the artist’s eclectic interests.

He set off on his travels with his friend Bram, who took a video camera to document the adventure. The pair studied film together at university.

They spent a week searching for Mr Retke, scouring the city of Austin by putting posters up on every street and asking people in the street if they knew him.

The pair even wore t-shirts carrying the slogan ‘Neal D Retke for President!’ in the hope they would help them find him.

Through Facebook, they were able to spot places that he visited on a regular basis and set about visiting them.

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