On September 7th, 2001, Bikini Bottom
encountered a troubling paranormal disturbance
when a local octopus, Squidward Tentacles, and those around him
unknowingly encountered his supernatural double.
Hello, Squiddy.
Witnesses believe that this double had its own life,
its own image on its own identity.
Taking on the name Squilliam Fancyson.
Squilliam Fancyson?
But top paranormal scientists now believe
that Squilliam Fancyson never actually existed.
What's seen here is believed to be a rare sighting of a doppelganger.
A doppelganger is a spectral apparition of an exact copy of oneself,
usually foretelling the original's imminent doom.
While the doppelganger legend can be traced back to Germanic folklore,
variations of doppelgangers going by different names
can be found in the history of countless other cultures across the world.
Queen Elizabeth the First, Abraham Lincoln and now Squidward Tentacles.
All three historical figures have reported seeing their own doppelgangers,
beings who looked identical to themselves.
And shortly after each citing,
all three of them were met with a a terrible tragedy.
Squidward's doppelganger isn't the only sighting
of such an apparition in Bikini Bottom.
In fact, eerie apparitions of one's double
have been reported all over the city.
Consider that there have been more reported
doppelgangers sightings in Bikini Bottom
than any other city in the ocean, leading some paranormal scientists
to believe that Bikini Bottom itself access a sort of paranormal beacon
drawing in paranormal beings to come and do paranormal things.
But how can we be sure Squilliam was such an apparition?
The evidence is overwhelming.
While the first and most obvious clue
is the doppelganger's signature feature looking identical to his original.
That's right. I'm living your dreams, Squidward.
Most octopi are known for having eight limbs,
but Squidward Tentacles was unique for only having six.
So it was no coincidence that Squilliam Fancyson
had the same exact number of limbs.
While many believe the robe and the unibrow proved
that Squilliam is, in fact, a different octopus
taught paranormal scientists to believe otherwise.
While looking carefully through this footage
of Squidward's morning routine, top paranormal scientists,
using top paranormal robe-comparing technology,
made a startling discovery.
Squilliam's maroon robe was identical
to a robe belonging to Squidward.
But among all of the strangeness that surrounded Squidward's doppelganger,
it was the unibrow that caused
most paranormal scientists to raise an eyebrow.
While many claim that Squilliam did in fact did look different
than Squidward without his signature unibrow,
every feature was identical.
I'm a cashier, too.
In fact, the doppelganger was even reported
to sometimes depict itself without the unibrow,
as if even it was aware that the unibrow
was only a ruse, a trick, a disguise.
When top paranormal scientists investigated the unibrow,
its origins were quite obvious.
It was the ghost of Mr. Krabs' former moustache.
But what remains a mystery to this day
is how a doppelganger was intelligent enough
to wear a disguise and fool the entire city of Bikini Bottom
Were these supernatural anomalies evolving, crossing the line
between spectral anomaly and sentient being.
Over the next seven years, Squidward's doppelganger
was cited several more times, and each sighting was followed
by a near death experience for the original Squidward Tentacles.
But then, in February of 2010,
he was sighted in the flesh for the last time
in an alternate reality created by time travel,
as reported by a local sponge SpongeBob Squarepants,
who wishes to remain anonymous.
Could this shed some light on where doppelgangers come from?
Could this be the one piece of the puzzle that top paranormal scientists
need to finally uncover the origins of these mysterious beings?
That question remains unanswered.
Because after the doppelganger was seen
in the alternate timeline, he was never cited again.
Was this doppelganger aware
that top paranormal scientists were investigating him?
Did being spotted in his home dimension
bring us too close to the truth about his kind,
forcing him to stop appearing in Bikini Bottom?
Or is he just biding his time, letting Squidward Tentacles
the original fall into a false sense of security
before he returns one last time to bring misfortune onto its unwilling host?
But the more important question is, Could you be next?
On the next episode of Bikini Bottom Inquirer,
Mr. Krabs, restaurant owner or secret robot overlord?
And the story of one fish
who married his boo-boo keys.
Boo-boo keys.