People have been sharing ‘amazing but true’ stories about themselves – 15 jaw-dropping favourites

John Plunkett. Updated January 14th, 2020

It began when Adrian Moher asked people to send him their amazing but true stories on Twitter.

Tell me a story about yourself the sounds like a lie but is absolutely true.

— Aidan Moher (@adribbleofink) January 4, 2020

And he didn’t just get a response, he got a HUGE response, with people sharing some real jaw-dropping tales. Here are our 15 favourites.

I met this dude on tinder and asked what his last name was.. he told me, then replied “ you doing a little background check? You might find out I’m a murderer, just ignore that 😘 “ okay so a good sense of humor.. well I googled him and he was a murderer. https://t.co/II55zBGfNj

— Emily (@emilychyanne_) January 8, 2020

In college I fell out of my bunk bed and broke both of my legs and one arm. Years later on a date, I made a joke about being clumsy and the dude told me I couldn’t compare to this woman his EMT brother helped once … who fell out of her bunk and broke all the bones. It was me. https://t.co/TQSEwXK4rw

— Amanda Nell Edgar (@amandanelledgar) January 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/lindsey_ni/status/1214705267583148033

Alan Rickman once walked past my mum bollocking me and my brother in the street for misbehaving, interrupted her and told us to be as naughty as possible 'by order of the Sherrif of Nottingham!' https://t.co/r8Q32zy28s

— Tom McArthur (@TomMcArthur) January 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/mfbenji/status/1215760941565956096

I lost my wallet. A man texted me telling me he found it and was bringing it to me. It never showed, he texted me weeks later saying he got in a motorcycle crash otw to me. Texted back, “If ur gonna steal it just tell me.” He eventually showed up with 2 broken arms and my wallet. https://t.co/ow3ix1MVpR

— Noah (@NoahCampaign) January 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/spacedtyler/status/1215669535547777025

https://twitter.com/continueY_N/status/1215254196452151296

In college a friend found an ID of a dude over 21 who looked just like me. I used it like a charm for months. Then I went to a club and a bouncer starting asking me what’s my address and birthday and shit. I finally said “dude it’s me” and he replied “no dude, it’s ME”. It was. https://t.co/gUW03MxUc3

— Sweep The Leg (@SweepTheLeg337) January 7, 2020

10.

No one has EVER pronounced my full name, Ciorstaidh, correctly without being told. In my early 20s my party trick was to get my ID out and have people guess it. One night a man I didn't yet know looked at it for a while, then said it perfectly.

That's how I met my husband. https://t.co/A3TejOF48u

— Cia 🌸 (@cia_eclectica) January 10, 2020

11.

https://twitter.com/ibrayeet/status/1214968385290805248

12.

Once accidentally kidnapped a drunk man who was trying to get into his own home. Saw him slumped by the road, coaxed him into the cab to ‘take him home safely’ and ignored his slurry protests. Some 30 mins of confusing directions later and we… end up at exactly the same place. https://t.co/cwj43Fig8g

— Sara Spary (@saramayspary) January 7, 2020

13.

I once burglarized a home & stole a safe. I cracked the safe & discovered photos of the owner molesting a child. He reported the burglary to police. I turned the photos in. The cops called him in to discuss the burglary. He confessed. We both went to prison. https://t.co/yxpFN30qgv

— Matthew Hahn (@hahnscratch) January 7, 2020

14.

I was responsible for the exorcism of a tree while in elementary school. I wrote letters in the voice of a demon and hid them in the tree, and convinced classmates they were real. My catholic school, unfortunately, also thought they were real and the dioceses got involved. https://t.co/N8PuxvlAUw

— Natalie Zed (@NatalieZed) January 8, 2020

15.

When I was 9, on Christmas Eve I drank 20 cans of coke in the space of 2 hours, ended up in hospital 4am Christmas morning with caffeine poisoning, then weeks later my mams friend told her a story about a boy who did that and she had to admit to her that it was me, her stupid son https://t.co/o4MazmacQn

— ciarán (@Sheil_0) January 8, 2020

And this last one’s more than a little NSFW so don’t say we didn’t warn you.

I sucked so many dicks that I got lock jaw for like 8 days and didn’t go to the doctors until like 2 weeks later because I thought it would go away and ended up having to get corrective jaw surgery and to this day my mom thinks it because I ate too many Big Macs 😂🥴🥴🥴 https://t.co/x8sCKE5hI5

— yanna 🫦 (@_ayannaE) January 9, 2020