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Bob Dylan’s Spock and Don King impersonator selfies: What we know

by Jay Gabler

July 05, 2018

A tweet going viral right now claims that Bob Dylan was driving down Hollywood Boulevard on Monday when he suddenly stopped to get photos with a Spock impersonator and a Don King impersonator. Wait, what?

This did actually happen, it seems — but it wasn't this week, it was in February 2014. A more detailed account is available on the Facebook page of Paul Forest, an uncanny Spock impersonator who's currently based in Las Vegas. "I think he's a Trekker," wrote Forest, using the fan-preferred term for Star Trek buffs.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460321694069018&set=t.100002735750633&type=3&theater

Nobel laureates — they're just like us! Of course, some viewers are speculating that this is all a big hoax and that's also a Bob Dylan impersonator. I'm Not There, indeed.

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