Protesters outside the Laundrie house on Sunday afternoon chant, 'Justice for Gabby.'
Demonstrators gather at the Laundrie home as the manhunt for Brian Laundrie continues
An upstate New Yorker bearing an uncanny resemblance to Brian Laundrie had a rude awakening when U.S. Marshals on the hunt for the fugitive pulled their guns on him during a nap on the Appalachian Trail.
Ithaca couple Severin Beckwith and Anna Brettmann were catching a few winks at the Lodge at Fontana Village Resort after lunch when they heard a knock and their door flew open, the New Yorker reported.
"Next thing I see is a bunch of guys with riot shields with ‘US Marshals’ written on them, handguns pointed at my face," Beckwith told the mag.
Brian Laundrie as seen in bodycam footage released by the Moab Police Department in Utah. (Moab PD)
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The stunned hiker was promptly handcuffed as one of the feds helped Brettmann get dressed.
Beckwith, who resembles Landrie, the sole person of interest in his girlfriend Gabby Petito’s homicide, said he had a hunch why he was targeted on the Appalachian Trail, where tipsters have reported spotting the 23-year-old fugitive.
The doppelgänger told the New Yorker that one of the agents touched the side of his head and said the look-alike had a "notch in the upper part of my inner ear just like his."
Making matters worse for Beckwith was that he and Brettmann – who had been hiking from Georgia to Virginia since late September – had booked their room with a credit card connected to an Empire State ID, the outlet said. Petito was originally from Long Island.
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But Beckwith was quickly cleared because he didn’t have Laundrie’s telltale tattoos and he produced an ID that ruled him out as the wanted man.
Following the marshals’ advice, Beckwith shaved his beard – but he quickly regretted it "because I have much less of a chin than Laundrie does."
Beckwith suspects that an employee at the Fontana Lake marina alerted authorities to his presence and even snapped his photo, which a marshal showed the guest after breaking down the door, according to the mag.
For their trouble, the lodge provided the couple with a free night’s stay and a complimentary breakfast.
"It was a buffet. We took as much as we could," Beckwith said.
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Last month, another Laundrie lookalike became an overnight TikTok sensation.
The unidentified man, who created the @notbrianlaundrie account, was seen doing laundry in one clip and asking other TikTokers for tips on how to avoid getting "attacked" for being confused with the fugitive.
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