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Bill Murray or Tom Hanks? Some viewers of photo aren't sure

News Desk (Associated Press)
Fri, October 28, 2016 Published on Oct. 28, 2016 Published on 2016-10-28T15:17:24+07:00

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The photo was shared by the Facebook group "Reasons My Son Is Crying" three years ago. The photo was shared by the Facebook group "Reasons My Son Is Crying" three years ago. (facebook.com/ReasonsMySonCry/File)

A photo of a man with a crying toddler is making the rounds online as people debate whether it depicts Bill Murray or Tom Hanks.

The photo was shared by the Facebook group "Reasons My Son Is Crying" three years ago. It identified the man standing with a crying toddler as Bill Murray at the famed St. Andrews golf links in Scotland. Immediately, some Facebook users commented that the person who shared the photo must have been mistaken because it was clearly Hanks.

The BBC reports that it contacted the mother of the boy in the picture and confirmed that it was indeed Murray. She also shared a copy of the photo she later had signed by Murray.

(Read also: Ahok, Agus, Anies wefie goes viral)

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