Mystery man on roof near Boston Marathon bombing sparks Twitter debate
Mystery man on roof near Boston Marathon bombing sparks Twitter debate
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 4 mins 44 secs ago
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As chilling photos of the deadly blasts at Monday's Boston Marathon began to circulate, one image stood out for some Twitter users, sparking debate over what appeared to be a man walking on a rooftop of a building overlooking the finish line.
The photo, taken by spectator Dan Lampariello, showed the second bomb explode several hundred yards from the first as runners approached.
Among the first Twitter users to spot the mysterious figure in Lampariello's photo was the operator of a parody account for R&B singer Frank Ocean:
The image was retweeted more than 2,000 times.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail pondered the figure on Twitter, too:
It wasn't long before the phrase "Boston Marathon roof," propelled by wild speculation, was trending on Twitter.
"Who's the guy on the roof?" one Twitter user wrote. "He's not reacting to the detonation."
"The picture of the guy on the roof overlooking the second explosion is the spookiest thing I have ever seen," another tweeted.
It's worth noting that as the unverified image went viral, Boston police and law enforcement officials were asking anyone who took cellphone photos or video near the finish line to submit the footage to the FBI to assist in the ongoing terror investigation.
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