Did Ben Askren hop into “Doc” Brown’s DeLorean, travel back to 1942 and wrestle for the University of Indiana before returning to present day to have standout amateur wrestling and professional MMA careers?
If he didn’t, he sure could’ve fooled me!
I was scrolling through Twitter on Tuesday night when this photo tweeted by @BenAskrenGhost (LOL) appeared in my feed, and it made me do a double take:
Need a closer look to see what I mean? Here you go:
Tell me you don’t think that looks just like Ben Askren! You can’t. Because it does, and it’s freaky.
Now, before you go thinking this is fake, it actually isn’t. The young man in that photo is former Indiana wrestler Sigmund Golonka, and proof of his existence can be found in the university’s online archives photograph collection.
But I’ll be damned if it isn’t Askren himself who traveled back in time.
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Photo: Ben Askren looks just like this 1940s Indiana wrestler, and it's freaky
