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People tried to body-shame this guy but the internet responded with the perfect campaign

And this is how the #DancingMan phenomenon began.

SOMETIMES INTERNET CAMPAIGNS don’t quite capture the imagination – this is not one of those instances.

You might see people talking a lot about #DancingMan over the next little while, and this is the story of how it all started.

Firstly, a 4chan user posted this image to the anonymous sharing site

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The 4chan user wrote “Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing.”

Cassandra Rules, an LA-based writer on Twitter saw the images and the comment and made a plan to find the man and throw a party for him. Finding #DancingMan then became the internet’s goal

She was joined by many others in LA, all wanting to find #DancingMan

The phenomenon spread and spread online, as everyone was looking for #DancingMan and wanted to show their support

And this afternoon he was found. #DancingManFound started to trend

According to the Independent, the man is a Londoner named Sean, and might be free in a couple of weeks for the party that Cassandra and everyone else in LA has planned.

This story has melted the hearts of many a Twitter cynic

#TeamDancingMan

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