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Chris O'Dowd wants you to help find his missing imaginary friend

He could be right beside you.

Nov 21st 2014, 3:14 PM 3,155 Views 1 Comment

CHRIS O’DOWD HAS lost his imaginary friend, so naturally he’s taken to Gumtree to help retrieve them.

He and co-author Nick Murphy write:

We are coming to you in need of very serious help. Three days ago our imaginary friend disappeared. He was last seen in a bookshop where we were busy signing copies of our new book, Moone Boy The Blunder Years (available now to all fun-loving children and humans). When we turned around, he was GONE.

So much is their concern, they even made a video.

Source: Macmillan Children's Books/YouTube

People are being asked to send in sightings using the hashtag #IFhelpline or to @MacmillanKidsUK.

@MacmillanKidsUK I spotted him travelling up and down in the Pan Mac lift! #IFHelpline pic.twitter.com/nfWXPY4b24
— Naomi Bacon (@Naomi_Bacon) November 20, 2014

Source: Naomi Bacon/Twitter

and it was just this morning we were reading the paper together #IFhelpline @MacmillanKidsUK pic.twitter.com/4L4UTwUMMg
— Becky Plunkett (@BeckyPlunks) November 20, 2014

Source: Becky Plunkett/Twitter

The weirdest sighting is promised £100 in vouchers, but apparently he’s only lurking around the UK at the moment.

But how do they KNOW?

Here’s the adorable trailer for Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy book>

O’Dowd making a US Moone Boy, but how did the Irish version go down stateside?>

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Chris O'Dowd wants you to help find his missing imaginary friend

He could be right beside you.

Here’s the adorable trailer for Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy book>