SCOTTISH FESTIVAL T In The Park took place at the weekend in Perthshire.

Around a quarter of a million people descended on Strathallan Castle for a weekend of partying.

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But as thousands of fans packed up and left this morning, Ayr man Scott Johnston posted this tweet:

It quickly went viral. Two hours after being posted, it has been retweeted almost 7,000 times and counting.

And the official response was swift. First the police were contacted:

And then an official search began in the campsite.

Meanwhile, other Twitter users were also posting images of grim post-festival scenes in the campsites.

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A media hunt began as the tweet spread. Numerous media organisations attempted to contact Scott, with one even offering to “interview you from inside your tent bag”.

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And there was a general meleé of speculation and praying for his survival.

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Finally, Johnston tweeted that he had been “unzipped”.

But he – or somebody pretending to be him – also spoke to the Scottish Daily Record and said it was all a prank.

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He told the paper:

I just tweeted it for a laugh. I didn’t think it would spiral out of control… I don’t feel bad about it. I can’t stop laughing – it’s the only thing that made me laugh all weekend.That was my seventh year going and it was the worst T in the Park I’ve ever been to.

However, Johnston then muddied the waters further by tweeting that it wasn’t him that had spoken to the paper – and that he had given them a friend’s phone number.

That tweet has since been deleted.

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