A conspiracy is rising that Mr Musk is masquerading as a gamer and all-around computer wizz called Adrian Dittmann.
Here is how this strange saga is playing out.
The right-wing journal has a picture of him, showing a blonde-haired young man wearing a white polo shirt. He is said to have launched several businesses in Fiji: a forestry venture, a bottled water company and a marina and yachting facility.
His profile on X reads: “Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing, and don’t let people bring you down. Study, think, create, and grow.”
How did the comparison to Elon Musk begin?
Mr Dittman is said to be a keen player of the video game Fortnite and other players have picked up on his voice and humour being similar to that of Mr Musk, reports Sportskeeda.
On X, where he has been active since 2021, Mr Dittmann has been an enthusiastic cheerleader for Mr Musk – reposting Space X news and innovation. None of this marked him out as unusual, but Mr Dittmann supposedly came to his idol’s attention when he featured on an X Spaces event – where Mr Musk noticed their voices were similar, reports Rolling Stone.
Fans took a greater interest from this point and began to draw more comparisons, noticing that Mr Dittmann had commented on a post written by Mr Musk’s former partner Grimes.
Adrian Dittmann has also been commenting on photos shared by Grimes
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Is Elon Musk the same person as Adrian Dittmann?
No, although they haven’t always helped themselves.
Both have long denied they are the same person, only for Mr Musk himself to tweet on Sunday: “I am Adrian Dittmann. It’s time the world knew.”
The post violated the rules of X (despite Mr Musk owning the site himself) and was perhaps an unhelpful move in the saga, with many apparently believing they are one and the same.
But the evidence suggests they are indeed different people and have been seen in the same room together – albeit a virtual one.
The two also interacted at an X Space session last year. Furthermore, deeper analysis shows that Mr Dittmann posts from Twitter’s Android app, unlike Mr Musk.
The issue was put to bed in a thorough going over by Infoepi which stated: “I would be more surprised if it turned out to be Musk, given the amount of time the other account spends in Twitter Spaces, but that’s me making assumptions about how busy the CEO of multiple companies might be.”
