Why the Jim Boumgarten story was bogus

[XCalibur]

Probably one of the more bizarre cases I saw on Unsolved Mysteries, and that's saying something.

The only thing I can think of with this one is that this twin, if indeed he was the man everyone was seeing, wanted nothing to do with the family for whatever reason and didn't want to be found. Maybe he believed something about them that was untrue. Like he was left in a garbage can or something at birth. Otherwise I can't imagine him not even wanting to meet his own twin. and even that doesn't hold water cause why would be blame his twin for that?

I mean his reaction whenever people mistook him for Jim didn't make much sense. Looks like sooner or later he'd just tell somebody they were mistaking him for someone else. But to just walk away disgusted every time without saying anything is puzzling to say the least. Almost like he knew about Jim and they were mistaking him for Jim and simply wanted nothing to do with them. I can only imagine what would have happened had he actually ran into Jim.

As for the theory about this guy simply being a doppleganger who was not Jim's twin, that to me doesn't hold water either. Because again, why not simply tell them "I believe you are mistaking me for someone else." That's what any normal and rational person would have done. And they would probably come forward, out of sheer curiosity if nothing else to identify themselves and to simply say, " I know I look like you but my name is such and such and I'm not your twin. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Hope ya find him." simply blowing people off like he allegedly did doesn't make sense for a stranger who just happened to resemble Jim either.

Either the story was a complete hoax, or this guy knew about Jim but simply wanted nothing to do with him or his birth family for some unknown reason. If that's the case, its a shame because it may mean he believed some falsehood about them, perhaps told to him by his adoptive family.

Even though Jim is deceased, perhaps his children can still find the twin and set the record straight. But unfortunately I'd say there is a good chance the twin is also deceased.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by XCalibur

Even though Jim is deceased, perhaps his children can still find the twin and set the record straight. But unfortunately I'd say there is a good chance the twin is also deceased.

Maybe not. If he's alive, he would be 73.

Jim, unfortunately died young. He was only 47 and passed away just two years after the UM broadcast.

[TheCars1986]

Random "conspiracy theory" about this case:

What if Jim (or someone in his family) did in fact find the twin prior to the UM segment, who essentially said that he wanted nothing to do with his biological family (as noted in a different thread on this site by someone claiming to be Jim's son), and Jim contacted UM about the story with the hopes that national exposure would get his twin more willing to come forward and connect?

[XCalibur]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Random "conspiracy theory" about this case:

What if Jim (or someone in his family) did in fact find the twin prior to the UM segment, who essentially said that he wanted nothing to do with his biological family (as noted in a different thread on this site by someone claiming to be Jim's son), and Jim contacted UM about the story with the hopes that national exposure would get his twin more willing to come forward and connect?

The only reason I can think of that the twin would want nothing to do with Jim or his family is if he believed something bad about them, something that may or may not have been true. So it seems unlikely if that is the case an UM episode wouldn't change his mind.

But then again, so many things about this case and segment don't make a lick of sense. The man seen who resembled Jim's behavior didn't make any sense whether he was a stranger and it was a case of mistaken identity, or he was the twin. The rational thing to do would have been to either tell the person who saw him they were mistaken him for someone else, or just tell them he wanted nothing to do with Jim or his family for whatever reason. Just walking away looking disgusted and saying nothing makes little sense.

Especially that sighting at that company softball game. This friend of Jim's supposedly sees the man resembling him on the opposing team. I'm guessing this was a competition against another company. Did he not know who the opposing team was or where they came from? Or what company they represented? Seems like at that point they could have located the twin but yet didn't for some reason.

I figure there just about has to be more to this case than this segment revealed. They already established Jim did have a twin, but whether this man seen was him or not I guess was the mystery.