I have an ear mark like Brian Laundrie so US Marshals pointed GUNS at my face on Appalachian Trail hike
A BRIAN Laundrie lookalike has told how a mark on his ear led US Marshals to mistake him for the fugitive fiance of Gabby Petito.
Severin Beckwith's recent hiking trip with his partner Anna Brettman on North Carolina's Appalachian Trail took a frightening turn when agents swarmed the lodge where they were staying at Fontana Village Resort.
"Next thing I see is a bunch of guys with riot shields with 'U.S. Marshals' written on them," he said. "Handguns pointed at my face."
Beckwith shares several physical similarities with - who has been on the run for over a month since his fiancee vanished - including a beard and bald head.
But Beckwith said there's another feature that fueled the case of mistaken identity: his ear.
He said agents grabbed the side of his head and zeroed in on "a notch in the upper part of my inner ear just like [Laundrie's]."
The Marshals realized they had the wrong person and released him upon checking over Beckwith's drivers license.
He said he was urged to shave his beard to avoid getting confused for Laundrie again.
Beckwith complied but joked that he "immediately regretted" the move "because I have much less of a chin than Laundrie does."
His “average” appearance is very common among other male hikers, driving a around the country.
"Ears are the most complicated object on the surface of the head. They’re more complicated than the eyes, lips, or the nose," Gibson told NewsNationNow.
In an interview with The Sun, the artist added that and have dropped 15 pounds.
Gibson, who holds a Guiness World Record for the most ever identifications by a forensic artistic, shared a series of sketches showing the potential changes to Laundrie's appearance that the wanted 23-year-old may have either intentionally or unintentionally altered.
"I have my opinions" she said. "He's trying to make it a survival thing, which is likely to involve camping.
"When you're out in the open like that, you're going to get a lot of extra sun to the point of suffering some skin damage. He's likely to have a lot of redness or rosacea across his face, like sometimes how you see on a homeless person."
Gibson also believes that Laundrie has likely lost a substantial amount of weight, somewhere between 10 and 15 pounds, "regardless of how much money he has on him."
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