A man, who was searching for his missing father for almost 10 years, finally found him on TikTok.
A 71-year-old man Long Jiaming went missing almost 10 years ago. His son searched him for nine years and recently found him in a series of distressing TikTok videos.
The 71-year-old man, who is believed to be living in China, can be seen in filthy clothes and eating food scraps.
The videos have been filmed by a TikTok user who wrote in the caption that they are currently looking for the man and asking people to help the man.
However, a man has claimed to be his son after seeing the disturbing TikTok videos of Long Jiaming who went missing in 2011.
Mr. Long said he recognized his father by a scar on the left side of his forehead and believes the TikTok user is using his father to gain followers.
Mr. Long told local media: “A relative came across the videos and thought he looked like my father, so she sent them to my wife.”
“We’ve been looking for him for such a long time. He’s definitely my father. That much I know. He’s left-handed and has no teeth. Even his hairstyle. I recognise it all.”
Mr. Long said his dad went missing in 2011 when they were working together in Jinjiang in East China’s Fujian Province.
Mr. Long quit his job to find his father and has been searching for him for the last nine years.
He said he sent a lot of messages to the TikTok user who shared his father’s videos but he got no response from the user.
He said: “My father is a very honest man. He doesn’t speak mandarin and is illiterate. He’s a little slower in the head compared to everyone else.”
“Of the 39 videos he’s posted, 37 are of my father. We’ve left him lots of private messages, but he’s not responded. Maybe he’s using my father to grow his followers.”
The man has contacted the police to bring his father back home while TikTok users have also urged the person who shared the videos to contact his family.
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