Man FaceTimes Wrong Number, Makes Friends With Random Kid

Video chat is one of the best ways to keep in touch with friends ― but make new ones? Apparently, it can happen.

On Sunday, Facebook user Rell Hill posted photos of himself FaceTiming with a complete stranger who picked up when he dialed the wrong number. While most people might just hang up, these two became fast friends.

“I was trying to call my friend but called the wrong number,” Hill told The Huffington Post. Instead of reaching his friend, Hill said a “lil boy” showed up on the other end of the video call.

At first, Hill hung up on the 15 year old, thinking something had gone wrong with his phone. Then he tried again and the boy picked up once more. Despite not knowing each other, Hill says they talked for 4 to 5 minutes.

“He was just happy but like weird at the same time,” Hill told HuffPost.

“We were talking to each other like we knew each other,” Hill told BuzzFeed. “I was just like, ‘What’s up?’ ‘What are you doing?’ ‘How old are you?’”

After their FaceTime session, Hill texted his new friend to show him the screenshots he took of their conversation, along with the attention they were receiving on social media.

The post soon went viral and was picked up by popular Instagram comedy accounts. On @fuckjerry, for instance, the photos accumulated hundreds of thousands of likes.

As for what the boy’s parents thought of the random FaceTime, Hill said everything was “cool.” He told HuffPost that he spoke with the boy’s mom the day after their video chat and she laughed about it.

We have high hopes that this unlikely pair will stay friends forever.