The Scots moved into his Wakefield Airbnb for the World Cup. The world watched.

Lou Perriello hosted a group of Scottish soccer fans at his Wakefield Airbnb — and they put it on the map.

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A squad of Scotsmen arrived in the dead of night to Lou Perriello’s Wakefield Airbnb in June to enjoy the World Cup scene in Boston. Then, they went viral.

The next morning at 6:30 am, Lewis Porter stood in the front walkway of the Airbnb playing the bagpipes, proudly wearing a Scotland jersey. His father, Neil, and younger brother, Fergus, were also on the scene, as was their friend Raymond Hay, who slept upstairs. The visitors stood in the street looking at the house, where they had hung the Tartan Army’s flags from the windows. Diagonally across the street, neighbor Mike Morrison captured the group’s first visit to Boston on video – and it’s since racked up 9.5 million views on X. It also made the local news…

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