CHOKOLOSKEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A recent viral video out of Florida has caused a boat captain’s life to become a complete “nightmare” due to a case of mistaken identity .
Capt. Brock Wagner told NBC affiliate WBBH his business has taken a hit, and he’s even had to send his wife away for her own safety, after being wrongly accused of appearing in the video.
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“Because we had the first name, people somehow assumed that I was the culprit… It has been completely a nightmare,” Wagner said.
He shares a first name and similar boat to Capt. Brock Horner, but said the similarities stop there. Wagner is nearly 20 years older and lives 100 miles away in the Chokoloskee area…