Hundreds of people named Josh show up to Nebraska park to "fight" for their name

On April 24, 2020, a man named Josh Swain messaged several other men named Josh Swain on Facebook. He gave his fellow Joshes simple instructions: "Precisely 4/24/2021, 12:00 PM, meet at these coordinates," he wrote, sharing coordinates for Lincoln, Nebraska. "We fight, whoever wins gets to keep the name, everyone else has to change their name, you have a year to prepare, good luck."

What started out as a harmless Facebook joke went viral and turned into an epic battle among hundreds of people named Josh. Exactly one year after that Facebook message, people named Josh from around the country actually showed up, descending upon a park and battling each other – with pool noodles. The original Josh Swain, who sent the Facebook message, is a a 22-year-old college student from Tucson, Arizona, the AP reports.