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Mocked Dancing Man Set For 'Epic' LA Party

A man mocked for his dance moves is set for a "party of a lifetime" with hundreds of women - and potentially Hollywood stars - after an online campaign tracked him down.

Named as 'Sean' and from London, he was pictured in a photo on the 4chan site looking down in the dumps after apparently being made fun of.

An anonymous poster wrote: "Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing."

The post was republished on photo site imgur and quickly picked up more than 2000 comments of support for the mystery man's moves.

One person posted: "I literally want to hug him. His face… he looks so defeated. I want to tell him to keep dancing and don't care about those people."

Cassandra Fairbanks, who spearheaded the #finddancingman campaign , told Sky News the original taunts were "disgusting bullying", but that Sean was now basking in internet love.

"There have been so many [messages] – it’s just been an outpouring of support and love and kindness.

"He’s been wonderful. He said he’s been smiling and laughing all day and reading everybody’s tweets."

She explained "a whole bunch of women from LA from various fields" had got behind the campaign after being outraged by the nasty comments.

And now a photo of a chuffed-looking Sean has emerged and he appears to have set up his own Twitter account, @dancingmanfound.

Cassandra told Sky News she is in contact with him and trying to arrange dates. A fundraising page has been set up to fund Sean’s LA adventure.

"We have over 17,000 people in our group so I think we can swing the airfare," said Cassandra, who is promising the lucky Londoner an "epic" trip.

"We organised a huge sleepover party a few months ago," she said.

"We had bouncy houses, and a monkey I think was there; giant pizzas, air mattresses…

"I think we can organise an even more epic dance party. There are already a lot of artists volunteering to perform, people are offering all kinds of stuff."

Happy singer Pharrell Williams could be one of those performing in Sean's honour, tweeting on Friday "keep me posted about your dance party" ... never be ashamed of yourself."