It would seem from the tenure of some of the posts on this thread that some skepticism is not considered entirely warranted. Philip Staufen/Sywald Skeid was greeted initially with considerable sympathy and goodwill in Canada. The British press dubbed him Mr.Nobody, not the Canadian.

Sympathy waned here when the young man seemed to be more concerned with obtaining a Canadian passport or citizenship, than with making any effort to avail himself of the medical help offered to assist him with his amnesia.

It came as a bit of a surprise when I did the nose and hair change in photoshop on one particular picture of Staufen and comparing it to the face of the fellow in Britain holding the sheet music. It really wasn't what I was expecting, I was just fooling around. Sorry I can't post it somehow. The rest of the similarities with Britain's Piano Man, I too, was initially quite willing to dismiss as coincedence proir to that photo.   

If my posts seem a bit harsh regarding our missing amnesia victim, I don't think my skepicism regarding Staufen is entirely off base. Generally I'm pretty sympathetic regarding any health issue, mind or body, its all the same to me.