This Man Wrote To A Toy Company Asking For A Stuffed Aardvark As A Kid, The Company Delivers And Names The Plushie After Him

Recently, one thread on Twitter went viral in which a person asked people to tell stories about themselves that everybody thinks are lies. People shared the weirdest, the most incredible and the most bizarre experiences of theirs, but one particular story struck a chord with many Twitter users.

A man named Clark Neily - a lawyer whose focus is criminal justice - shared a heartwarming tale of how one toy was actually made after him. When he wrote a letter to the toy company, it wasn't even the boy's intention to get them to name a stuffed aardvark after him. He just wanted the company to make aardvarks, as it had recently become his favorite animal. Scroll down below to read the adorable letter that a then-second-grader wrote and the awesome reply he got from the Possum Trot.

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Possum Trot was a toy manufacturing company established in 1969. It was started with Federal funds in order to create job places for people struggling with poverty in the mountainous areas of Kentucky. The company made stuffed animals, popular in the seventies to early eighties. The story goes that beginning from the eighties and all through the nineties, it was kept only as a sewing factory and Possum Trot didn't make toys anymore. Rumor has it, they make military uniforms now.

One Twitter user asked people to tell "a story about yourself that sounds like a lie but is absolutely true," Clark really delivered.

"I wrote a report about aardvarks in 2nd grade and got so into them that I wrote a letter to a stuffed-animal [company] suggesting they add one to their lineup. About 6 months later, I got a big box with a stuffed aardvark and a letter saying, "We took your suggestion, and we named it Clark."

Clark's adorable letter said:

Sincerely, Clark Neily
P.S. Don't get mixed up
P.P.S. Please write and tell me your decision

Clark had also put time and effort into explaining the difference between an aardvark and an anteater, saying that people often confuse the two. The boy even drew both the animals, indicating their names with an arrow pointing to the correct drawing. Apparently, Clark was very serious as he reminded the company not to get 'mixed up.'

After a while, the boy got a reply from Possum Trot which is as wholesome as you can imagine. The letter read:

Sincerely,
Your Friends At Possum Trot

Together with the letter, the company sent Clark the stuffed aardvark that they made, informing the boy that they are waiting for his approval.