KFC Made A Portrait For The Guy Who Noticed They Only Follow 11 Herbs And Spices On Twitter

Remember that guy who noticed that KFC's Twitter account only followed 11 people, either Spice Girls or guys named Herb? KFC has since rewarded that man for noticing this. They didn't give him a lifetime supply of Kentucky Fried Chicken like you'd expect. Instead, they got him something as weird as the rest of this.

This Twitter users tweet about the discovery has exploded to 322,000 retweets and 715,000 likes.

KFC sure noticed, and they weren't even mad that one of their secrets got out.

They started looking for ways to reward Mike for his huge tweet, including adding him and endorsing his social networking abilities on LinkedIn.

This week, Mike announced on Twitter that he’d received a framed, custom painting.

Yup. That's the twitter user, who goes by Edge, riding on the back of Colonel Sanders.

Along with the painting, Mike got a personalized letter signed by the Colonel and a box of 52 $5 gift cards.

On Reddit, an image of the painting soared to the top of the site’s front page, generating more than 3,300 comments.

Many Redditors were dubious or even conspiratorial about whether Edgette was in on the stunt from Day 1, with the key evidence apparently being that he works for a PR firm and also tweets often about his love of KFC sister chain Taco Bell.

For his part, Mike denied any association with Wieden+Kennedy or KFC.

The lesson here is that if you discover something about a fast food company's social media account, point it out! Who knows what splendor awaits?

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