how did I invented a character that exists?

[dusk85]

I invented this random alien, a long time ago, and I redrew him recently, he's real cool and stuff, But then a few years later i Got into Warhammer Online and i Noticed that he looks just like an Eldar, he has the long head at the top and stuff, and i even made the technology highly futuristic, with the glass on them, and it's all awesome, and what the hell are the Chances??Thats crazy eve, My gf got an Invention stolen from her once!

[theaussie2007]

they stole your idea, sue them for every penny they got

[batosaims]

Pretty remote indeed...but you want to know something? I wrote a poem back in high school which was MANY, many years ago....and one day a couple of years back I'm looking through a greeting card site and THERE WAS MY POEM!!I was totally dumbfounded. I wrote the site owner and asked them where they got the poem as I had written it decades ago and was sure I never gave it to anyone. They didn't have a record of who gave it to them...and they asked me if I wanted it taken down but I said no. I just wanted to know who could have possibly put it up there...what are the chances someone else would write 20 lines or so almost identical except for one or two lines?Freaky indeed.