The Instagram page dedicated to Bayley the Beagle has 363 thousand followers.
Snoopy is one of the internet’s most recognizable cartoon and comic characters. Since his debut in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz over 70 years ago in 1950, he’s become one of the most endearing and beloved fictional characters.
It appears that the loyal and good-natured beagle does exist in real life. Meet Bayley, a miniature Sheepdoodle with her own Instagram account. Because of the uncanny similarities between her and the fictional dog, she has won the hearts of 363 thousand users and become one of the most famous animal accounts on social media.
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The dog’s Instagram page, which was created shortly after she was born in May 2002, is filled with adorable photos and videos of the miniature Sheepdoodle. The internet can’t get enough of this: “Omg, looks like a real-life Snoopy,” one user commented on a recent post, with nearly 500 likes. “Snoopy is real,” another person wrote.