The Twins Who Can’t Stop Speaking in Unison
Queensland twins Bridgette and Paula Powers, 51, have no control over speaking in unison—it just happens. Twins recently went viral after their interview about witnessing a carjacking on the Sunshine Coast.
“You know it’s hard,” Bridgette told SBS News, with Paula chiming in during the call. “We don’t notice it ourselves when we’re getting interviewed.”
The video shows the sisters, dressed identically, recounting the incident where their mother helped an injured man—only to be threatened by an armed suspect.
“One guy, he was up there with our mum. He went up there and he was coming back down toward us,” one said, as the other finished her sentence.
“And he goes ‘run, he’s got a gun!’” they said simultaneously.
The clip was hailed as “one of the greatest news interviews of all time,” though some skeptics dismissed it as staged.
Bridgette addressed the backlash: “There is a lot of negative comments on Facebook … because some people are saying, ‘It’s fake. How can you rehearse a conversation?’ You can’t. It’s us, and we’ve tried not to talk together, and it’s impossible.”
Bridgette and Paula Powers only differed at the end of their joint statement when one said they “ran for their life” and the other said they “ran for their safety.”
This isn’t their first viral moment. In 2016, Piers Morgan called their interview “one of the greatest I have ever conducted.” When asked how they speak in sync, they replied: “It comes automatically. We don’t know how it happens.”
In 2021, the sisters were interviewed by the Australian broadcasting network ABC News about their conservation efforts and their history working with the late Steve Irwin.
According to the news outlet, the sisters had to leave school in year 10 due to health issues. They then started focusing on their passion for taking care of animals and have been doing so ever since.
“We love all creatures great and small,” they told the Australian network.
Several online users, who may not be familiar with the environmentalist twins, have remarked on how their hand movements and speaking patterns mimic each other.
One X user said, “This is freaking amazing! I would love to see a brain wave study of what’s going on in their respective auditory cortexes when they speak. Like I wonder if each twin internally processes the other’s voice as her own.”
The twins run the Twinnies Pelican and Seabird Rescue in Landsborough, rehabilitating injured birds for 25 years. After nearly losing their sanctuary two years ago, they hope the newfound attention helps their cause.
“It would be great. Yeah, because all wildlife need to be saved,” Bridgette said. “We won’t give it up, until we can’t.”
As for critics? “We used to worry, but we don’t worry no more. We just giggle at them.”
