This strikes me as just a little too similar to a Weekly World News article.
Doesn't it though? It's been reported in a lot of different publications, though:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D16786179%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dmeet-the-trotters--name_page.html
If it turns out to be fake, I will join the "Glasgow Daily Record" in apologizing for wasting everyone's time.