CALGARY—A group of women named Nicole at the University of Calgary have united thanks to a mass email sent by a man trying to locate his missed connection. “She gave me her number, but I guess she accidentally gave me the wrong one because when I texted her the next day, a different person messaged me back that it wasn’t her.” 
 
 So the following morning, Zetina said, he sent an email to 246 people with “Nicole” in their name, writing that the Nicole he is looking for is from Holland and thinks German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is “depressing.” 
 
 “If you don’t fit this description then ignore and if you are the one and just don’t want to talk to me that’s ok as well,” Zetina wrote in the email. He said the university’s email had a directory, so it only took him a few minutes to copy anyone with Nicole in their name to the message. “I’m Carlos btw I’m the guy who took you and your friend home last night.” He added “if you are the one and just don’t want to talk to me that’s ok as well.” By 11 a.m. Friday, PhD candidate Nicolette Little had a message in her inbox with the following subject line: “Met you last night and you gave me the wrong number.” “I did a double-take and noticed 246 other Nicoles and Nicolettes and Nikkis were copied on this email,” she said. “Who sends an email to that many people? If it was me, I’d be a little horrified about how this all played out,” said Nicole DuGraye, one of the 246 people copied on the message. “But I thought this was a great way to connect and meet new people and to try to find the real Nicole.” 
 
 The thought prompted her to create a Facebook group called “Nicole From Last Night,” and they’ve now planned a get-together in a bid to make friends and to find the woman Zetina was looking for. Zetina said one of the Nicoles messaged him about the Facebook group and said they were all getting together to help him find the right Nicole. ( Nicole McCoy ) 
 
 “I thought it was funny,” Zetina said. Some dude emailed every Nicole at U of C to try to find the girl he met last night and instead they formed a girl gang and I am legit DYING @ucalgary #nicolefromlastnight pic.twitter.com/ql4sxuBADQ — sarah jurassica parker (@ParisEsther) September 8, 2018 
 
 Zetina, a first-year student at the university, said he sent the email because he didn’t want Nicole to think he was “a bad guy who didn’t text back.” 
 
 “We met at the campus bar and we talked and had struck a pretty interesting conversation,” said Zetina. “We’re planning to hang out maybe next week,” said Zetina. “I really didn’t expect this to become a big thing.” Macmillan said she was glad to see the saga have “a beautiful ending.” 
 
 The unusual get-together went viral with the hashtagh "Nicole From Last Night" trending on Twitter. “Some of the Nicoles started messaging me pretending to be her as a joke.” 
 
 Another woman who received the message, Nicole Larsen, said she felt “happy to be a part of a love story.” 
 
 “I felt like this was Cinderella or something … but I was just an ugly step-sister.” 
 
 A post in the Facebook group from the email’s intended target says she didn’t receive the email, but learned about it because it started circulating on social media. And they will be meeting the Nicole who started it all in person later this week.
– A Canada college student who met a woman at a bar but somehow screwed up taking down her phone number still managed to connect using a nuclear option. Carlos Zetina, a first year student at University of Calgary, knew the woman he'd met was also a student. He also knew her first name: Nicole. Armed with these modest facts, Zetina soberly made his way to the school directory, searched for the name Nicole, then proceeded to email all 246 coeds who share the name, the Calgary Herald reports. “If you (sic) name is Nicole and you’re from Holland and you think Nietzsche is depressing then text me,” Zetina wrote in the email, which was obtained by the Star. “I’m Carlos btw I’m the guy who took you and your friend home last night... if you are the one and just don’t want to talk to me that’s ok as well.” Many of the Nicoles (and variations Zetina looped in, including Nicolettes and Nikkis) who received the email Friday were so taken aback by Zetina's gesture that they couldn't help but poke fun at him to one another. Nicole DuGraye even started a Facebook group for all the women called "Nicole From Last Night," thereby turning Zetina's email into a way to make new friends. Ironically, the intended recipient Nicole reportedly didn't receive the email and only learned of it through social media. Lucky for Zetina, she wasn't pulling a fast one with a fake phone number and believes he just got a digit wrong. She not only wants to meet up with Zetina, but intends to hang out with all her fellow Nicoles, too.