Don't Remember Albert and Gabriela from Urbandale Prom? They Weren't There.

Two recent graduates have made a name for themselves in an unusual way: their images are showing up in prom photo galleries across the country, including those on and Urbandale Patch sites.

"We don't think Waldo has gotten around as much as these two," writes the Jersey Journal on NJ.com. "Either they traipsed the country attending random proms, or they thought it would be fun (to) post their 2011 prom photos on Web sites across the nation." 

The New Jersey story was picked up by media critic Jim Romanesko. 

A caption on the TropicalGazette.com's "Then & Now" gallery claims the photo of and Gabriela Peraza is from a 1982 prom at Redondo Union. The photos also appear on Cleveland.com, the Osakis Review website in Minnesota, and in multiple prom photo contests on Patch sites.

Morales apparently posted the photos without Peraza's knowledge.

"It was supposed to be something small, goofy and innocent," Morales told Patch in an email Friday night. "I couldn't have even predicted this."

What do you think is going on here? Tell us in the comments section.

The pics are also on Redondo Beach Patch, though not as part of any contest or official gallery of readers' prom photos. When Morales contacted Patch last year about showing off his prom photos and proposal video, we suggested he post an announcement on the site.

He did, , several of which have appeared on other websites. He also added his prom proposal video to another story; we've included it in our gallery in the upper-right corner of the article.

So why post his photos all over the country? "(I) just wanted to have the prom pictures to be published and as seen by many people as possible," he told the Jersey Journal. "Just trying to have fun by remembering good prom memories."

Maybe so, but we think the $100 prize in Iowa Patch contests may have had something to do with it. Morales posted 44 photos in the in which each photo counts as one entry in the drawing for $100.

"Not that I know everyone at Urbandale High school, but I do know that most of these photos for Urbandale High School Prom are not. Please take off the school, Redondo Union and put up only Urbandale." DeAnna Ferguson wrote in the comments. 

Urbandale Patch emailed Morales that he would not be eligible for the $100 because the contest is only for 2012 Urbandale Prom photos.

He emailed back: "Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will respect your decision and not post anymore media. Is there anything else I can do for you or the students of Urbandale High School? Sincerely, Albertinho Nacimiento de la Guerra Ramierz Paz Cruz"