One night, a boy was sitting in his bedroom, reading scary stories on the internet. His parents had gone out for the evening and he had the apartment to himself.
After a while, he got bored and started looking around for something to do. He decided to download a random chat app and installed it on his phone.
This is a transcript of his chat:
*** You are now chatting with a random stranger ***
*** Say Hi! ***
You: Hi
Stranger: Hey. Tell me about yourself.
You: 16 male
Stranger: I’m 15 female
You: Are you sure you’re really a girl? HAHA.
Stranger: Of course. LOL. Where do you live?
You: HAHA But… Can I really trust you?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyedoMHjqZh
You: I just got fooled by a guy a minute ago LOL
Stranger: Well… if you can’t trust me, then just leave the chat…
You: No… It’s not that I don’t trust you LOL
Stranger: Well it sounds like ur calling me a liar
You: No I’m not.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLrMbq3l1x
You: I just want to be sure you’re not a guy.
Stranger: HAHA Want me to prove it to you?
You: Yeah, sure… How?
Stranger: Just a sec…471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYOFIss2It
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlCtAAk8k1
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwvwg9Zz9p
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVXDtIExTm
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoqLsuWhbe
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8AaI6FL7z
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFbEvPoMKI
You: Why don’t you just come over to my place and we can talk in person?
Stranger: Dream on. LOL
You: Well, anyway, I was just kidding HAHA
Stranger: Maybe I will come over.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBkFsqjeMe
Stranger: What would we do?
You: I’ll think of something.
Stranger: I’m sure you will. LOL
You: So are you coming over or not?
Stranger: Tell me the address.
You: Apartment 604, Worthington Apartments, Mulberry Road.
Stranger: I’m leaving right now.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlCMu8i6z5
Stranger: See u in a while.
You: Cool
*** 30 minutes later ***
You: So are you on your way?
Stranger: I’m already here.
You: Where?
Stranger: Here with you.
You: Huh?
Stranger: Want me to prove it to you?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYJa9xnCuO
You: Is this some sort of joke?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcitNfHnOPF
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRS550RjOsN
You: Look, this is NOT funny!471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQCzngBskY
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGJppHcVCM
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGcZ472zcr
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gPGqhcgVK
You: What’s this?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRvYgiXIT0
You: Is that supposed to be me?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16F5Prj6cn
You: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???
*** You have disconnected from the chat ***
Minutes later, the boy’s dead body was found lying face down on the pavement outside his apartment building. His skull was split open and his brains were leaking out onto the road. His phone was still clutched in his cold, dead hand. He had apparently jumped from the window of his 6th floor apartment and taken his own life. No motive was found for his suicide.
When police traced the IP address of the Stranger in this chat log, it led them to a phone belonging to a teenage girl who had committed suicide two years before. Her parents said that no one had been using her phone and it had been switched off ever since she passed away. Police are baffled and the boy’s suspicious death remains an unsolved mystery…
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