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?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O1Mt5Q9DV
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.438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FBVbIte7U
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…438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzuoqKwaKi
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkMchCI53t
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbEsowVqA9
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5LSqQgXlZ
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRM48QTVqX
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkgJk4Z7LS
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r7iFRilIP
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.438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbaf7yeq6X
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.438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAQMJ8c0US
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?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeZ24TJZas
You: Is this some sort of joke?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HZnSVK4cy
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUDP1BFHsG
You: Look, this is NOT funny!438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeuffqYHTF
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuuSyxNY0j
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGJ91qgvzh
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi0HzUeQ7w
You: What’s this?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8spnaiqU6
You: Is that supposed to be me?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74qq5Pg9OJ
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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