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?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNDEY8kyVD
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cAc0nG9zn
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…593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS5nmiMWUp
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNbjeQcoOt
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLKn3TOth6
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXEAFMBz2B
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wkfcblJWx
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2GjR8CjgH
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29dqZXHRS7
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2Jr0qPkEp
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.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aT4R1cPqe
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?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L2ILzIfqn
You: Is this some sort of joke?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97DW1XAXnB
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4rx7CxGaf
You: Look, this is NOT funny!593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOq1nqq5AX
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXdUB2pvy0
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEfebjChdR
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIjpXM1u2O
You: What’s this?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugodPc9TXq
You: Is that supposed to be me?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4OyTp08TY
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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