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?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSIEFHV8jh
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8PKmGAzEz
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…555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuyQxXAceD
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSnO8lpYUg
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeujtMugSZ
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtfM6FI1b8
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXX5rvSyiP
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcM4uTmkMQ
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ168A59x1TE
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU21jhc5tQI
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2qWlHOIbs
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?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN9oi61mAv
You: Is this some sort of joke?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshokScRXbr
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wqFg89HLx
You: Look, this is NOT funny!555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6HrP9lnXk
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXTpppDLFI
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFLSmTIyjz
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46FU0MWaM5
You: What’s this?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfk5LEGDNe
You: Is that supposed to be me?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8xvIgjNXm
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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