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?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlSVGJMmgf
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbKgiySo2M
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…648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbVek6jgQ8
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUWirVMW0G
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsH14OzMHm0
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYu0Idsgwa
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sPwoiWx7L
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiFUMgyJqT
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJN8PYotel
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DkO90MZaX
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7DJo7oPHs
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?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5o3YV1OfT
You: Is this some sort of joke?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlLLoLIxBN
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ybwmgF8Dl
You: Look, this is NOT funny!648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfpypMztAN
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFAWkxD3h2
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7uc1DlOC8
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7hivnmvkL
You: What’s this?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT01E4Ubx8
You: Is that supposed to be me?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSYpyiryqO
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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