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?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoY1swWLAc
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.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDu0ddLrj4
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…532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPEWdc9Ivg
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AlHzhl8BD
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNUFyWms42
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxRAwE7W3v
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W5fdY42PD
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteuenSdNaV
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOzippdgLk
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.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfUKJrdGQG
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.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xK4rbLwpt
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?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ2iFbJr5Q
You: Is this some sort of joke?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2GXDCfsqg
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWdaDkgrwo
You: Look, this is NOT funny!532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AUjhtLyAw
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE9fEVGJIl
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftqE22DgR7
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW9sRPUQ7O
You: What’s this?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMf1hD9kZJ
You: Is that supposed to be me?532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsECM5GgDn4
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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