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?596Please respect copyright.PENANAOASiEzVt6p
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.596Please respect copyright.PENANAk4GpgVKelH
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…596Please respect copyright.PENANA7KmxtPlbN8
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic596Please respect copyright.PENANAe51dM7QQDx
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.596Please respect copyright.PENANAwqt3CZv58K
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?596Please respect copyright.PENANAsSCH4nnpbt
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?596Please respect copyright.PENANAGxkcB8qVnU
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL596Please respect copyright.PENANAHUk9ZxJ49R
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…596Please respect copyright.PENANAKrxQitDS3f
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.596Please respect copyright.PENANAc2B3hsIMwp
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.596Please respect copyright.PENANAq394QFB2T0
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?596Please respect copyright.PENANAsB3cxPxG2A
You: Is this some sort of joke?596Please respect copyright.PENANAkRwnyvCIXR
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?596Please respect copyright.PENANAQESy3dsTbI
You: Look, this is NOT funny!596Please respect copyright.PENANA8sRmBMfGYF
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?596Please respect copyright.PENANAxAdv0xxq2e
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?596Please respect copyright.PENANAt8ZvkDXDyP
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.596Please respect copyright.PENANAmGPanQ0Z1Z
You: What’s this?596Please respect copyright.PENANASNQ7aei10K
You: Is that supposed to be me?596Please respect copyright.PENANAuDFCUWG7lV
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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