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?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSesT3MhW4
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnq2o1Eag2
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…568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPE8ENVEda
Stranger: I’ll send u a pic568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f6mZWqqcs
You: Wow!
Stranger: Believe me now?
You: Damn! You’re hot!
Stranger: Thanks LOL
You: OK, You wanted to know where I live.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHlWjpFsCu
You: Oregon.
Stranger: Wow! Seriously?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZSLVT1dPW
Stranger: Me too.
You: Really? What city?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN8qzZubKg
You: I’m in Portland
Stranger: Me too.
You: What a coincidence. LOL568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyXAQ9zwAk
You: We could be neighbors.
Stranger: Freaky LOL
You: So… We live so close…568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL7vZKr9cu
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBZGmHNnEb
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIH5xPl3Lk
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?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVUSzzLG8O
You: Is this some sort of joke?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9jvv0TRMK
You: How did you get a picture of me?
Stranger: Want another?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo0Mn1wfJv
You: Look, this is NOT funny!568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjek0hcvsl
You: You’re freaking me out.
Stranger: And another?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLE0D7R9j7s
You: How are you taking these pictures of me?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXmsd5h7nf
You: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stranger: This is the last one I’m sending you.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfIzjpD5g8
You: What’s this?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyUkiyZcYY
You: Is that supposed to be me?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUbNceplbI
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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