Oh. My. God. It’s gotta be ghosts doing it!!! Goddamn guy, are you serious??? Or are you suggesting that some MAGIC did this??? @#@#@%!#%!@^%!@^!^&!&!&!&@^!!! You believe everything that spills out of teenage girls’ mouths?
There was a similar case around here a few years ago. The “stalkers” could even make the lights in the house flicker.
Cops set up surveillance and it turned out to be the son (who was in early adolescence, I don’t remember, 11-13 maybe).
:rolleyes:
I suggest you stop foaming at the mouth and pay more attention to the thread. Specifically post #18.
One problem with this is that, as I understand it, at least some of these messages contain stuff that is specific to things going on at that exact moment. In those cases, the pre-set text message have to accurately predict the future. If what El_Kabong brought up is possible, one of the other girls could be doing that. Or maybe all the phones look alike and they’re pulling the old switcheroo.
I saw the piece. As I recall, I think they DID get rid of their phones and it started again on the new ones. Also, wouldn’t a message to the land line that was sent from a disposable phone be impossible to trace? I dunno…their fear looked realistic to me, but what do I know? At any rate, I would find it upsetting.
NPR had an interview w/ the head of a secuity firm. He said this is a new phenomenon and is legitimate. He also said we’re going to see more of this activity in the near future. It was a brief interview and they didn’t go into methods, but he said it was definitely possible and is being done in other instances, aside from the ones in Washington. I’m assuming NPR was confident of his bonafides before they did the interview, but of course you never know for sure.
This sounds like it’s been a long term problem. The article does not mention that they changed their land line number to a new and unlisted one, or that they changed their cell numbers (only that they switched out their phones). Hell, I would have switched cell phone companies, too. These seem like obvious first steps. If they haven’t taken these steps, it sounds like a hoax to me.
My sister text messaged me a “picture file” the other day. Turned out to be a gag; a virus type file that turned my phone off! Freaked me out.
The story is just vague enough to leave some room for the girls to be doing it. The messages about the mom slicing lemons and the color shirt one of the girls was wearing, certainly. I wish the article was more specific about the message that quoted the conversation with the police—when was it left and who was around. Also the screaming and banging on walls needs to be expalined more—inside walls or outside? Why can’t the family catch who is doing it, with or without the police?
I really want to know the end of this story. Not because I think it’s ghosts :rolleyes: but because I’m curious as to how it’s being done and who is in on it.
I hope for their sake it’s not them doing it. There’ll be hell to pay. Not to mention all the costs associated with the investigation.
I would like to know why they didn’t quote the principal or police office, but rather one of the girls or family members from the meeting where the phone turned itself on.
Maybe the reporter is in on it? 
Sounds like a ghost to me. Or maybe magic.
Daniel
I think the journalist has made up his mind. Hidden right there in the first line, too.
Was he commenting on this type of phenomena in general, or had he specifically looked into the details of this case in particular?
I don’t recall for sure, but I think he was just confirming that all the claims made by the mother were, in fact, possible and had been done in other instances. He predicted more of this in the near future as others learn about the technology and/ or methods. His interview followed an interview w/ the mother (sorry, I don’t remember her name), she didn’t sound like a looney. She explained many of the incidents and the steps they had taken to foil them. The reporter asked pointed questions about a hoax and involvment of a family member, but the mother insisted that they had ruled out those possibilities. If it’s a hoax, the perpetrator is very persistant, not what you might expect from teenagers.
Or a magical ghost perhaps.
You and your limited, earth-bound thinking!
It’s obviously a magic ghost.
You clearly used magic to steal this idea from me and post it ten minutes ahead of my own post.
Actually, neither of us posted to this thread. It is LHoD using his majick to make posts appear to have been made by us! Cut it out, Daniel!