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or scan the QR code on screen to get your free fume topper when you order your journey pack [Music] today I wasn't very social in college I didn't get good grades I wasn't in a frat I didn't have a girlfriend and I wasn't very involved in anything I wasn't a very happy kid I'm not complaining though I found a loyal girl who would never stop fighting for me in my late 30s my life is good now we live together with two cats named Blue and Raz and I'm planning on proposing soon like I was saying
though I wasn't in a frat so generic frat parties were kind of off the table for me I still wanted to have fun though I mean who wouldn't my friends Bryon and Ian were in the same boat we spent most weekends killing time in Bryson's dorm that being said said we took every chance we got when it came to parties most of the parties we were lucky enough to go to were off campus meaning they weren't associated with any of the frats or the school itself one time we actually drove over an hour just to
go to a party it's safe to say we were pretty desperate one Friday afternoon Ian texted the group chat saying the girl he was talking to knew of a party not that far away I intended to attract the strangest girls I'm sure you know the ones I'm talking about Bryson joked that he didn't want to go to some death metal emo anime party which I kind of agreed with Ian was pretty adamant though and convinced us that this would be a normal party it's not like we had anything better going on Bryson convinced his brother
Chris to be our designated driver Chris didn't drink anyway and said he'd be down for a party so everything was looking good as we were driving to the party Ian started complaining about the girl he was talking to he said she hadn't answered him in hours which honestly wasn't too surprising considering ing the kind of guy Ian was he was actually pretty torn and said he was having second thoughts about even going which seemed like an overreaction we were already 30 minutes deep so we weren't just going to go turn around and go home we
told him to suck it up and not let it ruin the night after a few more minutes Ian said kalista's profile disappeared from his phone altogether we broke it to him that he had been blocked and she probably decided to go to the party with someone else he pouted for the rest of the drive when we reached the party we instantly knew we'd made the right choice the house was massive especially compared to the rest of the houses on the Block Ian didn't want to go in just yet saying he needed a buzz to take
his mind off the situation Bryson and I didn't object to drinking so we told Chris to park a little further down the street so we could pregame outside the car we killed a few of the beers we had brought with us and watched as people enter the house and droves it honestly looked like a pretty lit party once Ian was satisfied with his buzz the four of us started making our way over to the house as soon as we stepped inside I could tell something was off for starters all the lights were on like there
was no ambient lighting throughout the entire house just the bright overhead lights that you'd expect to be off at a college party most of the people there were very nicely dressed not what you'd expect people to wear at a Rowdy party the scene looked more like a fancy dinner party than anything else but maybe that's what it was after all we didn't really have any details about what we were walking into we didn't look too out of place but the clothing differences were definitely noticeable the music was also bizarre they weren't playing trap or hip-hop
or any of the usual party music instead they were playing some kind of ethereal almost druggy music I'm not really sure what genre it was or how to describe it but none of the songs had any words just instruments I guess it wasn't bad per se but it was odd my friends and I looked at each other trying to make sense of what was going on we drilled Ian for details but he said he was just as clueless as we were the four of us walked around a little exploring the house there was alcohol everywhere
so we helped ourselves a few minutes in I started noticing people catching my eye and then immediately looking away it was actually so apparent that I started wondering if there was something in my teeth I figured I was just getting looks because of what I was wearing which did make sense to me at the time the four of us were honestly having a good time despite the weird atmosphere feere actually I take that back Chris was pretty bored and said he was going to go smoke in his car we figured it was because he didn't
have a drop of alcohol in him a few minutes after he left a group of girls approached us we definitely weren't super confident so getting approached was a new thing the three of them started flirting with us almost immediately like it wasn't even subtle they joked about an entrance fee which I thought was funny until I saw that they were being serious they were holding a bottle of tequila which we definitely weren't w't going to turn down without much thought and not wanting to appear uncool we swigged the bottle after that point the six of
us stuck together drinking talking and occasionally dancing it was going really well at one point I noticed a weird mark on Tina's neck it was a short but solid green line that looked like it had been drawn on and Sharpie the line was pretty thin and I probably wouldn't have noticed it had I not been standing so close to her I debated asking her about it but decided against it to avid potentially offending her it might have been a birth mark or something like that once I had seen it though I couldn't unsee it it
just looked so unnatural and green of all colors who wears green makeup it couldn't have been a makeup smear I decided to let it go and continued flirting with her wondering where things would end up eventually I saw Bryson and the girl he was with begin to wander off upstairs which I was happy about pretty soon afterwards I noticed Ian and his girl also walking towards the stairs I was nervous to ask Tina anything suggestive because I didn't want to mess anything up despite the alcohol I could feel myself getting really anxious and sweaty so
I told Tina I was going to the bathroom and that I'd be right back the only bathroom I could find was occupied so I stood outside the door and waited eventually the door opened and a really tall older looking guy wearing a white button-down and linen pants stepped out I rushed into the bathroom and he bumped into me I turned around and kind of expected him to apologize iiz but he just stood there staring at me it was the strangest thing he just stood there with this blank look sizing me up I was about to
say something when I noticed what was on his neck the same green line I had seen on Tina it was literally identical against my better judgment I asked him what his problem was he smirked and shook his head before saying who invited you not knowing how to answer that I blurted out kalista the girl that had stood up Ian he chuckled and looked up like he knew who I was talking about he looked back at me his smile completely gone now in a low voice he repeated her name before gesturing around the party do you
see kalista here I didn't know how to respond to that so I just slam the door in his face wondering what the hell had just happened I couldn't get over what he said or that green mark on his neck part of me regretted not asking him more questions about what the hell was going on I left the bathroom looking for him I W walked past more people that eyed me up like I didn't belong I didn't care though I was going to find my friends and drag them out of here while wandering around the party
I couldn't stop thinking about that green Mark I started looking closely at people's necks trying to see if anyone else had a mark on their neck and to my horror I actually saw two more people with the green lines on their necks they were all the same color same length same thickness same everything it was freaky I kept looking for that guy all the while analyzing people's necks most people weren't marked up but I kept catching glimpses of green lines on various people's necks I was starting to freak out so I made my way to
the stairs looking for my friends thankfully as I was walking up the stairs Bryson and Ian were walking down I urged the two of them to follow me and I brought them to an empty hallway so we could talk I briefly told them about my theory and said we had to leave immediately they burst out laughing and told me I was just drunk Bryson told told me I was just jealous because they had hooked up and I didn't I asked him where his girl had gone and he told me she had instructed him to meet
back upstairs in 20 minutes Ian said his girl told him the same thing there was no reasoning with these two they were riding the high of a hookup I told them to follow me and that I'd prove that people had strange marks on their necks but they weren't budging just when I was about to give up Ian turned to the side what I saw was actually horrifying there was a thin line on his neck only this one was red not green I practically screamed at him which actually got them to listen to me I then
inspected Bryson's neck and there was a red mark on his too Ian told me to relax and that it was probably just a makeup stain but Bryson started to believe me I told them we were leaving and Bryson and I turned to find the door Ian still wouldn't leave saying he wanted to meet back up with the girl just then a random guy walked past us eyeing each of us up separately he didn't say anything but paused long enough for us to notice the green line on his deck that was it Bryson and I rushed
for the door with Ian closed behind it felt like everyone there was staring at us as we left but no one moved to stop us we ran to Chris's car and told him to drive as we were leaving both Ian and Bryson's phones started blowing up those girls were asking why we had left how could they have even known that they weren't even around to see us leave my friends blocked the girls everyone I tell this story to has their own crazy theory about what happened that night I really don't know what to think about
it but I don't think I want to know what might have happened had that guy not tipped me [Music] off I'm a graduate student studying civil engineering at Purdue University I actually started a few months ago I was in a good place all things considered classes were going well I made a couple friends and the apartment I found was was decently priced the landlord was pretty sketchy though I had a car and lived pretty far away from campus but I liked driving the only downside it was a sketchy part of town but I didn't care
much about that I'm a guy in my mid 20s so I figured I could handle myself yeah things were a little boring but I was there for a degree and not a party everything was pretty normal until the day my backpack got stolen I had left it on a table in a random Hall to go to the bathroom like an idiot by the time I got back it was gone of course that specific lecture hall didn't have cameras so there was literally nothing I could do I was more annoyed than anything my wallet keys and
laptop were in there I had to cancel my cards and get new ones report my keys missing to the landlord and start looking for a replacement laptop it was a whole thing it sucks but things happen it wasn't until a few days later that I realized the situation was a thousand times worse than I had anticipated I drove home from campus one evening to find a handwritten note slipped under my door I figured it was just a reminder for my landlord about something but I was dead wrong when I opened it up it just said
I see you no name no signature just those three words I instantly put two and two together whoever had stolen my backpack had gone through my laptop somehow and figured out where I lived that was terrifying enough but just then I had a thought that was so much worse whoever had stolen my backpack had my apartment keys I felt my skin starting to itch and I looked over my shoulder half expecting to see someone there I ran into my apartment and slammed the door shut I had a deadlock so even if someone did try to
break in they wouldn't be able to get past that over the next week I got more notes all handwritten they weren't long just weird phrases like I know what you did or watch yourself at that point it was really starting to freak me out I had never done anything wrong really but but if someone had gone through my laptop who knows what they could have found I really didn't know what to do would going to the police even help I figured I'd waited out a little longer hoping whoever was messing with me would get bored
one night I was getting ready for bed when I noticed something it was dark outside and my blinds were half closed but I could have sworn I saw a flash like someone took a picture of me I quickly pulled the blinds down but my heart was racing there was no one there things didn't stop there I started noticing small things around my apartment things being moved at first I thought I was just being careless my shoes would be in a different spot or my coat would be draped over the chair instead of hung up it
was little things that I could explain away if I really tried but then one day I came home to find my bed sheet stripped off and my room completely turned upside down my dresser drawers were pulled out my books scattered across the floor it looked like someone had torn through the place I called the cop of course but they didn't do much no forced entry nothing stolen so there was not much they could do apparently I asked my landlord to change the locks but he said it would take at least 2 days to get someone
out I begged him to make it happen sooner but he Shrugged it off saying it wasn't an emergency I felt betrayed how in the world could this guy not think that this was an emergency I kept pressuring him to do something but he eventually stopped answering no matter what I said that was literally yesterday as I'm writing this I barely slept at all last night even though I was safe with a deadlock in place I'm thinking of changing the locks myself but I'm not sure how I could even do that without causing expensive damage I
called out of all my classes this morning because I'm afraid to leave my room I'm still here writing all this down I'm prepared to confront whoever it is if they come back I'm sure if they went through my laptop they would know my class schedule maybe I'll hide somewhere and get the jump on them if they try to enter while I'm supposed to be at class I think that's what I'm going to do I'll give it update when I [Music] can I've been having an ongoing issue that I can't keep to myself anymore I had
just broken up with my boyfriend of 2 years Ben it wasn't a bad breakup but it wasn't great either we'd been arguing for months and it was obvious things weren't going to work out so when we finally ended things I thought it was for the best I blocked him on everything and that was that I go to Temple University and I live in this small apartment near campus it's on the second floor of an older building which means I can hear pretty much everything going on outside a few days after the breakup I started hearing
strange noises at night not like regular City sounds these were different footsteps quiet shuffling like someone was just outside my window at first I figured it was just my mind playing tricks on me eventually though I came to terms that it was probably my ex the reason I wasn't really freaking out was because Ben was one of the sweetest and most harmless guys there was I mean that in a nice way like he'd never do anything drastic or anything to hurt me I figured he just missed me so I decided to let it go eventually
he'd get bored plus I was already stressed from the breakup and I had this huge group project doe that project is actually a huge component to the story I was the one responsible for editing the project and sending it to our professor I worked on it all night making sure everything was perfect and I emailed it just before midnight relief to have it done I went to bed trying not to think about all the other things going wrong in my life the next day in class we were supposed to present the video my professor plugged
in his laptop and pulled up the file I'd sent I was nervous but I was also kind of proud of what we'd done I had a lot of experience with Adobe products and I knew our video was probably A Cut Above All the Other groups and then the video started playing and my stomach dropped it wasn't our project instead there was this grainy video of someone wearing a scream mask the person wasn't just sitting there they were talking they were saying horrible things about me my professor the government it was disgusting I don't even want
to repeat what was said that's how sick it was my professor let the video play out a little longer than he should have probably because he was also in shock when he did pause it though his face was pale I was frozen in place I have never been so mortified in my life I was literally Frozen I wanted to cry but I couldn't I could barely breathe I felt hundreds of eyes on me the rest of the class was staring at me I knew what they were thinking after the most painful seconds of my life
I snapped out of my humiliation and burst out into tears before running out of the lecture hall I felt a panic attack coming on I debated going home but I knew I'd definitely get expelled if I just left reluctantly I waited outside the building for the class to end before approaching my professor I basically pleaded with him that I had no idea what happened that I was positive I had sent the Right video he decided to hear me out and confirmed that two videos had been sent the first one was my projects and the more
recent one was the one he played in class clearing things up with the university took a lot of time and hassle but I was eventually able to do it I won't bore you with the details nothing was going to erase the humiliation though it was it was also clear that my email had been hacked which was a much bigger problem I changed my password and thought I had just gotten super unlucky that's when things got worse not one week later I woke up to being logged out of Snapchat that only happens when someone else logs
in which meant I had gotten hacked there too I don't even want to think about what they found there was a lot of stuff on my Snapchat I don't feel comfortable talking about I called the police told them everything and to my surprise Ben agreed to let them question him the police were able to confirm that Ben wasn't behind any of it he did however admit that he posted my private information on some online Forum right after we broke up he swore he never posted any of my passwords but my passwords were easy to guess
and like an idiot I used the same password for everything the police told me that there wasn't much they could do Ben wasn't responsible for the hacking that's when the full gravity of the situation hit me someone else had basically all of my private information they could probably blackmail me I changed my passwords immediately but it might have been too late by then a few weeks went by and nothing happened my best guess is that whoever was tormenting me realized I had gotten the police involved and didn't want to risk being caught I thought that
was the end of it of course it wasn't one day some random person added me on Snapchat which wasn't too unusual when I added them back though they started sending me pictures pictures of me I'm sure you can guess the types of things they were sending I blocked them before they could threaten me which I'm sure they were about to do I burst into tears I've never felt more helpless in my life for about a week random profiles would add me on Snapchat I knew it was the same person and I never accepted their ads
out of fear that they would blackmail me or ask for money this has been ongoing for about a week now and I don't know what to do there's literally no evidence or any way I can track this person the police don't have enough information to get involved and it's not like they could do anything anyway the worst part is they literally know my address and whatever else about my personal life if I keep ignoring their Snapchat ads they might do something drastic they've already lurked outside my apartment I wouldn't put it past them to go
further I'm praying that they get bored and just quit for any young ladies listening be careful about what kind of pictures are on your phone I don't know if this will ever end [Music]
