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Disturbing phone call

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:11:50 PM

My mom called me earlier to tell me about a really odd phone call she received this morning. My parents usually don't get calls from numbers they don't recognize, but my dad draws houseplans so at least one or twice a week, there are people we don't know who call the house. Anyway, the phone rings and its a local number (she still has it on caller id), and my mom answers. Whoever was on the line was mumbling something she couldn't understand, so she said hello again. Then the person, who my mom described as sounding really illiterate, finally speaks and says, "I'm calling about the child on internet." My mom said, "What?! Who do you want to speak to?" The person didn't respond and hung up when my mom started to say, "You must have the wrong number." So she told this to my dad, her sister, and then to me, and we were all pretty surprised because its so odd. She said whoever was on the line wasn't a kid, and I thought that it was odd that anyone making a crank call wouldn't have realized they should block their number from coming up on caller id. Any thoughts on this? I'm sure she'll tell my brother about it to see what he thinks (he's a cop), and personally, I'd like to know why anyone is "calling about the child on internet."

jeano

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:13:54 PM

Eeeeeek. A child sexual predator called the wrong number? EEEeeeek!

Definitely talk to the cop brother. And save the phone number, too. I'd be interested in hearing if someone at the police wants to pursue it.

rwbeagles

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:14:26 PM

you can do a reverse look-up online for the number. Might find a name that way.

loveukaykay

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:15:36 PM

If it was a cell phone number this wont work, but go to anywho.com and click on "reverse lookup" then put in the phone number. If it was a land line, it will povide you with a name and address for the number that called. I know that may not help too much, but at least you will know WHO it was and where they live.

You can maybe call them back and ask about it, or let you r brother do that since hes a cop. I wouldnt worry as long as you dont have any kids who they could have been talking about.

magilacudy

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:16:20 PM

Thats sounds crazy and scary. Did the person speak english? Maybe they meant soemthing else. I'm so curious I would have called back pretending to be who he wanted, then trap him, if that's what he was after.

marlania

Posted : 6/6/2006 2:17:41 PM

She has the name and phone number so it must be a land line. Obviously, my parents don't have young children, but my brother and his five year old daughter live next door.

cookiemonster

Posted : 6/6/2006 3:38:06 PM

Eeekkkk....I just got the chilly willies.

Definitely talk to your brother...

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Suzi

Posted : 6/6/2006 4:06:54 PM

A few times I got strange calls, sometimes it's spooky. So I usually don't answer any calls at night. Why in the world would someone call me at night time. Then when I answer, this weird guy speaks in a scary tone asking for something. I just hung up. Then it happen every night and that's when I just disconnected the phone. Luckly it stopped. I know that if it's someone I know, they will call my cell. Though I would also get strange message left on my cell, like I'm at the airport, and mumble, brrr, blah blah, can;t even understand what the heck this person was saying. [&:]

smilee1079

Posted : 6/6/2006 4:31:53 PM

If anywho.com doesn't work, 411.com does the same thing

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glenmar

Posted : 6/6/2006 9:10:01 PM

Actually I'd file a formal police report. Your brother may want her to do that anyhow. This sounds like internet kiddie porn and I'm betting that the police would love to bust this guy and the freak that posted a child.

marlania

Posted : 6/7/2006 1:47:20 PM

OMG it just dawned on me while painting...I bet the person calling said "chow" not "child!!" For years now, people have been calling my parents house for dogs posted on our rescue site (despite having deleted them once they were adopted..I also still get strange emails about dogs who were in our program like five years ago), and the only chow I can think of that our group has had was adopted at least three years ago. Still, it's an odd call, and I wouldn't have considered that person a potentional adopter. Anyway, I can easily understand how my mom heard "child" instead of "chow" considering how the person mumbled so much.

KC

Posted : 6/7/2006 5:46:52 PM

I wouldn't sweat it--whatever it was. The cops won't do anything about it anyway. Unless it kept happening....

whatsh0uldmyl0ginbe?

Posted : 6/8/2006 3:14:02 PM

this post gave me the heebiejeebies..lol