One man's nightmare with a twitter troll and how he was shocked when he found out who it was. (free, house)

[kanhawk]

This a is a great article from the Guardian newspaper in England about a man who was mercilessly stalked by a twitter troll.
The day I confronted my troll | Leo Traynor | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

FTA:
I received a parcel at my home address. Nothing unusual there – I get lots of post. I ripped it open and there was a Tupperware lunchbox inside full of ashes. There was a note included, saying, "Say hello to your relatives from Auschwitz". I was physically sick.
I was petrified. They had my address. I reported it to the authorities and hoped for the best.
Two days later I opened my front door and there was a bunch of dead flowers with my wife's old Twitter username on it. Then that night I received a DM. "You'll get home some day & ur ******* throat will be cut & ur son will be gone."


And here is how he found out who it was:

Spoiler

It transpired that the abuse had emanated from three separate IP addresses in different corners of Ireland. Two of them were public wifi locations but the third … The third location was the interesting one.
The third location was a friend's house.
The Troll was his son. His 17-year-old son.

[Mayiask]

OMG! I don't even know what to say other than that!

Is this for real?

[toosie]

Sickening - and frightening. People can be truly hateful.

[Dallas Kitty]

Horrifying! An example of the damage kids can do and have fun as long as they don't get caught.

[kiwimac]

Sounds like the kid wanted to run away AND do as much mental harm to his dad as possible!

[toosie]

Originally Posted by kiwimac

Sounds like the kid wanted to run away AND do as much mental harm to his dad as possible!

It wasn't his dad - he was the son of a friend of the man who was harassed. But yes, he sounds unbalanced.

[animalcrazy]

Time for an ***** whipping.

[Ruby Wilfong]

Evil has many faces, and you can't always tell who they really are. The kid needs a serious, "Come to Jesus meeting" and I'd make sure he got one!
I'll take a lot of crap when it's directed at me, but you mess with my family and even God would have a hard time reeling me back in, and I do NOT say that lightly!
You do not mess with mine! No matter who or what "Mine" might be!!! You don't mess with mine.
That's a "Fair warning" shot across my bow. In my book, that's about as fair as I will willingly get with folks like that!

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Dallas Kitty

Horrifying! An example of the damage kids can do and have fun as long as they don't get caught.

Thats horrible if real!!!!

Poor guy.... Stupid drug addict teenager!! (They are all the same these days)

[Elle Oh Elle]

What!