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Every so often when I was in high school, some kid would call in a bomb threat and everyone had to evacuate. This was in the early 90s, before most people had cell phones. They would probably do it from the pay phone at the front of the school. They almost certainly were kids from the school trying to get out of a test.
That's a really stupid thing to do, but I understand why a kid would do it. This I don't get. Why call schools in another state?
Online gaming. They have friends or rivals in another state. I heard about a kid swatting as a service in exchange for money from his friends.
Now that makes sense! I think that's a very good possibility.
11 year olds can be psychopaths, too.
I guess, but why another state?
Impress online kids? Who knows why anyone tortures people? Some people just like to fuck with your mind.
Some kids just are demented; not all kids, just some.
It's kinda like that old "trick" of burning ants under a magnifying glass in the hot sun? At the time it made you feel powerful, but as you get older you reflect and realize how fucked up it was?
It's just that taken to the extreme (just a guess at least)
Yeah, but I would still think he would do schools in his area so he could see the fallout more closely... however, someone else suggested they were convinced to do it to another school through people they met gaming online. That makes more sense to me.
Agreed, might also gave the kid a sense of anonymity too...
Oh well, it caught up with him, hopefully he doesn't re-offend
Teach your children that swatting is wrong