What in the ....?! Let's take a look at:
Here we have the story of a woman who was catchfished for nearly 10 years. Now, while they had met in person, briefly, it wasn't until "Bobby" sent her a friend request that things began to spiral out of control.
Such a web of lies was created, including more catfish profiles, that several people began to believe the lie.
Things take a wild turn though, when "Bobby" is in a hospital and lost his voice, so he can't ever talk on the phone. Then he went into the witness protection program across seas, then he proposed with a photo of a ring, (and still so many more insane things) and yet still they never met or video chatted or talked on the phone. For years.
Now, normally questions would start flying and eye rolling would be rolling VERY early in this situation. While her personal vulnerability and cultural elements played a role in prolonging this situation, the real monster here is:
It's an addiction, a behavioral addiction and a very, very serious one that I hardly hear anyone talking about!!
We're all vulnerable to it, and likely may have experienced it at least once. It leads to doing maddening things - murder not excluded, for example.
This is a difficult watch and yes, you'll get very frustrated with her, but that's because you're outside the experience and now just watching it with 20/20 hindsight. Easy to make judgements there. Also remember, she was in the throws of a massive, massive addiction.
In all, this is an alarming story in so many ways. Most alarming is the catfisher! And Why They Did It! Good f*cking heavens... some souls are just lost.
I watched this film on Netflix, or use the Find It! Watch It! links on Horror Habit's side bar to see where else you might find this very anxiety-ridden feature.
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