r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

Discussion Unknown Number High-school Catfish Spoiler

What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 2d ago

I suspected one of the moms from the very beginning! But I thought it would be the boy's mom being possessive. It was just way too graphic to be coming from a 14-year-old girl. The FBI getting involved threw me off because you wouldn't think she'd be stupid enough to continue at that point. The girl's mother is absolutely a pedophile. I wonder what other strange behavior she has done in the past. I feel terrible for the young girl, but her father seems great. I think he's doing his best in a horrible situation. They will make it through together. I hope the young boy is able to heal too. Terrifying what she did to them.

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u/Financial_Jelly_2818 2d ago

I don't know if she knew the fbi was involved because the police officer acted like he was informing her of that for the first time when he came with the search warrant

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u/AnotherDarnDay 2d ago

I thought it would have been one of the other girls mom's. Def. Not Lauryns that's for sure

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u/_chicksareforfags 2d ago

totally, think of all the kids she coached over the years... someone needs to find out what else she was doing with her days pretending to be at work

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u/CricketSuccessful192 1d ago

I suspected one of the moms from the very beginning!

I knew it was one of the parents when both families allowed Owen and Lauryn to keep their phones and the same phone numbers throughout this whole thing.

And the reason the parents gave for not changing their kids' phone numbers made no sense.

I just couldn't believe that both sets of parents didn't think the most obvious thing to do was change numbers.

Instead, they allowed the kids to keep being harassed and tortured by reading those disgusting messages.

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 1d ago

Right!! That made no sense. They cared more about vengeance than protecting their kids! I can't believe they let them continue to be exposed to that for over a year! If I was the boy's mom I would have had a friend register a new phone number under their name, then give that to my kid so it couldn't be traced back to him. Do not let him give out his number. Its just for mom/dad/grandparents. Then get a landline so he can call his friends if he wants.

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u/Physical_Orchid3616 1d ago

many of the text messages read like they were written by an adult, not a child. that was telling.

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u/Blackberry314 1d ago

I thought it would be the boys dad, this was a total curveball for me

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u/Emeds2686 1d ago

The FBI getting involved was probably behind the scenes. She probably thought there was no way she could get caught using a fake number app