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'm mad that the documentary and police never called her what she really is, a pedophile. Her texts weren't just harassing, they were wildly disgustingly sexual. She fantasized about being with the young boy in those texts. She stalked him and his new girlfriend from another town. Owen himself said she acted inappropriately towards him. She needs to be in jail before she hurts another child.

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u/burnafterreading90 2d ago

I don’t understand how the entire sexual component of the texts etc was ignored? She was very clearly infatuated with Owen she’s very clearly attracted to minors and yet that’s just swept under the rug? Bizarre

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 2d ago

Yes, she clearly viewed her daughter as a sexual rival which is why she put down her body in a sexual manor. She knew her daughter was too young to do those sexual acts and so that was her "superior edge". They emphasized that she was super involved in school activities and being a coach. They tried to paint this as evidence that she was a loving mom, but it's actually more evidence of her wanting exposure to minors/Owen to prey upon. She was even going to all of his games. What kind of adult with a busy life does that for a child they aren't related to?

The local police dropped the ball on this one. You always start with the people closest to the victim. They didn't even verify that she worked where she said she worked! They could have easily uncovered her lies with a phone call to the company. That phone call would have told them 1. she is a liar 2. she has tech knowledge and 3. she has a lot of free time. I wonder what she did at her job to get herself fired.

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u/SpecialistWishbone77 2d ago

All of this...and to me it seemed clear not from the start, but pretty fast, that it was an adult...of course she specifically wasn't an evident suspect, but to think that a minor could not only write this messages, but hide their identity that well for such a long time...that needed some skills...in any case she is a total psycho and should not have been interviewed for this.

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u/Three-blind-222511 17h ago

When the texts spelled their they’re and there correctly I knew it was an adult

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u/Maxismydog1981 8h ago

It was clear it was an adult because it would hardly be news worthy if it was just some mean girl in Lauryn's class. The old journalism dictum, "Dog bites ban is not newsworthy, but man bites dog is."

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u/Comfortable_Smell_91 8h ago

I thought it was a male adult. Either one of the school staff or teachers or even one of the dads. Never even considered the mom... what a sick human being she is.