r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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/bluecoastblue 9d ago

ugh. reading this it just dawned on me: what if she encouraged her daughter to start a romantic relationship with Owen so that she could get closer to him? maybe the plan all along was to get rid of the daughter so she gains sympathy and is now alone with Owen as they are both grieving? It's all so sinister. Surely there must be a way for the people affected to sue her for the psychological torture?

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 9d ago

That could totally have been her plan, because it was never clear what the end game was. Sinister is the right word. Owen and her daughter were childhood friends before they started dating so I think either 1. she liked when they were friends because it brought him around the house, but she became jealous when they were an item or 2. he became her preferred age of victim. I've heard pedophiles each have a certain age they like and maybe he became an obsession once he turned 13/14. She needs to be in prison, children are not safe around her.

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u/Repulsive-Bake-6160 7d ago

I have whst you need my tits in your face etc almost taunting the daughter. My gid I would never talk to my mom again holy shit how absolutely wildly inappropriate but my mom did questionable thi mg s took me awhile to get away got to say