So I was trolling craigslist, as I am wont to do sometimes. Just looking for anything interesting locally that might appeal to me in some way. Rants and raves were the usual illiterate ramblings of histrionic losers, and there was nothing interesting in the "free" stuff. I prowled a few other categories and one of the headings, all in caps, was the name of someone I know. I clicked on it. The posting was also all in caps, no doubt to convey to the reader the urgency of this matter. Someone is looking for this person I know, wants a current phone number and/or address. Naturally they don't say what for, or who they are. I toy with the idea of responding, and I did. I logged into one of my little-used e-mail accounts that isn't connected to anything traceable to me, and sent the person a message. I told them to give me their name, purpose for wanting to contact the person I know, and a phone number. I said I would give it to him and let him decide if he wanted to call them.
I have little doubt that this is going to piss off the person who placed the ad, but too damn bad. I'm not just going to give out someone's address and phone number without knowing what this person wants with them. For all I know, this is some crazed stalker wanting to track down the person I know and shoot him. More likely, it's someone who thinks they are owed money, or want something back. I just have a bad feeling about it from that perspective; I don't think it's an old friend looking to get in touch. The all-caps, and the vagueness of the post lead me to think that it has something to do with money or even perhaps an old grudge or "score" to settle.
So we'll see if I get a response. I honestly don't think that the person I know is going to be that hard to find. I don't think he's hiding out. It's possible that the person looking for him is from out of the area, because otherwise I think they could find him. But we'll see if anything comes of it. I love a little mystery.
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