cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/4578562
Content warning: Violence.
This post has dark undertones amd isn’t the best way to start your day. Proceed at your own risk.
My grandmother’s sister went into the wheat drying room after hearing noises, assuming one of the kids had gotten in. Once inside, she heard a noise coming from a closet. Upon opening it, she discovered a man pointing a gun at her. The man panicked and shot at her head. He then grabbed her phone and started running out. Just then, everyone came out of their rooms, causing a lot of panic. As he ran towards the door within the chaos, my uncle and I grabbed our guns to chase him. He noticed this and yanked my 7-year-old cousin by the wrist, then jumped over the wall with the kid and escaped into the fields. We couldn’t find him.
A few hours later, a ransom call demanded 10 million and insisted not to involve the cops. The father of the kid told him it was impossible to gather 10 million in a hurry. Later, he called the cops. The next morning, the guy called again, agreeing to 4 million and arranging a spot for the exchange. He told the father to come alone.
The next night, they managed to gather around 500,000 and went to the spot, the father and uncle, with the cops following and cutting off access to areas. There, the guy took the money and pointed to a figure in the dark, claiming that was the child, and then rode off.
Luckily, it was indeed the kid. Three hours later, we received a call from the cops that they had caught the guy. I forgot to mention that the cops were this efficient because the family knew all the political leaders of the area and had some ministers in their pockets.
We went to the station to check on the situation, and they had beaten the guy up pretty badly. It turns out we knew the guy; he happened to be the son of the land caretaker and had been the family’s driver for a few years. His original intention was to steal some stuff from the house, but once he got caught, he improvised. His motivation was the fact that the family of the woman he wanted to marry asked for a 400,000 dowry, and he couldn’t afford that.
Who starts a casual conversation like that? I just logged on!
I will accept, perhaps not as casual as one would like but tough to find a community to share this story
Is it your own story, like a real experience you personally had? Or taken from the news?
If the former, I get it. There was a couple of relevant subs on Reddit for things like this but I haven’t seen anything close to that here on Lemmy, except maybe 2 Sentence Horror, which this obviously doesn’t fit exactly. A “Real Life Horror” or general story-telling community would be pretty cool, tho.
Personal experience, this is written from my pov, it’s why I created the new community
Ooh sweet. I have something to share there I posted to my own random ass community yesterday.
Is this a surreal meme in the wrong community?
Without a picture?
Lol very much a true story
Okay.
Why in casual conversation?
Are you just telling a story? It does not seem like casual conversation. With guns and ransom.
I don’t know if you can tell stories with guns and ransom casually.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/6076344
I wasn’t sure where to post but several people recommended this sub
Oh I see. Maybe introduce it before launching directly into the story?
It’s your story and not my community, but in casual conversation, I would expect a gentle disclaimer of some sort before someone tells a story so I know why you are telling the story and what to expect.
Edited in a lil content warning up top
Wow. What country did this happen in?
Don’t wanna doxx myself by being specific, but asia
Will answer all follow ups on the original post.
