Woman Tries to Kidnap Her Second Life Boyfriend - Twice
Woman Tries to Kidnap Her Second Life Boyfriend - Twice
August 23, 2008
A 33-year-old North Carolina postal worker is under arrest after she traveled to Delaware in an attempt to kidnap the 50-something man who jilted her on Second Life.
As Destructoid reports, Kimberly Jernigan's romance with the man ended shortly after they met in real life:
...in the beginning of August, Kimberly allegedly drove to her ex-boyfriend's Pennsylvania workplace and attempted to kidnap the man at gunpoint. Apparently she couldn't even manage that successfully, and had to come back two weeks later and track him down to his Delaware home...
she lay in wait for him with a set of handcuffs, a roll of duct tape, a taser, a BB gun and her dog Gogi. Her foolproof scheme failed after the man simply ran away, having entered to find a laser beam pointed at his chest. Kimberley had fled soon after, but her dog was discovered bound in duct tape and abandoned in the bathroom to stop him making noise. She was found an hour later in Maryland and taken into custody after a "brief struggle" at a rest stop.
GP: Wait. She duct-taped the dog?
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Posted 07/04/09 at 10:08am
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Michael Chandra: I missed out on Jack? =(
Michael Chandra: I missed out on Jack? =(
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Escanor94: hmm, looks like when someone gets banned all their comments are automaticly deleted
Escanor94: hmm, looks like when someone gets banned all their comments are automaticly deleted
Posted 07/03/09 at 11:46pm
Arcanagos: aww, did i miss the JT party? :(
Arcanagos: aww, did i miss the JT party? :(
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Leet Gamer Jargon: Where's the recent JT bullcrap? Which comments section has he vomited on? EDIT: Nevermind; it's in the "Radio" thread.
Leet Gamer Jargon: Where's the recent JT bullcrap? Which comments section has he vomited on? EDIT: Nevermind; it's in the "Radio" thread.
Posted 07/03/09 at 09:17pm
BearDogg-X: I wonder what the Metropolitian Moron of Miami said in response to my comment saying that he got a dose of his medicine on the SGC09 Debate thread?
BearDogg-X: I wonder what the Metropolitian Moron of Miami said in response to my comment saying that he got a dose of his medicine on the SGC09 Debate thread?
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:51pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He gets offended with a bunch of flowers.
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He gets offended with a bunch of flowers.
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:49pm
GoodRobotUs: LOL He takes offence at the fact he might have *chosen* to be crazy?
GoodRobotUs: LOL He takes offence at the fact he might have *chosen* to be crazy?
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:47pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He warned me to get a lawyer after I called him "crazy by his own choice"... that´s libel for him
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He warned me to get a lawyer after I called him "crazy by his own choice"... that´s libel for him
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:45pm
HilaryDuffGta: "libel" what did he threaten now?
HilaryDuffGta: "libel" what did he threaten now?
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:44pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Was fun to be threatened for "libel" again.
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Was fun to be threatened for "libel" again.
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HilaryDuffGta: hey so what did i miss??? the usual spam of "crap"
HilaryDuffGta: hey so what did i miss??? the usual spam of "crap"
Posted 07/03/09 at 06:15pm
FlakAttack: Jack ruined his chance to have civil debates with us here. Glad you banned him (again).
FlakAttack: Jack ruined his chance to have civil debates with us here. Glad you banned him (again).
Posted 07/03/09 at 04:04pm
Krono: Unexpected is probably the best word to describe it. Particularly as no decent reason is given.
Krono: Unexpected is probably the best word to describe it. Particularly as no decent reason is given.
Posted 07/03/09 at 03:59pm
GoodRobotUs: Just heard about that myself... kinda unexpected
GoodRobotUs: Just heard about that myself... kinda unexpected
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If laughing about this is wrong, I don't want to be right
Seconded
i'd hate to see her play PS3 Home, then it will really get f#!%ed up!
Jesus Jack Jones Thompson told me to do it!
Poor Gogi.
What a jackass for taking your dog to a crime scene and then binding it up for being loud. WFT?
It is sad that people feel so alone in life that they do this kind of stuff.
It is hilarious when put on the internet, though.
I feel bad... for the dog...
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Funny and sad at the same time.
Just another reason not to play Second Life.
It's not just second life though. this is chatrooms in general.
Yup. Stay away from MMO's.
I don't think many people consider Second Life an MMO. I know I don't. It is really just a glorified chat room.
Did you need more than one?
Because chat rooms and MMOs turn people into psycho-idiots?
The article I read earlier about this said she POSED as a postal worker to find his new address. I don't think she is a postal worker.
Just postal.
Damnit, you beat me to it. XP
So I guess the next time she does it will be postal 2? or will it be postal 3? all I gotta say is: owned.
Not if you've trained your dog to attack whatever you point your laser pointer at.
Damnit, now I'll never be able to play another FPS until someone creates one with such a weapon.
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Obviously this morally deficient sociopath has trained too long on sex and abduction simulators such as The Sims (with its full frontal nudity and same sex relations), Second Life, and of course Doom.
*Jack Thompson-esque rant off*
As bad as this was for the guy, this is a hilarious news story. I wonder what JT would say about this?
Is she cute?
I saw a picture, nevermind
Should've saved before trying this, can't go back to the last checkpoint now...
Lawlz
And the number of uses for duct tape just keep rising. :O
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Use #1287: Restrain the dog that you brought with you to kidnap someone your met online.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Damn....just damn....if she showed up at my door I would've ran in the opposite direction too.
HAHAHAHHAAAAAA!!!! Oh wait, that's not funny...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAhAhAhAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Oh....HAHAHA! No wait, it is funny!
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Crazy people are crazy!
I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
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To quote Futurama when Gunter runs away from the professor...
"Why?! WHY?! Why didn't I break his legs?!!!"
You say that, and I think of "Misery" by Stephen King.
She couldn't take him at gunpoint?
I cannot think of anything nice to say.
So I shall merely smirk.
Wow..... just..... WOW.
Psycho much?
Um...
Poor dog.
Can you say "Mentally Incapacitated?"
"Oh, my ex got away, so I'll take it out on my dog." Four words: L. M. A. O.
"... 33-year old Postal Worker?" Well there's your problem right there.
Where the hell is Jack when you need some lulz?
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Perfect Defintion of EPIC-FAIL
I too, feel bad for the dog.
This might seem odd, but I actually think it's good that video games bring out these tendencies in people. If you're going to get so obsessed over a game that you'll resort to kidnapping, then I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Let's get you into a locked cell as soon as possible, mmmkay?
That's...interesting...
Mostly, I just feel bad for the dog.
-"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
Finding crazy people on the internet? I'm shocked! I've had incidents with internet crazies, though none of them drove cross country to kidnap me. Thank God for the block/ignore function most games have. I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not.
As far as duct taping the dog... You got to remember you're not dealing with a rational human being here. You're dealing with someone who thinks completely different. In their mind, it was perfectly logical to duct tape the dog.
A crazy woman's attempt at kidnapping and Obama choosing Biden: the only two times you'll ever see Delaware in the national news. *ba dum tish*
And before any Delawareans get their panties in a twist, just know that I have every right to make this joke. Why? Because I live there (or here...you know what I mean).
I live there too and I agree with this post, except for one thing, I'm pretty sure Delaware was in the news when we were the first to sign the constitution.
The only times Delaware has been in national news:
1) Biden
2) This story
3) The Constitution
4) Dover schools trying to include "intelligent design" in science class
5) When the people forced a family to move out of the Indian River School District because they were Jewish.
6) The episode of Cops where they showed the guy's trailer that looked like a UFO
there was also last year a serious of articles about a church full of retards rotesting at military funerals saying that the people died because God hated them...it wasn't all about DE, but it was partly.
don't worry i hate this state, so i don't care if it's in the news. though i can say I can't wait for a hurricane to come up here & flush out the trailer park trash.
Behold the dark side of internet love... Sad and yet hilarious.
Is it just me or does this sound like a sitcom? A lonely 50 something man trying to recover from the death of his wife a decade ago finally starts socialising again and getting into zany situations with women each week.
When he ran away, was Yakety Sax (AKA: Benny Hill chase music) playing?
What situations other than psycho stalker could he get into? Accidental arranged marriage, extreme sports nutjob, lazy eye woman, 'dude looks like a lady'...
Somebody should submit this to Fark, it sounds like something they'd enjoy.
Wow. Just wow.
Duct taped the dog?
I hope it went to a good home after this.
I think she could be charged for animal cruelty too XD
In addition for being charged as an "eternal dumbass".
I love it when the funny game news rolls around :P
So do they: "The dog was said to be uninjured, but the SPCA is looking into possible charges of animal cruelty."
"Woman believes in second chances with ex from second life."
"SL player finds duct tape insufficient to keep a hold of 'the one that got away."
etc.
Hmmm, well it looks like the internet is the new murder stimulator to you punks, And this woman's life is a complete waste due to her false obession of love on Second life, She is reall wasting her life rotting it away to scum like you.
What is with all the Jack copycats? It's the original or nothing for me.
It's just not lulzy when you know the guy writing it is not serious.
L2 Jack Thompson.
Am we seeing the roll-out of JT 2.0 beta? Twice the fails in half the time?
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Jack Thompson is obsessed wit hthis website, and this is the first news story I have seen of someone form Second Life acting like this, ever.
Argument over.
Oh, shut the hell up already.
Not funny... feel free to cry about it.
Actaully i never fail , i just choose not to win, but my claims will be right, i have plentful links of proof video games are nothing but "murder simulators.", Perhaprs you 3 are the trolls of this putrid website called gamepolitics.
If this really is JT I wanna see the links.
Okay... if you're going to impersonate someone here are a few tips
1) learn their mannerisms. There's a reason why you are failing with such tremendous grace. It's because you type like a five year old. Jack Thompson, although he adores the / for whatever reason, types like he has a brain cell.
2) Don't change your name everyy five seconds. It gets old and tedius
3) If you are impersonating someone as a joke, it helps if others are IN ON THE JOKE WITH YOU, otherwise it's just sad.
Oh yes, and impersonating JT on this site is hardly the peak of originality.
"Oh yes, and impersonating JT on this site is hardly the peak of originality."
Yeah man people have been doing that since the livejournal days. Anyone else remember Caveman Thompson's quest to outlaw fire?
BEST. LINE. EVER. Oh, and I have studies cited in my signature. See the text below.
-Entertainment isn't the reason the world sucks. It's the reason we know the world sucks. For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007)Grand Theft Childhood, by Harvard researchers Larry Kutner&Cheryl Olson
Enjoy.
If you have links then show them. I believe the proper phrase in this situation is: "Put up or shut up".
Lets all laugh at this!
W....T....F
i dont blame the guy for ending that relationship
Hey Jack, aren't you excited? Somebody actually read your book on how to succeed!
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Does every new story have to end with coments about Jack Thompson?
Yes, unfortunately, it is an inevitability that JT, or a forum troll pretending to be JT, posts here.
Here's a great reason to have aliases
And this is why I don't go into Second Life. You have people in there with less of a first life then I have, which is a scary thing to contemplate.
I just want to pet that dog and say it'll be alright... DEATH SENTENCE FOR DUCK TAPING A DOG! NOW!!! This woman is stupider than chris crocker, and thats far down...
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