20 Shocking Things People Discovered About Someone They “Knew” That’ll Leave You FLOORED

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“In the mid-’90s, I came home from my honeymoon to find a card in my front door from the FBI. My neighbor across the hall popped out and asked if everything was okay because there were a bunch of cops looking for me. It turned out my best friend of five years, who I thought moved away to be with his girlfriend, was seducing women around the country and robbing them, draining their bank accounts, and vanishing. He even stole their cars, drove to his next target city, and either sold the car to a chop shop or ditched it. He left a jacket behind at one of his victims’ houses, and it had my name and phone number in his pocket. I went to the federal building in downtown Chicago, answered all of their questions, and convinced them I had no knowledge of any of this. After a few hours, I agreed to let them know if I ever heard from him.”

“About six months later, he called me out of the blue. He said he was back in Chicago, and he tried to sell me some stereo equipment. I asked to hang out, and he was suspicious. Eventually, I convinced him to go play paintball with me as long as I paid.

I called the guy from the FBI whose card I still had, said I was playing paintball with him on a Saturday, and he said, ‘Thanks, we’ll keep in touch.’

Saturday morning came around. After playing paintball for a few hours, we saw two black SUVs pull into the parking lot. My friend thought nothing of it, but it was definitely conspicuous. 

Here’s the kicker: two of the guys we played paintball with turned to my friend and addressed him by his full name (damn, we were shooting paintballs back and forth with these dudes for three hours!). They took him away in the SUVs, and I acted surprised. I never heard from the FBI again.

He spent six years in prison. My wife never liked him, and I despised him for what he was doing and was pissed he tried to sell me someone’s stuff.”

—u/Apprehensive_Book520