What is the Weirdest Phone Call You Got? Inspired by JasonLyons...

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font color=navy>I was reading the thread about wrong numbers, and then remembered a couple of calls my ex & I got back in the early 90's.

We got a call one time from someone who said he was calling from Sacramento, and was trying to get hold of someone else who lived on our street (and that we didn't know). He couldn't get hold of them, and said he got our name from some database that showed people & their addresses & phones.

He asked if we could leave a note on our unknown neighbor's door saying that he was looking for them, and could they please call him. Gave us his phone # and everything.

He called us again the next week asking the same thing - so we obliged.

The third time, I told him I wasn't a messenger service, and he needed to find some other way to get hold of these people.

Weird.

Oh, I just remembered this one -- when I was 18, I was working for a small store in a mall. It was night, and my parents were out for the evening at some function. The store got a phone call from someone, who asked for me. When I answered, he said that he had my parents kidnapped (& named the function that they had gone to), and if I didn't meet him in the parking lot, he would hurt them.

I was so scared!

My Navy cousin (who spent about every weekend w/his buddies @ our home) was at my house, and I called him, and he verified that my folks were okay. Then he & his buddies canvassed the parking lots looking for anything suspicious, but didn't find anything. We reported it to mall security.

Before that, I would ride my bike to work, but after that, my cousin & his friends took turns picking me up from work in the evenings.

 

[Serena]

There is someone who recently moved to Indy, she has my name and she's living on another part of my street, and her husband recently passed away.
The first thing I got was a very late, humongous cell phone bill for her. And I received lots of phone calls for her. Some didn't believe me when I said I wasn't her. They would just start talking to me about the coincidence and explaining some about her and what she went through. I got one phone call from an old boss of the husband's. He wanted me to track her down and let him know where to reach her.

Every since I got a bridal shower or wedding invitation, I don't remember which, but I called Ohio and told them who I was and told them to pass it around. No one has called for her since.

 

[browneyes]

There was a collector (I assume) that would call for the first 3-4 years we had our phone (not constantly, but at intervals). He would ask for a lady that we don't have any idea who she is. He would get downright rude! Asking me if I'm sure that I'm not really so and so (I can't remember her name). He would be nice to my SO but rude to me.

I get phone calls for people looking for ALL my SO's family (he has a HUGE family). My SO's name is listed in the phone book, most of the people they ask for is listed right under his name, but they're too lazy to look that far.

Telemarketers are NOT my friend. They'll call and talk, then they end up arguing with me.

When I was 12 yo, I had an obscene phone caller. He always knew when I was home alone, that's the only time he'd call.

 

[Saffron]

Oh Mary Jo! That last phone call that you wrote about sounds terrifying!

Let's see: I got a phone call one time and after I said, "Hello?", the "person" on the other end of the line said, "Good morning, this is your veranda calling." Now, I had been at a party the night before and drank my share of Mojo punch, so I'm not sure if that's what the person said or not, but that's what I heard. I just pulled the phone away from my ear, looked at it, then put it back in the craddle and passed out again.

Another weird one was a call I got from my brother. It was a beautiful, sunny, summer morning. He said hello, asked me what I was doing. I told him, then asked him what he was doing. Welllllllllllllll ................. it turns out it wasn't my brother after all, but some pervert obscene phone caller and he proceeded to tell me what he was doing!

 

[JasonLyons]

I inspired so many long post

 

[Saffron]

Yes.

Short post.

Happy now?

 

[Serena]

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by JasonLyons
I inspired so many long post

You inspire many things.

 

[shep]

last night I got a call and the caller i.d. said 000-000-000 so I answered it anyway thinking it would be BIL.. ...I picked it up and it was a recording.. ..No i.d. from NOW ON= DW answering the phone or them leaving a message..

 

[Beauty]

My best friend Bobby and I used to have a ball doing prank calls to people. We would use 3-way and then when the person picked up I would say hello at the same time she/he did. Well Bobby would act like my boyfriend and we would have a hell of a fight. 99% of the people would just sit there and listen to us fight. Then we would start discussing how noisy peopel were and how they would listen to calls that weren't meant for them and then "click" ROTFLOL! That was so much fun!

I can't think of a weird one that I've got.

 

[Krisu]

A few years back I was getting calls from a "Correctional Facility" They were collect, and would I accept the charges?!! No, I did not accept!!

 

[caitycaity]

one time, a lady called up and asked for Jeff Lastname (my husband's name.) he wasn't home so i said he's not here can i take a message. then she asked me if i was lisa.

so i said: "who is lisa?"

"lisa is jeff's ex-wife."

"ummm...are you sure you have the correct jeff lastname? he hasn't been married before."

"yes, i'm sure. maybe you don't know, but he used to be married to lisa."

it continued from there and suffice it to say she had the wrong jeff lastname, but now dh and i always joke about his first wife lisa.

 

[TRAPPED-PARENT]

Many, many years ago ... I got a phone call from an obscene phone caller to apologize.

 

[holycow]

I can still remember one I got when I was in high school...my parents had just driven away to go out of town (of course) when the phone rings...I answered it and said hello 2 times and no one answers then I said ...I'm hanging up now...I get this whisper that says 'don't hang up'....I said do you need help...shall I call the police to help you out?....they said no, I need you...blah, blah, blah(rude talk can't print here)....I told them you don't need that kind of help you need mental help...
He HUNG UP ON ME! LOL

Holycow

 

[catsrule]

They asked me what color underwear I was wearing.

 

[Disney845]

OMG this is a great thread. Years ago I was on the phone with my SO. We were both using cordless phones, and it appeared as though our call got kind of scrambled with another phone call. We could hear them, but they couldn't here us. This call was way scary. We heard some weird things. The highlights being drugs, sex, and murder... don't know if it was actually anything bad happening, or just people talking because the call was muffled and went in and out. SO did call the authorities to inform them in case they wanted to try checking phone records.

I had gotten a new cell phone, and they gave me a number in the wrong area. I continually got calls for this other guy named Rodrigo (sp?). People would constantly call looking for him. Some people only spoke spanish so I couldn't make them realize I now had his old number. Then people would argue with me, like I was lying about not knowing Rodrigo. Two of the best calls though were one time a guy from the Church of Jesus Crist of Latter Day Saints called saying that Rodrigo had requested some information from them and they were sending him a video. I explained that I had a new number and didn't know Rodrigo. The man on the phone was very nice and young and we chatted for a minute (not religious related) then we go to get off the phone and he says, well would you like Rodrigo's video? I said no thanks and hung up. The other time I got a voice mail message from a lawyers office. This laywer was POed at Rodrigo, I don't remember everything it went into, but appearantly Rodrigo was in trouble with the authorities. He had left a number so I called his office back to tell him this was no longer Rodrigo's number and ask him to not call me again.

 

[suzannen]

We have been getting collection agency calls for someone named "Sarah Held" for 12 years at our number. Banks, mortgages, car loans, you name - it has continued for 12 years. Meanwhile we have never been able to locate anyone of that name anywhere near our area. Some of the messages left on our machine for her are 15 min long. So, if anyone knows Sarah, please kill her for us! (Was that too long, Jason?)
And, I won't even get into the obscence phone caller who asked me could I please go take a shower and describe it to him over the phone!

 

[Luv2Dream]

I honestly believe that the weirdest phone call I've ever received was today and it was from a supposed friend. Well, all I can say is, this was NO FRIEND. Off the list. Kicked to the curb. Won't go there again. Is it a full moon today?

 

[nativetxn]

About twenty years ago, my SIL was getting obscene phone calls and they just upset her so much, she would scream into the phone and get all upset, which is exactly the response the caller wanted because he kept calling her back for a couple of months, always at the same time.

I was visiting once and I told her that if the phone rang at the time he usually called to let me pick up the extension when she answered the phone but to let me do the talking after she said hello. The phone rang, we both picked up the phone, she said hello and there was heavy breathing. I said "Hello?" and this voice says, "I want to see your (<i>use your imagination here</i>)"
I said, "Really? That's funny because I want to see your (<i>use your imagination again</i>). He says, "WHAT???" I repeated myself. He hung up on me. It was all I could do not to laugh during that phone call. What a wuss he was. He never called her back again.

 

[Val]

The other night I got a phone call at 2 AM from the "local police" saying my son was in their custody for drug trafficking and would I please come down to the station to identify. Note: my son is 7 years old and was sleeping soundly. They gave my son's REAL name, but not the name he goes by......I replied that I had caller ID and would be contacting them via that number early the next morning. They said "oh #### and hung up. I called the local police the next day- just to be sure there wasn't some young man waiting for me- nope. They took no one into custody that night. I bet there were a few worried teenagers though- little did they know I didn't have caller ID!