Teen girl used Twitter to fake own kidnapping

[davidn3600]

The 16-year-old girl who vanished after sending a hoax tweet that someone was in her house has returned home safely, following a 48-hour period that sent the Internet into a roller coaster of reactions.

Police found Kara Alongi walking along the side of a New Jersey highway and took her to a nearby hospital for evaluation, a common practice in teenage runaway cases, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger The news comes as Alongi faked her own kidnapping on Sunday night after asking her Twitter followers to call 911, saying "there is someone in my house."

The Internet quickly responded to her message. The hashtag #HelpFindKara trended on a global level on Twitter and nearly 34,000 people retweeted her call for help to raise awareness about the incident. Not to mention the more than 6,000 phone calls the local police department received after her tweet went viral.

But when Alongi's family returned home that same night and the area was inspected by police, it soon became clear that there were no indications of forced entry or stolen property.

http://news.yahoo.com/teen-behind-kidnapping-hoax-tweet-returns-home-125828058.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. wanted / needed attention?

[randome]

5. Guess we don't know. Maybe home life is really crappy.

Or maybe she just wanted the attention, as you say.

[bunnies]

2. Such a sick prank to play on people.

I can't comprehend what inspires someone to do such a thing.

[davidn3600]

3. Boy Who Cried Wolf

Attention-seeking.

[bunnies]

4. I dont think these kids really think about...

the ramifications of their actions. The internet gets SO many people involved. For better or for worse. Its not like the old days! I remember when a stunt like that would get you grounded and noone else would even know. Now, its everywhere instantly. You'd think a kid these days could find an alternate way of attention-getting.