What's the buzz?

A story like this is never easy to write. It's hard to know where to start. Should I start from when I first encountered the Second Life avatar named samanthaprater Resident? That seems to be the most likely starting point but shouldn't I give a little background to it first? That's a good question. In this case though, I think it best to just stick with the story as it unfolded before my eyes.

As the story unfolds, you will begin to see what the buzz is all about and why it is so important the story be told. I will be starting the story off with the tale of my first, extremely unpleasant encounter with samanthaprater. Be aware, though, as you read through the story, my one and only "face to face" encounter with her was exceptionally mild compared to what other people have experienced in dealing with her. Samantha has some major mental health issues that will manifest as the story progresses. This is the reason it is so important to tell this story. Because once she gets started on you, she will stalk you and harass you and she will not stop. She uses her mental issues as a get out jail free card as you will discover as you read this story.

There are so many things I wish I could cover in this first installment of the story. The problem with doing so will defeat the purpose of telling this story which is to let the reader decide for themselves who the real victim(s) is/are in all of this. My own part in this fiasco is very small as I had only the one very brief encounter with her, about 8 - 10 years ago, that I had completely forgotten about until she crossed my path again a few months ago on the Second Life forum. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start with that one and only brief encounter I had with Samantha.

Author's Note: Since the person known as samanthaprater in Second Life has doxxed herself (and her mother, stepfather and two brothers) an unknown number of times on several different online platforms, I am not concerned with protecting her real life identity. She made the connections between her online personas and her real life identity long before she crossed my path again on the Second Life forums. Therefore, on links and in images you may see during the telling of this most unDisney like tale you will see her real name and her face as she posted numerous images of herself in what she calls proving her identity.

Sound pretty crazy so far right? You haven't seen anything yet.

Next up: Chapter 1 - The Mystara Apothecary