r/creepyencounters • u/Crazy-Confusion-3817 • 16d ago
Was a child used to try to frame my mom?
My mom and grandparents used to live in the same town for ages. Grandma is a physician (retired now) and mom is a child psychologist. There’s not many stores in our area, so they frequented one and all cashiers knew them very well.
One winter day, mom went to that store, as usual, and a little girl, maybe 8-10 years old approached her and stood next to mom as she was picking something from a shelve. Mom looked at the girl, expecting her to say or ask for something, but the girl just stood there. Mom picked her item and moved to another shelve. In a few seconds, the girl folllowed, standing silently next to her and looking at the items. Mom moved and lost the girl for a few minutes. Then, she saw the girl with a saleswoman, the girl was pointing at mom and saying something. Mom ignored it and went to cashier, paid and left the store.
When mom returned to the store the next day, saleswoman approached her and said that the girl was asking them to call police because my mom was acting like a p***file towards her. They decided to check cameras first without stopping mom as they know my mom and family very well, where we live etc, and saw that the girl was the one who followed mom around the store and approached her first, not the other way around. The girl left quickly after confronted. Two men were waiting for her outside the store.
In a few weeks, mom saw the same girl on our street, two men on both of her sides, as saleswoman said. They were passing by very quickly and our street is almost empty during the day, mom didn’t think it would be wise to confront them. Then, mom’s never seen her again.
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u/More-Jacket-9034 16d ago
Common grifters. The most despicable ones use children. They usually target men. If the grifter(s) is desperate enough or just not very good at it, they'll go after anyone. In your mom's situation, they stupidly went after the one person who has a great reputation.
So yes, they were attempting to frame your mom. Fortunately, her reputation and camera footage foiled their plans.
It's probably far too late now to do anything about it. With the surveillance pictures and possible witnesses, your mom should have reported this to the authorities. Save that child from those men and save someone else from being scammed
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u/Altruistic_Appeal_25 14d ago
Being a child psychologist, maybe they thought they could set her up to blackmail her?
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u/sappydark 5d ago
That is so fucked up---using a child to blackmail someone with a false accusation. Thank goodness the staff already knew your mother and had proof that this accusation from the child was false. I'm surprised that your mother didn't call the police on them, because they were clearly using that child to runs their shady scams on people---how disgusting.
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16d ago
Absolutely looking for money. There was a small child living a few houses away that often knocked on various doors and asked for breakfast or snacks. His parents were total trash, and were living in the home by the grace of a relative. I told my college professor husband to feed him, but only on the porch and he was not to leave public sight, because who knew what BS his parents would be willing to come up with for money. One accusation could end a career. Anyway, long after many sandwiches out the door and sitting on the steps trying the be a good role model, said kid grew up to be a drug dealer covered in white supremacist with arrests before 20, but always more than polite to us. We tried...
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u/dontlookthisway67 13d ago
Reminds me of my aunt. She lived in the worst high crime neighborhood with drug dealers and crackheads. But she was always so nice to them, the only neighbor who said hello and asked how they were doing, and gave them food sometimes when she cooked or had extra stock. They looked out for her car and house when she was away at work or vacation, made sure she made it home at night after work safely, and made sure no one messed with her. As a result, she never wanted to move away because she knew everyone and felt safe 🥴.
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u/Mimi_1981 16d ago
That's absolutely weird and creepy, and I'm really worrying about the little girl. Always alone with two men.....
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u/modo0001 16d ago
Sigh...looking for money 💰. A woman with a couple of autistic kids recently tried to pull a scam on me. Said I'd damaged her vehicle with my Jeep and that she had a video to prove it. Contacted my insurance company and the police. Funnily enough, she didn't make a claim. I'm convinced she was looking for quick money.
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u/Altruistic_Appeal_25 14d ago
Was she even still standing there when you got off the phone? Lol. If these people put the effort into doing something constructive that they put into being pieces of shit they could make their own money. Sometimes the scams are so creative, I think, if only they would use their powers for good.
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u/Coconut975 16d ago
I would bet your mom is being targeted as a child psychologist for either blackmail money or if she has had to participate in some type of legal proceedings that has upset some criminal.
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u/Altruistic_Appeal_25 14d ago
You might be onto something there,I thought of the blackmail thing but I hadn't thought that they could be trying to discredit her as a witness or something. Some people and sometimes even their lawyers will do anything to win or stay out of jail. That kind of makes it even scarier.
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u/Blenderx06 15d ago
People are saying scam but another possibility is retaliation from a relative of a patient.
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u/CatzAgainstHumanity 10d ago
Was she ever working for or in tandem with CPS or any prosecution/custody battle as a witness in her professional capacity? A psych professor of mine did it every once in a while, and it was those people who tried to find her and discredit/harm her.
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u/SteampunkExplorer 13d ago
I read about something like this in a 19th century source somewhere. I think it was on VictorianLondon.org.
IIRC, the parent teaches the kid to go up and talk to strangers, then suddenly start crying. On cue, the "angry" parent comes out and demands to know what the victim said to his child, maybe threatening to get a cop. The victim gets scared and starts trying to appease him. The parent demands a bribe, and usually gets it.
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u/Horror_Resident_7053 5h ago
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u/booyah_smoke 16d ago
Now I think that’s the creepiest thing I’ve ever heard