So this is the conclusion to the complicated deception I've been blogging about for a couple of months. I engaged both sockpuppets in a brief dialogue. I guess I freaked them out too much, because in the end, they both blocked me. I did chat a while with what I think is the Puppet Master. I'll call him Dr. Jeckyl, because I think he's also Mr. Hyde, but I give him the benefit of the doubt. So here's what I have now:
- Yahoo! Messenger: "tklishrandi4u". That's the account that the personas would appear using. "Randi Jones" was the main persona.
- AIM "buggsy4421": Randi used this account once. A few months ago, this account came on-line and the name associated with it was that of Dr. Jeckyl's. That's how I found him on Facebook, thereby finding 2 of of the sockpuppets who are his friends. Googling "buggsy4421" gives a few hits on tickling sites (including Tickle Theatre), indicating that the owner is in the same area as Dr. Jeckyl and the sockpuppets.
- Dr. Jeckyl: It's likely that this guy is the Puppet Master. I chatted with him a bit, and he did an excellent job of playing the innocent victim, which he might be. He couldn't offer much of an explanation as to how his name would appear for the AIM account, "buggsy4421" and denied any knowledge of that account. I won't reveal his name, for fear of unnecessarily aggravating a victim's situation.
- Sockpuppets: the 2 innocent victims, whose pictures the Puppet Master used, that I found have blocked me, so I guess there's not much else I can do there.