Bizarre text messages sent to wrong number

Mark Frauenfelder 7:03 am Thu Apr 14, 2016

Eight months ago, Thebearpoker received a text message photo from someone he didn't know. He decided to play along, not realizing he'd embarked on a long, strange trip.

Thebearpoker says, "At this point I rejected a phone call from her." Here's the voicemail she left:

Hey (Name on my VM) Why don't you answer your phone? This is Dawn. I know you know Bobbie and Travis. Its too coincidental. I am forwarding all the messages that I forwarded to you, to Bobbie's phone. But I do know that you know them, cause its the same area code, the same prefix as Fort Myers FL. I'm not stupid. If you have the guts, call me back (Insert her phone number here). You are a friend of both of them. I'm not stupid.

Here's the text exchange that followed:

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