Halloween does not really exist where I live, but since everyone is in the mood I will tell you an amazingly creepy story that happened to me many years ago. This is real mind you!... 
March 2013. I went to Los Angeles to visit a friend (and stayed at his apartment) who moved from Argentina to the US a few years before then. To get internet for my phone and computer, I asked for his WiFi pass. Network was "Awesomatic", password was his name plus phone number..
Spent some days there, then went to GDC (in San Francisco), then returned back to my home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Some days after my return, something really strange happened.
Both my phone and computer were still connected to "Awesomatic", and both had internet... 👻
Both my phone and computer were still connected to "Awesomatic", and both had internet... 👻
Maybe a bug? Checked from my desktop computer "Awesomatic" was visible and I could connect using the same password. It worked fine!
Maybe some strange behavior in my phone or laptop computer? Turned both off, WiFi was still there!..
Maybe some strange behavior in my phone or laptop computer? Turned both off, WiFi was still there!..
Checked the IP, was *almost* the same as mine, differed by one digit.
This did not make any logical sense, but it *was* happening. Its the first time in my life thought supernatural powers might exist.
This did not make any logical sense, but it *was* happening. Its the first time in my life thought supernatural powers might exist.
Bud I did not give up, I got a WiFi scanning app and started going around my building (which is large, 14 floors and more than 50 apartments) checking where did the signal come from.
Turns out the place with the strongest signal was my bedroom!
Turns out the place with the strongest signal was my bedroom!
So, years passed and I could never figure this out. I even used this magical WiFi for free many times when my connectivity went down. I changed/upgraded/reinstalled my phones and computers and it was still there.
Until something happened... will continue this thread tomorrow!
Until something happened... will continue this thread tomorrow!
Back to where we left! So, something happened by pure chance (many years later) that helped me solve this puzzle.
To see why this is amazing, you have to first understand that Buenos Aires is not a small town, it has the 13th biggest urban population in the world (+13 million).
To see why this is amazing, you have to first understand that Buenos Aires is not a small town, it has the 13th biggest urban population in the world (+13 million).
This event led me to ask my friend who lived in the US "Did you have a previous router with the same user and pass and did you gave it to somebody?". After some thinking he answered:
"Ah, now that I think of it, I gave the previous one to my dad, but this was many years ago."
"Ah, now that I think of it, I gave the previous one to my dad, but this was many years ago."
So we researched, and it seems his father (an architect) coincidentally rented an apartment to move his office, about the same time I came back from my trip, and this apartment was in the building next to mine, at the same floor number, literally next to where I live...
The reason I figured this out is because, again by chance, I saw his father passing by _once_ (again, this is one of the most populated neighborhoods in the city... the front door of my building sees thousands of passers by each hour)
It even took me some weeks after I saw the guy to connect the dots. What is the chance of this happening? one in hundreds of millions?
Maybe it would have been better if I didn't see him, as this would have remained a supernatural mystery forever..
Maybe it would have been better if I didn't see him, as this would have remained a supernatural mystery forever..
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