Found this bloody weird note….

[Radicalpiloti]

Bit of a strange one. I finally got around to emptying my son’s schoolbag and amongst the utter rubbish (including a Batman figurine he insists isn’t his!) there was an envelope tucked inside with just “For You” written on it.

Inside was a list of instructions. Things like:

• “Don’t forget to lock the back door at night.”
• “Children should never sit on cold floors.”
• “The blue cup is for milk, not juice.”
• “Be careful who you trust with secrets.”

I asked DC where it came from and he just shrugged and said, dunno. Asked on my parent friends WhatsApp and they had no idea.

DH says I’m being dramatic and it’s probably nothing, but I feel really weird about it

i don’t even know what I’m asking but, wtf!

Is it handwritten?

Yeah that has creepy horror film vibes!

Yes handwritten, but pretty neat. Not like a child.

and I know, I’m getting freaked out - was hoping he’d say it was a joke but apparently not. He is totally unbothered btw

What is scary is the last point on that list.

What do you mean? He said he’d never even seen the list. I didn’t want to freak him out by probing him too much

Definitely the start of a film…

Sorry OP - I would totally be creeped out by that. How old is DS?

He’s 10. Please stop with the film stiff, you’re freaking me out

How old is DS?

If it’s clearly an adult/older child I would be contacting the school.

Cross post.

Ah ok I was imagining younger. Possibility a game they’ve been playing at school? He might be scared to get into trouble

I think you need to go into the dark kitchen by yourself now, after midnight, take a deep breath, pour some juice in the blue cup, and see what happens.

Make sure the back door is locked and don't look at the window

Please don’t make too big a deal out of this. It might not be a bad thing.

He wanted the figurine but is embarrassed to admit it. Bless him, he’s only young still.

I used to write a lot as a child, with a friend. We’d write fanfiction before we even knew that’s what we were doing, and our own stories - plot storylines and characters - we’d give each other notes and jottings like this too and some of them would have looked very bizarre and weird to our parents, I’m sure. I would have been hideously embarrassed if my parents had asked me about it. He could be doing something similar, there could be no bad intent here, and nothing in the note sounds that sinister anyway.

Regardless of what it means, he’ll only clam up if you make an issue of it and you won’t get the truth out of him. It’ll only push him further away. Keep your eyes peeled for anything else you might find, but don’t ‘confront’ him as such would be my advice.

Not funny

Calm down OP. It’s an odd little note. Make a mental note of it, but it’s not something you need to get freaked out by.

Thank you. Good advice. Though he swears he doesn’t know where it came from. Could be lying but he never has before to my knowledge. Maybe I’ll just try and forget about it (and not have nightmare!)

Probably something another child's older sibling has been doing. It reminds me of the secret messages in kids books. Basically you write out some random sounding phrases for your friend, but actually the code is the first letter of every word or something. Then your parents or annoying siblings can't read your secret plans!

I really wouldn't think twice about this. 10 year olds have their own little things going on.

Are you are someone didn't mistake his bag for theirs and put the figurine and note in by mistake??

I wouldn't worry too much. My DD and her mates all seem to be weirdos in their own way. Mad as a box of frogs! They always seem to be saying or drawing weird shit. But they are just mucking about being silly. I'm sure whoever wrote it was doing the same.

Some kids that age have lovely writing too not mine though who write like they are being electrocuted!

If he's saying he has never seen the figurine or the envelope with the list before, you don't recognise the handwriting, and he doesn't seem at all interested, I'd wonder if someone put them in his bag by accident.

Of course, it could be a secret code - no one to save Ali from evil!! - in which case of course he can't tell you.

Typical kids’ games.

Mind your own business, and stop worrying about nothing.

Leave the poor boy alone.

And put the Batman figure back.

It’s not even that weird.

Why are you being so dramatic about this? Someone probably just mixed bags up and put it in the wrong one or your son picked it up by mistake. Stop being such a drama llama!

Ooo it's like a secret code in a horror video game

That's really fucking weird.

I think you should ask him if he's spoken to any strange adults lately or if there are any new adults working at the school. I also think you should tell the school about the note, in case other children are receiving weird notes, too. Clearly someone is trying to frighten him.

This. Scary!!