An incredibly creepy TikTok account has caught people’s attention after posting images and videos of other people’s children without their consent and claiming the kids are their own. When confronted by the parents of the kids the account has responded with outright threats against them.
TikToker Mackle (@kayjaybee10) drew attention to the strange account which goes by the name “Joe,” (the account name is @bobandsamantha) after one of her posts featuring her kids was used by the disturbing account. She shares a screenshot of a comment she left on the account in which she gives them the benefit of the doubt, telling them, “I think you accidentally posted the wrong video. These are my babies lol.”
Joe responds with two comments, the first reads, “It was no mistake,” then, ominously, he adds, “They won’t be for long though.”
Any parent would be right to feel freaked out by this. After all, there are some sick people out there who are willing to exploit children. It’s downright weird and commenters advised that the mother contact the police over the matter.
This has happened to more people on TikTok
Disturbingly this seems to be a trend as the account features more people’s children seemingly taken from their accounts without permission. “SamanthaDenise91” was the first to be targeted by the account and the account name even uses her name (bobandsamantha). When she messaged the person behind the account privately to demand they take the video of her child off their page they responded “That’s my child?” before following up with another message, “What problem do you have lady?”
The motivations behind this account are currently unclear, however, netizens have advised against parents posting photos or videos of their children online in general. Of course, this doesn’t help the people who have already been targeted by this disturbed individual.
People start investigating
TikTok sleuths have already started digging into the matter to try and get to the bottom of this weird chapter. TikToker, JakeKnowsNothing got in contact with some of the mothers and claims that the account has done this to five mothers so far. However, the posts that started this whole thing have since been taken down.
He also claims to have been contacted by another account which supposedly belongs to the individual whose image was used by the account. They claim that the image was used without their consent and that they have nothing to do with the offending account.
Jake goes on to claim that the original account joined his live and proceeded to spout “ragebait” regarding the children until Jake tried to block him. He claims TikTok did not allow him to block the account and even suggests that “TikTok knows” about this account’s content.
Unfortunately that’s all there is to explain this bizarre and frankly frightening phenomenon. They seem to be intentionally trying to get a reaction from parents, tagging them in posts to make sure that they see. But it’s unclear what the bobandsamantha account stands to gain from all of this.
