Catfishing in College Station, Tx

Have you ever heard of the tv show called Catfish.

A man who was catfished started the show. 

For those of you who don’t know what “catfishing” is, Wikipedia says that "Catfishing is a type of deceptive activity where a person creates a sock puppet social networking presence, or fake identity on a social network account, for nefarious purposes."

Now I’m sure some of you have felt “catfished” before by someone you may know... and maybe in a way we all have when we find out that someone we know turned out to be a different person than that portrayed themselves to be... but this is SO MUCH MORE than that....

& Here’s how...

Someone I know, very close to me just got to the bottom of her "Catfish."

A girl by the name of Rachel Elyzabeth Marler was pretending to be a guy named Deven Black(whose Facebook is no longer available, but as you can see in the pitcure... it once was.

Now in case you didn't know you can basically google ANYTHING on the inter webs.

If you've never googled yourself now is the time.

I literally google everyone I know, meet, etc.

You can find everything you need to know about someone on google.

Anyway...

When my friend was talking to this guy she met on a social media app called Tinder, she told me about him and everything was cool. Last I heard about that website you can link it to your Facebook and I didn't even think about someone creating a "fake Facebook"... because who does that?

Rachel does.

Well, they started talking on the phone. Small talk, hows everything going...and Rachel(Deven)... sounded like a guy.

Countless of nights we'd go out and drunk dial Deven(Rachel).

Well one night my friend got a phone call from jail. It was Rachel.

So then began the questions.

Well, like I said you can find anything on in the inter webs and I found the following Deven Black on google.

So, like I said....then began the questions.

Not only did we question her but we (and I mean we because we have our friend's back) thoroughly questioned her.

So after some serious searching from another friend of ours... we then found out the photos she/he was using on their brand new Twitter and Facebook they had now created...were all fake. They turned out to be someone who is in the rodeo circuit in the BCS area. Because that was his thing... he is a Bronc rider.

So fast forward a few more months....and everyone basically saying when is this guy actually going to show his face. Countless of times he had made plans to come out to meet my friend but each time, something would "come up" and he wouldn't show.

What became interesting was Deven portrayed to be BEST FRIENDS with Rachel Marler and sent her to meet because he said I want to make sure she is who she says she is.

So Rachel/Deven, went to a Rodeo to meet with my friends and then on another occasion to her work.

But all of this time we kept thinking... Deven must be real because he has a snapchat and would post videos and pictures of himself(never quite directly of his face) and of things he was doing with the location filtered at the bottom.

Today I learned you can PAY to change your location and geofilter....

The trouble people will go through to maintain their lies...

Well, the most recent questions came from pictures being sent to my friend that she in returned found out were of a young man that recently passed away in a horrible car accident.

That was the line being drawn.

After speaking to the reality tv show on Catflish... my friend and I were giving all of the details so they could investigate and do the show because at this point my friend just wanted to get answers on who the person really was....

And Rachel/Deven agreed to meet with my friend last night and admit everything.

Here's the video she posted of herself last night admitting it all.

Now, let me make this VERY CLEAR... this post is not to harass her, embarrass her, or get her the attention she clearly doesn't deserve.... it is a warning for others that may be getting Catfished from someone from "Bakersfield, California, that moved to Stephenville and Cowboy as they come, two stepping extraordinaire".... then you might want to second guess yourself because it could be Rachel.

Someone please help her.

We have contacted her, her parents and even a former friend from her sorority at Texas A&M University.

Which brings us another concern... she is a student at A&M, and wears their Aggie ring proudly(as most students/former students do)... but what I can't help but wonder is how she is a student (reenrolling after a semester off) but doesn't honor the Aggie Code. Which those of you who aren't familiar with it... the code is "An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do. The Aggie Code of Honor is an effort to unify the aims of all Texas A&M men and women toward a high code of ethics and personal dignity."

Now, I am not a former student of Texas A&M but I live in this town and have many friends who are very passionate about their school and honor code... and I will say this... if I was a student and found out one of my former classmates was doing something of this sort... I would do what I needed to do to help her get the help she needs and deserves.

Enough is enough..

Before she hurts herself... or worse.... someone else. 

The Only New Year Resolution You Should Have Made

Tomorrow is January 15th.

Halfway through the month of a brand new year. 

Looking back on 2017 it was a tough year for many of us. 

A while back I wrote this blog about people who start talking about doing this or that for the new year. 

I even see lists go up on people’s status’ and it gets rather annoying seeing the people I know taking about this change or that change when in just a few weeks they’re still the same old person they’ve always been, no new goals, no new change.

But I made one resolution and it’s the best one I could’ve ever made.

For 2018 I promised myself that ANYTHING or ANYONE that brought me unhappiness, sadness, ruined my day, put a damper on plans, or simply was a burden to my life... your ass got left in 2017! 

That goes for people, places, jobs, things whatever in the heck has come into my life that simply didn’t make sense, pissed me off, played with my emotions, screwed me over or plain was such a sucky thing.... you’re gone. 

I made a social media cleanse of people I know don’t care to ever speak to me in person but sure do love following my whereabouts. I deleted numbers in my phone and even blocked a name or two. 

Because while I was heartbroken over people, places and things that brought my unhappiness... I got told something one day that hit me really hard. A friend told me to let people go. Let them go! Because God is talking you to places that they no longer belong in your life and when those people start coming back around he wants you to know you’re better off because he’s already shown you who they are! 

So I’m inviting you now that if you haven’t made a new year resolution or if maybe your year hasn’t started off the way you wanted... make the cleanse. Make 2018 only be about people and places that bring you nothing but happiness. 

Because you deserve it. 

Until next time...