Virtual Abduction Candy was a relatively inexperienced internet user, she mostly used it for homework and sending harmless messages to her friends. But then she discovered the internet 'chat-rooms'. She merrily skipped into a room dubiously dubbed 'vampire-chat', supposedly concerning the hit American show 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' - but nothing could have prepared her for what would happen next. She was held hostage in 'vampire-chat' for two weeks, without food or water, by a gothic-esque loner called 'Devil-Wombat'. Her ordeal was psychologically demoralising, she was subjected to an onslaught of poorly conceived abuse at the hands of her 'virtual' kidnapper. This abduction is the second case ever to be recorded. Here, she tells her tale for the first time...

"It was Sunday, and I was supposed to be doing my Biology homework - but instead I was on the chat rooms. I talked to a lot of nice people that evening, but then I found myself venturing into the more obscure rooms. I wanted to find some cool punk place, like Feeder, Dum Dums or Stereophonics. I got into this ‘vampire chat’ thing - and there was just someone alone, called Devil-Wombat. We talked about Buffy, and he seemed a bit pervy - when I mentioned the band Top Loader, he just went bezerk - I just froze as he pummelled these awful words at me. I can’t remember much about it, we had a fight. When I woke up, I tried to talk him down - telling him to let me go - but he refused and kept called me a bitch. So, the days passed on - the conversation got very dry, sometimes I wondered if he was still awake, but whenever I tried to escape he would stop me. My first attempt to break free involved throwing a lampshade at him, but it didn’t work. I was getting hungry and weary, thoughts of suicide crossed my mind...

[left]: An accurate reconstruction of that dialogue that was enchanged between the abductor and the captive.

At 4:30am on the following Saturday, a wasp entered the room. I thought to myself ‘this is my chance!’, Devil-Wombat got distracted and I managed to jump out a window. I had broken free at last!!

But the only thing was, when I returned to Real Life, I got no commendation or anything, in fact my mum and dad grounded me for a month.... In’t that just proper shit? I got a detention."

[right]: Here is a reconstruction of the courageous escape that Candy describes.

Candy is currently writing a book about her ordeal - and she also gives advice to others who may have experienced a similar phenomena.