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    May 07, 2008

    Scary butt-dialing: accidental war story

    The name is funny, referring to accidentally dialing a phone number by squeezing the device between body and clothing.  But we should expect scary stories of butt-dialing, like this inadvertent recording from a war zone:

    Stephen Phillips and other soldiers in his Army MP company were battling insurgents when his phone was pressed against his Humvee. It redialed and called his parents in the small Oregon coastal town of Otis.

    Most the sounds were gunfire, but shouts can be heard, including, "More ammo! More ammo!"

    "At the end, you could hear a guy saying 'Incoming! RPG!' And then it cut off," said John Petee, Phillips' brother.

    Variations on this story could draw on other haunted media tales: last call from a now-dead man, a photo taken of an approaching killer, an awkwardly-angled video clip of the monsters talons dragging on the floor.

    (thanks to my wife)

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