Oct 14, 2015
I don't usually answer unrecognized numbers, but I did this one. The caller had a high-pitched whiny voice and said the corners of the building were the problem, without support like the mid-sides. I asked who he was and how he got my number. He ignored the question, stated my name, and asked about an engineering thesis I'd submitted in graduate school. There were multiple clicks on the line and his voice slid up an octave and became incoherent. The call now sounded like a shortwave radio broadcast, like it was being delivered by ham transmitter from far away. There were a several modular squeals and the line went dead with fading crackle sounds.