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Then why do people keep falling for this? If I know it and I don't have anyone in the military, why don't others?

"Then why do people keep falling for this?"

Well, don't forget the details of this very peculiar story. The guy DIDN'T fall for it, he made the story up himself. This is like a hoax of a hoax.

I can't imagine what his motivation was.

As far as other people go, I guess if someone were to call you and tell you someone you loved had been killed,or died, the shock would drive other, more sensible thoughts from your mind.

I remember when my boss called me to tell me that my other boss had died (very unexpectedly, of a "drop dead" heart attack). I had seen the fellow alive and well only 7 hours before. All I kept saying was "You're kidding" "Are you kidding?" "You're not kidding?" Later I thought how much of an idiot I must have sounded, but I literally could not believe what I was being told. The next day as I was going to work I realized that in most of my mind I still didn't believe it, it was only when I got there and saw the receptionist all red eyed and the general state of disarray that I realized it was indeed true. The guy was just full of life, you know. It's still hard to fathom that he's gone, and it's been 3 years now. (we still miss you Brian!)

Because sometimes people are stupid.