- Feb 26, 2007
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It was brought to our attention Bribri514 might not be who she claimed to be. This information came from more than one trusted source during the last week.
Many old posts were reviewed and many inconsistencies found in her posts. We tried, without success, to verify the many facts she included in her threads. After working on trying to trace her through the internet we realised that this person has no internet presence beyond the Chalkbucket, a basic Facebook account and a post she wrote for the couch gymnast blog.
We know of no deaf gymnast of the calibre she claimed to be nor is she listed in the results for Nationals for any year or TOPs when she claimed to be there. She does not exist in her state meet results for any year since 2005, no records exist before that date. A high level coach in Colorado confirmed our suspicions that Bri did not exist as a L10 gymnast in his state.
We requested additional verification from her prior to banning her. She ignored the request, but we do know the PM was seen by her.
She had also created accounts for her mother and brother who would come along occasionally to reinforce her stories.
All three accounts have been banned.
We do not know what this persons intent here on the Chalkbucket was. For the safety of the community they have been banned.
Just another reminder that we do not really know who we are dealing with on the Internet, even when we think we do.
This topic is not open for discussion. You can PM me if you have additional information you wish to share.
Many old posts were reviewed and many inconsistencies found in her posts. We tried, without success, to verify the many facts she included in her threads. After working on trying to trace her through the internet we realised that this person has no internet presence beyond the Chalkbucket, a basic Facebook account and a post she wrote for the couch gymnast blog.
We know of no deaf gymnast of the calibre she claimed to be nor is she listed in the results for Nationals for any year or TOPs when she claimed to be there. She does not exist in her state meet results for any year since 2005, no records exist before that date. A high level coach in Colorado confirmed our suspicions that Bri did not exist as a L10 gymnast in his state.
We requested additional verification from her prior to banning her. She ignored the request, but we do know the PM was seen by her.
She had also created accounts for her mother and brother who would come along occasionally to reinforce her stories.
All three accounts have been banned.
We do not know what this persons intent here on the Chalkbucket was. For the safety of the community they have been banned.
Just another reminder that we do not really know who we are dealing with on the Internet, even when we think we do.
This topic is not open for discussion. You can PM me if you have additional information you wish to share.
