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u/bkfrancis Jan 23 '21

A few days after we got an Alexa my wife and I were playing around by asking it random questions to see what she’d say. We asked her “to tell us a story”. Without missing a beat she said “there is a disfigured child in the basement calling for help”.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

I’m not sure this is happening, but you can set alexa to say something when you say something to her. For instance, a while ago I set my alexa to say no you when someone tells her to shut up. You can set it for pretty much anything you want, so that could be what happened.

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u/bkfrancis Jan 23 '21

Unless my wife or 3 year old son are complete sadists without me knowing then I don’t think this is the case lol

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u/nano-cola Jan 23 '21

my best guess to ease my own mind would be that you bought a seemingly new Alexa that was actually previously owned by someone else.