Kids can have incredibly wild imaginations, and a lot of the time, that just leads to silly games and harmless stories. Sometimes, though, a joke can go much further than anyone expected and cause some very real consequences.
One woman and her twin found that out the hard way after deciding to convince their classmates that they were actually triplets and had a secret sister hidden at home. What started as a childhood prank soon got social services involved, and somehow, the mess it created is still following the family decades later.
Read the full story below.
A pair of twins decided to pull a prank as kids, only for it to spiral completely out of control

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Decades later, the fallout is still following them













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Most readers blamed the author, saying she didn’t seem to understand just how serious the whole thing had been





















While some felt she wasn’t really at fault


Then, in an unexpected turn, the alleged twin sister appeared with her own version of events

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Readers had mixed feelings about her response





Later, the original author returned to say that the supposed sister’s post was a lie and that she had no idea who wrote it




The chaotic situation gave readers plenty to wrap their heads around




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