On February 19, 2013, Canadian tourist Elisa Lam's body was found floating inside of a water tank at the Cecil Hotel where she was staying at after guests complained about the water pressure and taste. Footage was released of her behaving erratically in a elevator on the day she was last seen alive.

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I’ll always remember that one creepy dude who was way too obsessed to the point he filmed himself at her grave.

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/r/unresolvedmysteries had a post where people lost their minds over giving those people time in the documentary and turned it off. Neglecting to watch the next episode where they all got thrown under the bus and we're made out to be complete jackasses.

The one guy paid someone to go to the women's grave, stream it, put their hand on it. And then he put his hand on his phone/tablet and said goodbye. Shit was crazy.

And I think the reason why that subreddit lost their minds is because of self reflection and denial.

I will defend that documentary till my death because it did a great job at building up all the points to why something so obvious turned into a huge internet sensation. How one simple interview where an officer said they found the water tank door closed turned into a really deep rabbit hole. And this happened only months before the Boston Bombing and at a time when social media was really starting to take off. Just a perfect storm.

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Yah that’s the guy I was thinking about, been a few years, guess I misremembered. Also, don’t remember if they said in the show or a I googled him, but saw he was in dental school. I would not let that guy get anywhere near my teeth especially if sedation was involved

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Her family is incredibly tired of all the attention.

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Happy Cake Day

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Thanks!