Trying to talk to someone who faked their own death is hard. Either there’s millions of dollars at stake and they don't want to be found, or they’ve been caught, gone to jail, and now they’re old and embarrassed about the whole thing. Trust us, we talked to one of those guys and he wasn’t keen to talk about the two years he spent hiding on a fake passport or the seven years he spent in the can. Luckily, thanks to the Internet anyone can fake their own death just for the shit of it.VICE: So how did you do it?
Death-Faker: I did it on a skateboarding message board. I’d had this fight at a skate park, so later they said I’d been stabbed at a bar and that I was in the hospital. The next day one of my friends said, "He didn’t make it. His family doesn’t want to be bothered right now, and they’ve asked to keep this quiet."What did it feel like to be dead? How long were you dead for?It was pretty good. I was dead for about a day and a half.Were you reading the board?Not the first day, but when I went back people were freaking out. The funny thing was that at one point someone had written that they’d seen me that day and that it wasn’t true, but no one paid any attention to that.Were you hoping that anyone in particular would find out and react? Like an ex-girlfriend or something?No, but there’s a few people I really don't like, and I was curious to see their reactions. A lot of them were like "Oh man, this is terrible, it's such bad news." I was like, "Fuck off. You hate me, so you should be happy right now".Were you tempted to do anything you wouldn't normally do while you were dead?No, I just got really drunk that night and celebrated with a new tattoo.What's the tattoo?It’s an Easter bunny on the cross. It signifies my resurrection.Oh. So what happened next?People started calling my work, but my employees didn't know anything about it and they told everyone I was fine. And then I started answering calls. People were pissed off. "I can't believe you did this to me! This is bullshit!" This guy called me up bawling. At first he was happy I was alive, and that turned into pure anger, and then he was just like, "I’m going to fucking kill you!"Did you lose any friends after this?I don't know, a few people say they're still pretty pissed off. A lot of people were like "Dude this is so lame, I can't believe you did this, you ruined my whole weekend".
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