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Pranksters lure strangers via e-mail
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Thursday, July 24, 2003
What started in Manhattan has now spread to San Francisco, Minneapolis and London. Hundreds of people following e-mailed instructions suddenly converge on a location, act out a loose script, then quickly disperse after a preset time, usually 10 minutes.
One of the latest Manhattan flash mobs brought together more than 250 strangers at the Hyatt Hotel. They fanned out along the block long balcony overlooking the hotel lobby and, at a precise moment, burst into 15 seconds of loud, unexplained applause, then drifted off into the night.
"I don't know what that was all about, but it definitely got our attention," says a Hyatt employee who would not give his name. "To me, it's all pretty loony.
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