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Man's security camera prank on unsuspecting friend escalates spectacularly

Pranks are way more advanced in 2017.
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Turns out if you combine a security camera, some remote control lights, an Amazon Echo and an unsuspecting friend it can make for a pretty fun Twitter thread.

SEE ALSO: This British man's email exchange with a scammer escalated hilariously

On Wednesday, writer Nick Kocher took to Twitter to share the epic tale of a sequence of pranks he played on his buddy Jon Bass, who was crashing at his apartment while he was out of town for the weekend.

Here's the full thread, in all its glory:

Glorious.

And the good news is Jon clearly had a sense of humour about the whole thing too.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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