Four times since Aug. 21 major college campuses along the Atlantic Seaboard have been brought to a halt.

Four times, they’ve all been a hoax, or what is generally known as swatting.

Campus leaders in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and South Carolina express gratitude the calls were false, and they’re trying to figure out next steps. At least one of two at Villanova University in Philadelphia was a call that came from off campus.

FBI detectives are involved, according to published reports from near the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Chancellor Lori Bruce, in a letter to the community, says the Aug. 21’s “original 911 call did not originate from campus. This incident was a criminal act, intended to be disruptive and cause chaos, but at no point was there a real threat to campus.”

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