Swatting is one of the most dangerous and controversial issues surrounding streamers.
These sorts of incidents often involve sending a large number of armed law enforcement personnel to a specific address, and is usually the result of someone making a call to emergency services and reporting a fake crime. This "prank" has led to some pretty horrific results in the past. One particular streamer claims that a couple nearly resulted in his death.
The said streamer in question is Brad Overbey, otherwise more commonly known via his online handle, Drift0r.
In a recent video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Drift0r talks about how the numerous attempts of having his home swatted have had him close to death multiple times. Drift0r Explains Horrific Swatting Encounters https://youtu.be/uMhOk4Kuv-Q In his video, "Low Testosterone almost killed me", Drift0r talked about his multiple swatting. In particular, he singled out the multiple swattings he received in 2019 and 2020, as he battled against low testosterone.
Roughly around halfway through the video, Drift0r talks about how he "almost died four or five times" when armed law enforcement personnel entered his home in Texas. He explains how one other creator streamed footage of one of his fans coming to Drift0r's house while wearing a ski mask and a gun.
He then adds that this was just one of the many and that other people have been harmed in these attempts.
As explained earlier, swatting is a very dangerous prank that's gotten out of hand numerous times. However, it's not necessarily new. But, it was only in recent years that it became part of public consciousness. This is mostly the result of multiple incidents resulting in the untimely deaths of completely innocent individuals.