�I initially thought that it was a fake, because you couldn�t see his feet, but then his face started turning blue. I felt sick. The mood suddenly changed, everyone was concerned for him and started talking about calling the police and trying to help him.�
Another Paltalk user, who asked not to be identified, said: �I didn�t think it was real. I have known Kevin for over four years; he always went by his user-names of R1 and ShyBoy_17_1, but he told his close friends on the sites his real name.
�I couldn�t believe he was doing this. He was on the screen shouting, �I�ve had it, you think I am full of s**t, not this time�. I hoped it was a stunt but I knew it was real.
�Other people were egging him on, telling him to get on with it, but I was just thinking: this is dangerous. One guy who was chatting on his microphone shouted at Kevin, �F***ing do it, get on with it, get it round your neck. For f**k�s sake he can�t even do this properly�.
�Others were talking to him with his old user-name R1 and telling him to stop it. Then all of a sudden it became clear it was not a hoax . . . I watched what happened and felt sick, others were claiming that he was faking it and was still stood on a chair but I knew he was dead.�