All seven people involved in the prank traveled to the Poconos afterwards.

WSJ: 'Abduction' Was a Prank, Police Find

Think of the Poconos, and a few images come to mind: go-karts, sleepaway camp, heart-shaped hot tubs at the Mount Airy Lodge.

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Can cashew croutons and organic beer make it in the Poconos?

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In its East Stroudsburg store in the Poconos region of northeastern Pennsylvania, a new organic foods section sprouted this month in the traditionally cut-rate produce section of the Wal-Mart Superstore.

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In an interview, Mr. Mann, 30 years old, said the fake abduction was a last minute plan and that the group had no inkling of the aftermath while they were in the Poconos.

WSJ: 'Abduction' Was a Prank, Police Find

More to the point, Gulen is the reclusive and highly autocratic leader of a global media, business, "interfaith dialogue" and education empire said to be worth many billions and that is run from a compound in the Poconos.

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So you talked about the coming apocalypse to whoever would listen to your history teacher, who claimed he was building a survival cabin in the Poconos, to your boy who was stationed in Panama (in those days you still wrote letters), to your around-the-corner neighbor, Miss Lora.

NEWYORKER: Miss Lora