"We're aware of this and working to fix it," Amazon said.

In the meantime, users continue to swap laughing Alexa stories as though telling ghost stories at a campfire. Some have jumped on the widespread discussion to also report Alexa randomly whistling, reciting strange facts or otherwise acting erratically.

"I was trying to turn off some lights and they kept turning back on," wrote one user on Reddit.

"After the third request, Alexa stopped responding and instead did an evil laugh. The laugh wasn’t in the Alexa voice. It sounded like a real person."