So I got invited to a group on facebook about Tips for Women about scams men/violators to to trap women. I clicked on the group so I could see what the group was really, and the first thing I saw was the picture which is a tall skinny woman with a belly shirt on holding what looks to be two bazookas... not really sure... Oh she is also in short shorts... not only a little demeaning... but whatever.
Anyways, I began to read the tips of ways we can avoid being victims of crimes. Well most of them were common sense... like locking your car doors right when you get inside it. DUH... I have known how to do that since I was 2. I always lock my doors, mostly because I am extremely paranoid. My mom made me like that. She is from New York, so she always told me to lock the doors. So further into my story here, Here are the tips from the group:
Crucial
Because of recent abductions
in daylight hours,refresh yourself
of these things to do
in an emergency situation...
This is for you,
and for you to share
with your wife,
your children,
everyone you know.
After reading these 9 crucial tips ,
forward them to someone you care about.
It never hurts to be careful
in this crazy world we live in.
Tip #1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :
The elbow
is the strongest point
on your body.
If you are close enough to use it,
do!
Tip # 2. Learned this from a tourist guide
in New Orleans
If a robber asks
for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM
Toss it away from you....
chances are
that he is more interested
in your wallet and/or purse
than you,
and he will go
for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
Tip # 3. If you are ever thrown
into the trunk of a car,
kick out the back tail lights
and stick your arm out the hole
and start waving like crazy.
The driver won't see you,
but everybody else will.
This has saved lives.
Tip # 4. Women have a tendency
to get into their cars after shopping,
eating, working, etc.,
and just sit (doing their checkbook,
or making a list, etc.
DON'T DO THIS!)
The predator
will be watching you,
and this is the perfect opportunity
for him to get in
on the passenger side,
put a gun to your head,
and tell you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
and... If someone
is in the car
with a gun
to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF,
repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF!
Instead gun the engine
and speed into anything,
wrecking the car.
Your Air Bag will save you.
If the person is
in the back seat
they will get the worst of it .
As soon as the car crashes
bail out and run.
It is better than having them
find your body
in a remote location.
Tip # 5. A few notes about getting
into your car in a parking lot,
or parking garage:
A..) Be aware:
look around you,
look into your car,
at the passenger side floor ,
and in the back seat
B..) If you are parked next to a big van,
enter your car from the passenger door .
Most serial killers attack their victims
by pulling them into their vans
while the women are attempting
to get into their cars.
C..) Look at the car
parked on the driver's side
of your vehicle,
and the passenger side.
If a male is sitting alone
in the seat nearest your car,
you may want to walk back
into the mall, or work,
and get a guard/policeman
to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than
dead.)
Another tip i was resently given concerning cars, if you are ever locked into a car and the keys are in the ignition obviously drive that van away from there... fast! BUT if no keys are in the ignition jam it with something like a boby pin (break it in there) or even a wad of chewing gum... remember, leaving the primary location is the worst situation possible, if he cant start his van... he is going to have a much harder time transporting you.
Tip #6. ALWAYS
take the elevator
instead of the stairs.
(Stairwells are horrible places
to be alone
and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)
Tip # 7. If the predator has a gun
and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you
(a running target)
4 in 100 times;
And even then,
it most likely
WILL NOT
be a vital organ.
RUN,
Preferably, in a zig -zag pattern! (This was confirmed in the K.C. Star)
Tip # 8. As women,
we are always trying
to be sympathetic:
STOP !
It may get you raped,
or killed.
Ted Bundy,
the serial killer,
was a good-looking,
well educated man,
who ALWAYS played
on the sympathies
of unsuspecting women.
He walked with a cane,
or a limp,
and often asked
"for help"
into his vehicle
or with his vehicle,
which is when he abducted
his next victim.
************* Here it is *******
Tip # 9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me
that her friend heard
a crying baby on her porch
the night before last,
and she called the police
because it was late
and she thought it was weird.
The police told her
"Whatever you do,
DO NOT
open the door."
The lady
then said that
it sounded like the baby
had crawled near a window,
and she was worried
that it would crawl
to the street
and get run over.
The policeman said,
"We already have a unit on the way,
whatever you do,
DO NOT open the door."
He told her that they think
a serial killer
has a baby's cry recorded
and uses it to coax
women out of their homes
thinking that someone
dropped off a baby
He said they have not verified it,
but have had several calls
by women saying that
they hear baby's cries
outside their doors
when they're home alone
at night.
Please pass this on and
DO NOT
open the door
for a crying baby ----
This
e-mail should probably
be taken seriously because
the Crying Baby theory
was mentioned on
America 's Most Wanted
this past Saturday
when they profiled
the serial killer in Louisiana
another tip i was sent earlier:
Know how much money you take into stores/gas stations.
It is a new trend that preditors will see somone get into their car, and knock on their window. Then they will show them a $5 or $10 bill and tell them they dropped it on the way back to their car. After the woman thanks the kind man, and opens her door, he will grab her. It almost happened to one woman, but she knew she only too $5 with her into the gas station, so the change was not hers, another woman got raped by that man though.
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So, I bet you are wondering why I chose to write about this, well the thing is I have realized how paranoid EVERYONE is about each other. I usually am consciously thinking about that. I am always paranoid that someone is going to jump out at me, or come out from under my car, or attack me. I really am. So what did this make you think? Well, I know that I am very suspiscous about every guy that comes right up to me, at least the ones I don't know. Well, that is why homeless people freak me out so bad, because I am not afraid because of what they are, just how they act when they come up begging for money. They see how short I am, and think that they can take advantage of their normal height. Now I am not saying that all do this to me, but it surprisingly happens alot when my mom and I are in bigger cities. Anyways, so to get to the end of my story, I was actually confronted today. I was just about to put groceries in my car at Dillions on Sunshine, and this man with a ball cap on, who looked like he had alittle money, asked me if I knew about the colorado Ice storm, and proceeded to tell me that it is like the ice storm that was here last year. I immediately locked my car back right when he started to come up to my car, and I had the bascart in front of me, so he would have had to walk around it to get to me. Well, I felt alittle suspscious of him, because he told me that his two boys were at a gas station down the street and the icestorm had done damage to his car, and they didn't realize it until they were in Missouri, and their car wouldn't start. He sort of forcfully, asked me if I could give him anything, change cash, anything, he was $17 dollars short. Though it really looked like he was genuine in his speech, I told him honestly that I had absolutly nothing, I had no cash at all. Really I didn't. So he said thanks, and slowly walked off. I quickly put my groceries in my car, locked my car, and proceeded back inside Dillions to tell someone what just happend. On my way in, I notice that the man had bypassed a man getting into his car, and walked two more rows over to talk to another Woman about his story. THAT is when I really felt targeted. It scared the crap out of me. I walked more quickly into dillions and told an older lady at the checkout, and she immediately came outside with me and listened to my story. THe Woman in the parking lot, as well as her car wre gone. I only assume she drove off, becaues I thought I saw they guy walk off. But this was a man who looked extremely hurt emotionally, he was well kept, not homeless, but what am I supposed to think about him? Seriously? Do I have to start being suspscous to EVERYONE who walks up to me? How are we supposed to know whether someone is truely in need, or just fooling us. That is the problem, you can't usually. I am actually glad I did read what that group had posted. It made me on edge today, and made me think clearly when that man approached me. I just hope that that woman is ok, and if that man is truely in need, he will find a guy to go talk to, and not just woman.
So, any thoughts?
Keep the faith.
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