Ignorance is not bliss.
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olde_fashionedBecause we live in a sick and twisted world, and some of this will most likely come in handy at some point in our lives. My brother posted this on his blog, and I'm sharing it here because it never hurts to be reminded of what to do if such an unfortunate event should occur.
I hope that none of you ever have to employ any of these tactics, but better safe than sorry!
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Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life.
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 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.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :
The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, DO!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide.
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.
THEN RUN LIKE MAD IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION!
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.
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.
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.
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, in the back seat AND under the car.
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 should 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.)
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!
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!
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 playe 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.
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.
10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.
Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!
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One thing that my mom taught me, that I would add to this list, is to carry your car or housekeys as a weapon while you're walking. Place a key between each finger and make a fist, so that it is "spiked" with keys, and if attacked this will make a punch much more painful than a bare woman's hand.
I hope that none of you ever have to employ any of these tactics, but better safe than sorry!
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Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life.
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 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.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :
The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, DO!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide.
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.
THEN RUN LIKE MAD IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION!
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.
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.
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.
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, in the back seat AND under the car.
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 should 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.)
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!
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!
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 playe 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.
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.
10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.
Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!
------------------
One thing that my mom taught me, that I would add to this list, is to carry your car or housekeys as a weapon while you're walking. Place a key between each finger and make a fist, so that it is "spiked" with keys, and if attacked this will make a punch much more painful than a bare woman's hand.
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:18 am (UTC)naiveness/screaming/running = fantastic with the unexperienced
When there's an experienced serial killer in the neighborhood? I'd rather bet that the other girls struggled like mad and that being that different may get him to release me. But, then, that again would depend on the situation.
I apologize, but I'm going to have to ask you to explain this a different way. Naiveness? Serial killers? "I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?"
So...I will bring it up to my parents again. I do travel by myself fairly often, even if it is just my brief commute to work, and since our area has a horribly high rate of registered sex offenders, it would make me feel more confident. That and taking Tae Kwon Doe; if I know how to defend myself and am practiced in it, I think that will be for the better. We're working our way to perhaps taking lessons, so we'll see. ;-)
Definitely, please do that. I recommend at the very least some pepper spray, and training and/or firearm. Hey, why not all three?
How old are the children? You can dissassemble the firearm and lock it away; I doubt you would like the idea of carrying it ON your person 24/7? This may require a CCW permit, depending on if you want to carry it concealed or openly.
Along the lines of pepper spray, my aunt carries with her this tazer-type thing. I'm not exactly sure what it's called. I've seen it and it has a nasty looking stream of electricity on it. Would be a very unpleasant shock.
I like tasers well enough, and they're a whole lot better than nothing, but I actually think pepper spray is a better move. There are two kinds of tasers; the kind that you have to actually touch to the assailant, and the kind that fires two prongs attached to wires that stick in the assailant, which is how the shock is delivered. The first requires you to get close; they both require you to stick around and shock the assailant. Pepper spray is shoot-and-run. You SHOULD run because that's the point, and you HAVE to run or else the spray may waft back at you. I suppose it's not a bad backup to pepper spray, but still, I prefer pepper spray.
The problem is, if I put pepper spray on a high shelf or in a lockbox, I will likely forget to take it with me when I go out - since it is every day and I'm generally in a hurry when I go out the door. I have thought about leaving it in my car when I am home, but there's also the problem of chauffering siblings and people borrowing my car. :-/ I'm still trying to decide.
Write a little note and keep it with your keys, purse, or whatever else you always take with you when you go out. Then you'll remember to get it. In time, it will become a habit and you will no longer need the note. You'll feel it when you don't have it. I was recently out of state for a few days and I felt naked without my knife on me (I had to leave it at home to pass through airport security). Work on it, and you'll remember. Or as a last resort, you could just carry it with you at all times?
Spencer
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Date: 2008-09-23 04:24 am (UTC)P.S.
Drat it all, I thought I had come up with the "keys between fingers" idea on my own ;-) !
Very good! Remember, just about ANYTHING can be used as a weapon. Try a little experiment that I've done numerous times; wherever you are, no matter where, take a look around and see what surrounds you. Anything you are carrying? Keys? Lash at him. A pen? Stab. How about your surroundings? Are you in a park, near sand? Toss it in his eyes. Find a rock? Lob it at his head. Don't have a weapon? Claw at his eyes, strike for the groin (I can attest to the pain of something like that, as probably every other male can). Bite, kick. Anything. You don't have to be a Bruce Lee-class martial artist; just be a tough cookie, so tough he'll want to retreat. Remember, they're looking for the easiest target. If all the security measures you've implemented have failed up to this point (whatever the may be), it's time for physical ones. (I do think the belt would take too long though.)
On the other hand, I've heard that some people don't consider keys between the fingers as a "good" weapon because you have to be at such close range to use them.
As to keys, although you do have to "get close" to use keys, the very nature of assaults on women means that close contact will often occur; it's preferable to be able to assess the threat before he gets within striking distance--and I should reiterate that I think it's important to keep a healthy distance between anyone you don't know, especially men--but this may not always happen. Keys are accessible, require no permit and will never cause you "legal" trouble, and they won't be as troublesome to woman interested in sheer practicality as a stun gun. You can keep them in your hand as you walk to your car/house. It's easy. Not flawless, not perfect, but a good start.
Another suggestion I forgot to mention earlier. In regards to being attacked while going to/getting into your vehicle: if you have a panic button on your car keys, USE IT. If someone is threatening you, hit the button, set the alarm off. It will attract attention, which any attacker will not want, and very probably give you a chance to either run away or frighten him off.
Not a bad idea; it might work. The only thing is, thinking of where I live at least, car alarms? The NORM. Teenage girls like to scream for fun it seems around here; an extremely unnerving fact that I was forced to get accustomed to after countless adrenaline surges on my part. It helps guys like me to clearly show when you're in actual danger or not. Screaming "Help me!" or something of that sort instead of just wild screaming would send me running to wherever I heard it, without a doubt.
Oh and don't forget the infamous, "don't wear your hair in a pony-tail" suggestion. If you have your hair pulled up into a ponytail, it provides your attacker with an excellent handle to grab onto.
True enough, but so does long hair...and just about any other hairstyle women have. I could grab a bun if I wanted to I think...
If any of you are interested in this subject at all, as a primer to get started I'd recommend the DVDs:
Women's Survival: Jim Wagner's Reality-Based Personal Protection
and
Live to Tell About It: Self-Defense Techniques
It doesn't take long to watch a DVD; not nearly as long as reading a book.
Spencer
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Date: 2008-09-23 11:49 pm (UTC)Oh--another thing I try to do, if for some reason you must walk through darker areas, try to carry a mini flashlight with you.
If you've been shopping at a major department or discount store, you could also try flinging the bags at your attacker (if they're big enough). In worst case scenario, if they've already got you inside a car it's better to try wrapping some piece of your clothing around your arm, or pull up to shield your head, and then trying to break a window and at least attract attention than to let them take you somewhere.