>From: "Joe McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Organization: Organic Acres
>To: Friends
>Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:48:47 -0500
>Subject: (Fwd) (Fwd) Fw: Fw: A Scary Story
>Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Priority: normal
>
>The following story probably has been circulated before and probably
>is a true story but reminders are always beneficial. Please be careful
>and pass this on to others.
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>
>USE CAUTION WHEN YOU'RE OUT ALONE
>
>About a month ago there was a woman standing by the mall entrance
>passing out flyers to all the women going in. The woman had written
>the flyer herself to tell about an experience she, had so that she might
>warn other women. The previous day, this woman had finished
>shopping, went out to her car and discovered that she had a flat. She
>got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat. A nice man
>dressed in a business suit and carrying a brief case walked up to her
>and said, " I noticed you're changing a flat tire. Would you like me to
>take care of it for you?" The woman was grateful for his offer and
>accepted his help. They chatted amiably while he changed the flat,
>and then put the flat tire and jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his
>hands off. The woman thanked him profusely, and as she was about
>to
>get in her car, the man told herthat he left his car around on the other
>side.
>He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn't
>seen
>for some time and they had a bite to eat and visited for a while; he got
>turned
>around in the mall and left through the wrong exit, and now he was
>running
>late and his car was clear around on the other side of the mall. The
>woman
>hated to tell him "no" because he had just rescued her from having to
>change
>her flat tire by herself, but she felt uneasy.
>
>Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk
>before
>shutting it, before he asked her for a ride to his car. She told him that
>she'd be happy to drive him around to his car, but she just
>remembered
>one last thing she needed to buy. She said she would only be a few
>minutes; he could sit down in her car and wait for her; she would be
>as
>quick as she could be.
>
>She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had
>happened;
>the guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They
>opened
>the trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police
>station.
>The police opened (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it to
>the man).
>What they found was rope, duct tape, and knives. When the police
>checked her
>"flat" tire. there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply been let
>out. It
>was obvious what the man's intention was, and obvious that he had
>carefully
>thought it out in advance. The woman was blessed to have escaped
>harm.
>How much worse it would have been if she had children with her and
>had them
>wait in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if she had a baby
>strapped into a
>car seat. Or if she'd gone against her judgment and given him a lift.
>I'd like you to
>forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle
>is not dimmed
>by lighting another candle.
>
>I was going to send this to ladies only; but guys, if you love your
>mothers,
>wives, sisters, daughters, friends, etc., you may want to pass it on to
>them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be
>reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it.....better
>safe than sorry.
>
>PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY! JUST A WARNING TO
>ALWAYS BE ALERT
>AND USE YOUR HEAD. Pass this along to every woman you have
>access to. Never let
>your guard down..
>
>SOMETIMES, THAT FEELING IN YOUR GUT IS THE VOICE OF
>GOD. TRUST YOUR
>INSTINCTS.
>
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