> 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 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!
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.)
>
>
>
> 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are
horrible
> places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
>
>
>
> 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!
>
>
>
> 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 g ood-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.
>
>
>
> 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 crying 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.
>
>