How to help yourself when you are KIDNAPPED...
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Depressing info that I'm sure we've all had before but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves.....
Girls.... In light of the recent kidnapping and now murder of Leigh Mathews - I think it is important to read the following info for your own safety.
Things women should know to stay safe:
Please take the time to read these pointers. There may just be one or two you hadn't thought of. After reading this, forward it 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. If a robber asks for your handbag, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... he is probably more interested in your handbag than you and he will go for the handbag. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the boot of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm through the hole and start waving. 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 cheque book, or making a
list). DON'T DO THIS! A predator could be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, and attack you. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a car park:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenge side floor, and check the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most attackers surprise 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 shop, 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 lift 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! 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.
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 babies' 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.
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 the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto 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 and it's better safe than sorry
The above is directed at women, but remember guys you may also be targeted the same way. -
thanks for the warning. it all make sense. however i am not sure about this one ... that is not the picture when i watch police stories leh..Originally posted by Quinsy: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!
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Movies don't always make sense...Originally posted by nuchio:thanks for the warning. it all make sense. however i am not sure about this one ... that is not the picture when i watch police stories leh..
Nonetheless, it'll depends on your distance from the shooter... His aiming skill... The way you run (zig zag, run and stop / hide etc. as compared to a straight line)...
And from a logical sense... If a person is to be threatening you with a gun, he may or may not dare to use it.... It make sense to run because if he don't dare to, he probably won't... And if he does, he's probably brutal enough to use it on you anyway... (staying with him hence put yourself in a dangerous position..) If you can make him hesitate on using the gun for a while, you probably would have run a good distance to... 1. Greatly test his aiming skill 2. Make him think twice on his slim chances even if he opens fire...
Cases where you should meet up with a drunk, angry or confused man... Do NOT attempt to run without a good chance.. Chances are, he'll just shoot without thinking.... -
But when he's drunk, he has a slower reflex and thus cannot aim proper too. so, you'll survive if you run. Long range shooting vs short range. u decide.Originally posted by Devil1976:Movies don't always make sense...
Nonetheless, it'll depends on your distance from the shooter... His aiming skill... The way you run (zig zag, run and stop / hide etc. as compared to a straight line)...
And from a logical sense... If a person is to be threatening you with a gun, he may or may not dare to use it.... It make sense to run because if he don't dare to, he probably won't... And if he does, he's probably brutal enough to use it on you anyway... (staying with him hence put yourself in a dangerous position..) If you can make him hesitate on using the gun for a while, you probably would have run a good distance to... 1. Greatly test his aiming skill 2. Make him think twice on his slim chances even if he opens fire...
Cases where you should meet up with a drunk, angry or confused man... Do NOT attempt to run without a good chance.. Chances are, he'll just shoot without thinking....
Also, always run zig zag. then the chances of shooting you right would be less. -
depends, if your body surface area is too large to miss...stay
knee more lethal than elbow...can aim chee chee...heee heee...
actually, all these safety precautions more for other unsafe countries...izit? -
Depends on how drunk he is... Taking chances with people who can be easily irritated can be quite dangerous...Originally posted by Quinsy:But when he's drunk, he has a slower reflex and thus cannot aim proper too. so, you'll survive if you run. Long range shooting vs short range. u decide.
Also, always run zig zag. then the chances of shooting you right would be less.
In the state of drunkness you've mentioned, you might not even have to run....? -
Yup... Make sense...Originally posted by kaobeikaobu:depends, if your body surface area is too large to miss...stay
knee more lethal than elbow...can aim chee chee...heee heee...
actually, all these safety precautions more for other unsafe countries...izit?
Some people travels to other country... Even if you're in Singapore... You shouldn't presume too well that such things won't happen to you..? -
actually i would not run. if he wants to shoot me, he would have. also, if i run, i might confuse/panic him and he might just fire out of fright...Originally posted by Devil1976:If a person is to be threatening you with a gun, he may or may not dare to use it.... It make sense to run because if he don't dare to, he probably won't... And if he does, he's probably brutal enough to use it on you anyway... (staying with him hence put yourself in a dangerous position..)
meanwhile... i will have to start learning how to run zig zag ..
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also if the body surface area is too large, chances are that body won't be able to run fast or zig-zagy enough.....Originally posted by kaobeikaobu:depends, if your body surface area is too large to miss...stay
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never presume...cozOriginally posted by Devil1976:Yup... Make sense...
Some people travels to other country... Even if you're in Singapore... You shouldn't presume too well that such things won't happen to you..?
"Low crime doesn't mean no crime" msg always appear everywhere last time... -
Hmm...very interesting indeed
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Eh, i got kidnapped b4 hor, so dun anyhow presume SG very safe... worst still, last time I was only K2...tot the blo dy idiot is my uncle let him carry me to carboot.
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wad happened later??
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MY MAID saved me..LOL...I dunno how...but thats what my mom told me.Originally posted by kIppEr:wad happened later?? -
than got reward the maid or not ?