OT/CP: Please forgive me....

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 18:53:26 -0800, "Aprshowers"
wrote:

Two years back there was a serial killer
that lived about 45 mins from us, he was caught!

Well, we'd hope so - or else that would mean you know who serial
killers are *before* they're caught...
: )

I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.


Subject: scary



I live in Alexandria, Va., but I work in Lafayette, La. sometimes, staying

with friends when I'm there. As you know from America's Most Wanted TV
program, as well as the news media, there is a serial killer in the

Lafayette area. I just want to let you know about an "incident" that

happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.




At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't

realize how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I
told a few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into

Internal Affairs to tell them my story. It was approximately 5:15 a.m. in
Opelousas, La. I had stayed with a friend there and was on my way to work.
I stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie station to get gas. I got $10 gas and a

Diet Coke... I took into the store two $5 bills and one $1 bill (just

enough to get my stuff). As I pulled away from the store, a man approached
my truck

from the back side of the store (an unlit area). He was an

"approachable-looking" man (clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.)

He walked up to my window and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always
looking for the rapist or killer", I

didn't open the window....I just asked what he wanted. He raised a $5 bill
to my window and said "You dropped this." Since I knew I had gone into


the store with a certain amount of money, I knew I didn't drop it. When I
told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door, screaming

at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the money! At that
point, I drove away as fast as I could.

After talking to the Internal Affairs department and describing the man I
saw and the way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and
volatile....it was determined that I could have possibly encountered the

serial killer myself. At this point, it is unclear as to how he gains

access to his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry
into victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in
the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he
is

pretty BOLD. (and think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning
money to someone that dropped it?????) How many times would you have
opened your window (or door) to get your


money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to return
something to you, then he can't really be a threat.... can he???? Be
cautious! This might not have been the serial killer...but anyone that

gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them, can't have
honorable intentions. The most important thing to note is that his
reaction was NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise! But what might have
happened if I had opened my door?

Forward this to everyone you know....maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!



Kim



PS from the Sender: Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know.
Even if this man wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed polite,
he was apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE
PERSON!!!

Claim: A serial killer is luring women to their deaths with $5 bills
they 'dropped.'

Status: False

Collected on the Internet, 2003

Read all about it: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp


--Lia

Thank You! I have always been aware of my surroundings and don't let anyone
I don't know near me or my kids. Two years back there was a serial killer
that lived about 45 mins from us, he was caught!

--
April SW Washington

"Some People I like more than others...
And some People I like even more than
the People I like more than others...
And YOU I like more than all of 'EM!"


"Larisa" wrote in message
...

I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.


Subject: scary



I live in Alexandria, Va., but I work in Lafayette, La. sometimes, staying

with friends when I'm there. As you know from America's Most Wanted TV
program, as well as the news media, there is a serial killer in the

Lafayette area. I just want to let you know about an "incident" that

happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.




At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't

realize how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I
told a few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into

Internal Affairs to tell them my story. It was approximately 5:15 a.m. in
Opelousas, La. I had stayed with a friend there and was on my way to work.
I stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie station to get gas. I got $10 gas and a

Diet Coke... I took into the store two $5 bills and one $1 bill (just

enough to get my stuff). As I pulled away from the store, a man approached
my truck

from the back side of the store (an unlit area). He was an

"approachable-looking" man (clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.)

He walked up to my window and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always
looking for the rapist or killer", I

didn't open the window....I just asked what he wanted. He raised a $5 bill
to my window and said "You dropped this." Since I knew I had gone into


the store with a certain amount of money, I knew I didn't drop it. When I
told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door, screaming

at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the money! At that
point, I drove away as fast as I could.

After talking to the Internal Affairs department and describing the man I
saw and the way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and
volatile....it was determined that I could have possibly encountered the

serial killer myself. At this point, it is unclear as to how he gains

access to his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry
into victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in
the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he
is

pretty BOLD. (and think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning
money to someone that dropped it?????) How many times would you have
opened your window (or door) to get your


money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to return
something to you, then he can't really be a threat.... can he???? Be
cautious! This might not have been the serial killer...but anyone that

gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them, can't have
honorable intentions. The most important thing to note is that his
reaction was NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise! But what might have
happened if I had opened my door?

Forward this to everyone you know....maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!



Kim



PS from the Sender: Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know.
Even if this man wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed polite,
he was apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE
PERSON!!!

Larisa's cat walked across a keyboard and came up with this:
I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.



PLEASE reserach this stuff before you send it on.. just another urban
legend. It takes less than two minutes to locate these things at snopes or
the urban legends page..


http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 02:43:31 GMT, Larisa wrote:


I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.


Subject: scary



I live in Alexandria, Va., but I work in Lafayette, La. sometimes, staying

with friends when I'm there. As you know from America's Most Wanted TV
program, as well as the news media, there is a serial killer in the

Lafayette area. I just want to let you know about an "incident" that

happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.




At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't

realize how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I
told a few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into

Internal Affairs to tell them my story. It was approximately 5:15 a.m. in
Opelousas, La. I had stayed with a friend there and was on my way to work.
I stopped at the Exxon/Blimpie station to get gas. I got $10 gas and a

Diet Coke... I took into the store two $5 bills and one $1 bill (just

enough to get my stuff). As I pulled away from the store, a man approached
my truck

from the back side of the store (an unlit area). He was an

"approachable-looking" man (clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.)

He walked up to my window and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always
looking for the rapist or killer", I

didn't open the window....I just asked what he wanted. He raised a $5 bill
to my window and said "You dropped this." Since I knew I had gone into


the store with a certain amount of money, I knew I didn't drop it. When I
told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door, screaming

at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the money! At that
point, I drove away as fast as I could.

After talking to the Internal Affairs department and describing the man I
saw and the way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and
volatile....it was determined that I could have possibly encountered the

serial killer myself. At this point, it is unclear as to how he gains

access to his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry
into victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in
the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he
is

pretty BOLD. (and think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning
money to someone that dropped it?????) How many times would you have
opened your window (or door) to get your


money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to return
something to you, then he can't really be a threat.... can he???? Be
cautious! This might not have been the serial killer...but anyone that

gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them, can't have
honorable intentions. The most important thing to note is that his
reaction was NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise! But what might have
happened if I had opened my door?

Forward this to everyone you know....maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!



Kim



PS from the Sender: Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know.
Even if this man wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed polite,
he was apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE
PERSON!!!

This is an urban legend - see the link below.


http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp

Merry
--
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!
http://community.webshots.com/user/merrystahel

OKay, sorry. I got this from a very good friend who normally checks all
of this out. I assumed that she had checked this one out as well. I
will send her the snopes link

Larisa

This may be an urban legend, but how many women will now be more aware of
their surroundings? If this has the effect of saving even one person, then
it was worth it!

I for one have no use for these urban legends, but I have also been known to
hit the send key before researching on snopes. Larisa had good intentions,
I for one am grateful to her.

--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no
criticisms."
George Eliot




"Penny S" wrote in message
...
Larisa's cat walked across a keyboard and came up with this:
I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.



PLEASE reserach this stuff before you send it on.. just another urban
legend. It takes less than two minutes to locate these things at snopes
or
the urban legends page..


http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp

Yes, but - if you made just one person Think, then it was worth it.
Sometimes DH and I share our shopping trips and I wait in the car. It gives
me an opportunity to watch people; one of my favorite outdoor sports. My
goodness at the folks who leave their windows down, doors unlocked, keys in
the ignition - the whole bit. Never look left or right. I do wish they would
be more careful. Polly

"CNYstitcher" wrote in message
...
OKay, sorry. I got this from a very good friend who normally checks all
of this out. I assumed that she had checked this one out as well. I
will send her the snopes link

Larisa

But what a scary thought though? Even I lock all my car doors when driving
with me and the girls. You never know who's out there...

--
Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html
Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals
"Penny S" wrote in message
...
Larisa's cat walked across a keyboard and came up with this:
I was going to mas email people, and I did send this to some people
directly, but thought that it might serve better being posted

Please forgive me for sending this forward to you.....I usually don't
send this kind of stuff, but felt compelled to.



PLEASE reserach this stuff before you send it on.. just another urban
legend. It takes less than two minutes to locate these things at snopes
or
the urban legends page..


http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/batonrouge.asp