Comments on: ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION…???

By: Take Your Children to the Park and Leave Them There? « Park Cities People

Take Your Children to the Park and Leave Them There? « Park Cities People — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:20:47 +0000

[...] daughter announced she was heading out for a run, I had heart palpitations. What if she’s [almost] abducted in the four block route in which she knows the families living in 98% of the homes, meaning help [...]

By: kmom

kmom — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:47:03 +0000

I’m finally at peace with my feeling that all these women are completely nuts. I give up trying to understand their behavior.
And answering the question from the other thread of what constitutes looking like a Parkie? WASPy, exceptions made only for upper crust Asian’s and Indian’s, they must drive a late model luxury sedan, shiny new foreign sports car or gigantic SUV – everyone else that crosses the border into our town is a DANGEROUS KID MOLESTING, FATHER RAPING, MOTHER KILLER!!!! And they want to kick our dogs, too!

By: Sharpay

Sharpay — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:10:23 +0000

Like the young girl in the report and G, I had a very similar incident happen to me when I was 13 or 14 and walking home from school. Like this girl, I ran to a friend’s house and hid on the porch (they weren’t home). I didn’t tell my parents about it until the next day because I didn’t know how to describe it/what to say. I also didn’t look directly at the suspect or his car so would not have been able to provide an accurate description.

Lesson learned is that we live in a world where we need to prepare our young girls that this may happen and, if it does, it is important to first make sure they are safe and second to let us and the police know right away.

By: MiddleSchoolMom

MiddleSchoolMom — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:02:10 +0000

While I’m sure this incident really happened, I do question the wisdom of waiting so long to report it, unless the child didn’t tell them until the next day. Not to second-guess the parents involved, but if my kid had experienced this, my very first thought would be “I think we should call the police and report this”. Everyone who lives in the Bubble knows how quickly our police respond; the sooner they know, the sooner they can investigate & warn the community.

By: G

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:41:22 +0000

@grump … something doesnt pass the smell test here? Maybe the daughter didnt tell her parents immediately or sometimes people think things through a while and then think “That wasnt right … I really should report that.” Two incidences that have happened to me: A few years back, I saw a man in my backyard (in U.P.) At first I thought he was someone’s yard man who was in the wrong yard. At that time, it never occurred to me someone would try to break in my house or garage in broad daylight. I actually went out and asked if I could help him as he ran out my back fence (I was a totally innocent 20 something at the time!) After a while, I called my neighbor and asked her if she thought he was actually trying to steal something or was I being an alarmist. Her response … hang up the phone and call the police!

When I was 13, something very similar to this police report happened to me … I thought someone was slowing down to ask me directions … but he actually exposed himself as I neared the passenger window of the car. I,too, ran up to the nearest home and banged on the door (no one was there). I raced home and ran to my room. I never told my parents this story until this year when I was home visiting (Im almost 45!) Im sure after these parents sent out their email, several of their friends and contacts encouraged them to call the police!
Thanks for letting me vent … their story is plausible to me!

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:11:44 +0000

matt – Good thought. Here are my proposed changes to your brilliant formula (in bold):

100 – (# mentions “children” or derivatives thereof) – (# exclamation points) – (every missed space between words) + (10 if i know you, 5 if i’ve heard of you) – (5 per generic motherly blanket warning) – [(# mentions of race) x (10 if it's a catch-all pejorative: mexican, chinaman, oriental, colored)] – (5 for a subject line in all caps) – (# words in the text of the email in all caps) – [(5 if sender includes "please read" in subject line) x (10 if subject line also includes "urgent", "important" or similar words)] = relevance grade.

With these modifications, your score would have been 81, well within the “ignore” range.

By: grump

grump — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:56:56 +0000

Something doesn’t pass the smell test here.

By: sent from iphone

sent from iphone — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:35:59 +0000

It took 27 hours to call police? The parents sent out the e-mail about 16 hours before they called police but referenced what the police told them about a white van in UP?

By: matt

matt — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:03 +0000

This brings to light a few glaring omissions from my original formula http://tinyurl.com/yhxz6kn

Refined formula follows:

Off we go..
100 – (2; their daughter, “your kids”) – (0) – (1) + (0) – (5, lines 21-23) – (1) = 91

So this one was worthwhile, apparently. I will definitely need to tinker further as we progress.

By: mgs

mgs — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:29:01 +0000

We are not protected by a bubble here. It’s real life. Yes, use the buddy system. I used to think the scary ice cream truck driver was an abductor too when I was growing up in Preston Hollow!