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| 20 MAY 2009 at 9:19am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Oh poor Jen....
I wish I could hug you for the terror you went through today. Your poor neighbour will feel doubly bad because she spread her fear and misery.
Perhaps the police could trace the prank phone call?
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 10:06am |
| Deleted User | Well, the most shocking part is that she heard it from someone that she knew, and she obviously believed it, because she was in a state...
I've already spoken to another neighbour now, and we're definitely going to follow it up. My other neighbour (the one I've just spoken to -her children have left school already) says she would have been livid, and she thinks I'm quite justified to feel angry. People who do things like that, either do not think about the consequences of their actions, and/or have a serious screw loose.
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 10:35am |
MaraPrivate Detective
Posts : 542
Joined: 6 JUL 2007
Status : Offline | How awful for you. I hope the perpetrator of this sick joke gets strung up by his toes! >
Mara
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 12:18pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3438
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | How awful! > I would have been crazed too, who wouldnt? Especially when it involves your children. I hope they can find the idiot that thought this was fun. >
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 12:59pm |
| Deleted User | You know - I've been thinking - this must be the same kind of mindset that finds setting things to fire 'fun'.
This person, for a few minutes, enjoyed the power of seeing his words make other people scurry around in panic. I guess an arsonist similarly enjoys watching the mayhem they cause when they set things to fire. To some extent too, I suppose it's similar to the people who think its "fun" to call out the fire-brigade/police/ambulance on hoax calls, or who cause false bomb scares.
I find it sad that some people can actually find joy in such a negative behaviour. Of all of the "mind-tricks" I mentioned, I think this is the cruellest one though. Indescribable is the helpless agonised panick you feel when you have visions of your child being killed before your eyes, with you helpless to do anything about it. Its actually worse than feeling that your own life is in danger.
One of the worst movie scenes for me to remember, is the scene in Sophie's choice, where the Nazi's force a mother to choose between the lives of her two children.
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 12:59pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16552
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | It shouldn't be too hard. You simply have to follow the trail of women who warned other women ..... I don't think I'd be waiting for the police either. >
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 7:18pm |
JelenaPrivate Detective
Posts : 587
Joined: 30 SEP 2007
Status : Offline | Traveler
Such a horrible thing to do.
I can't imagine the agony you went through before you realized everything was OK.
Temporary guest in your life.
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| 20 MAY 2009 at 7:33pm |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2613
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | OMG, Traveler -- that's absolutely horrific! I'm just glad it wasn't true. But what it must have put you through -- the mind reels.
I'm no psychologist, but I think things such as this are often done by people who feel they have no control over anything in their lives. Doing something like this can yield a feeling of power, as you've mentioned -- sick and fleeting though it may be.
I hope the perpetrator is caught and punished, big time. I think one of the most egregious things imaginable is to lead a mother to believe that her offspring could be in peril.
We live in a really sick world... [smiley=sad.gif]
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| 21 MAY 2009 at 12:55am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4047
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | How awful, Traveler! id your neighbor say where she heard about it?
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 22 MAY 2009 at 2:08am |
KaylIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 30
Joined: 5 MAY 2009
Status : Online | sorry to hear about it traveler.
Was that a prank call? That person could be prosecuted. its the same as calling in a bomb scare.
My scythe--I like to keep it next to where my heart used to be.
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