How to Protect Yourself from Strangers, Burglars, Muggers, etc.

Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life.

Here are 9 crucial steps to protect yourself in a dangerous situation:

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.

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.

If someone is in the car with a gun to your head, DO NOT DRIVE OFF.
Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into
anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the
person is in the back seat, they will get the worst of it. As soon
as the car crashes, bail out and run. It is better than having them
find your body in a remote location.

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. This
is especially true at NIGHT!

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 out of 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be
a vital organ. RUN, preferably in a zig-zag pattern!

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 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:

If you hear a crying baby outside, call the police. Whatever
you do, DO NOT open the door. It has been mentioned that 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. The crying baby theory was mentioned on America's Most
Wanted in regard to a serial killer in Louisiana.

10. Water scam!

If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your
taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT
GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside
taps full force, so that you will go out to investigate and
then attack.

Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!