Posted on 10/10/2001 11:45:06 AM PDT by Gargantua
SHOPPING MALLS ON HALOWEEN ALERT
(NAME DELETED) ...was dating a guy from Afghanistan up until a month ago. She had a date with him around 9/6 and was stood up. She was understandably upset and went to his home to find it completely emptied.
On 9/10, she received a letter from her Afghani boyfriend explaining that he wished he could tell her why he had left and that he was sorry it had to be like that. The part worth mentioning is that he BEGGED her not to get on any commercial airlines on 9/11 and to not to go any malls on Halloween.
As soon as everything happened on the 11th, she called the FBI and has since turned over the letter.
I may be wrong, and I hope I am. However, with one of his warnings being correct and devastating, I'm not willing to take the chance on the second and wanted to make sure that people I cared about had the same information that I did.
FReepers... please refrain from the pattern of flames and nay-saying justifiably generated in historic response to such unsubstantiated postings as this one.
I post this not because I am sure it is valid, but because if it is valid, we all deserve a chance to hear it now. It comes from a dear friend and colleague whom I trust completely. It wont hurt anyone if they stay out of shopping malls on Halloween, and this turns out to be incorrect.
However, the converse cannot be said, and hence I post this just for an FYI.
FReegards
Please listen to this advice, Freepers, if you value your lives. I want to make sure there are no lines at my favorite stores when I do my Christmas shopping.
/sarcasm off/
By the way, key words "Halloween," "shopping mall" and "girlfriend" have URBAN LEGEND written all over them.
If you REALLY DID hear this from a "dear friend" I would advise you to notify the FBI.
I live in Nevada and Halloween is Nevada Day (Admission Day)--does this mean I should get out of the state for the day? ;>)
That's not funny.
State just issued a warning about this. At least, that's what I heard... ;-)
Et tu, Apu?
To: prete_michael@jpmorgan.com
> >cc:
> >Subject: Fwd: Malls on 10/31
> > >FYI...
> >
> > > Hi All -
> > >
I think you all know that I don't send out hoaxes and don't do the reactionary thing and send out anything that crosses my path. Thi[> (sic) one, however, is a friend of a friend and I've given it enough credibility in my mind that I'm writing it up and sending it out to all of you.
My friend's friend was dating a guy from Afghanistan up until a month ago. She had a date with him around 9/6 and was stood up. She was understandably upset and went to his home to find it completely emptied.
On 9/10, she received a letter from her boyfriend explaining that he wished he could tell her why he had left and that he was sorry it had to be like that.
The part worth mentioning is that he BEGGED her not to get on any commercial airlines on 9/11 and to not to go any malls on Halloween.
As soon as everything happened on the 11th, she called the FBI and has since turned over the letter.
This is not an email that I've received and decided to pass on. This came from a phone conversation with a long-time friend of mine last night.
I may be wrong, and I hope I am. However, with one of his warnings being correct and devastating, I'm not willing to take the chance on the second and wanted to make sure that people I cared about had the same information that I did.
Laura Katsis
Implementation Specialist
714/921-5424
lkatsis@volt.com
OpsVolt_Track@volt.com
I wouldn't normally include the private info, but this time I did because I wanted to give the opportunity to Freepers to track down the source and see if it matches up with other e-mails you will undoubtedly get in the next few days. Perhaps this "Laura Katsis" name will show up again.
You heard it here first.
IF grasshoppers had machine guns, the birds wouldn't mess with them.
The proper thing to do is to verify the data BEFORE you post it. That means you contact the person who sent it and ask if they are forwarding the info or if they have first-hand knowledge. That saves you from what you are getting now.
Foil on.
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