[proud_2_B_texasgal]

><> Hannibal Lector. <><

What is most scary about a "scott-type" killer is that they can be ANYBODY. He had everyone fooled. He's handsome, clean cut, amiable. NOBODY that knew him, suspected him.

You look at "weirdos" like Manson and Richard Ramirez and you think 'what did you expect' ... but the Bundys, Gacys, and Petersons in the world are more scary, because they appear so ... normal. They are master deceptor's until you really dig deep, then they can't keep the lies straight.

Dang! I wish I had persued that psychology major .. hee hee

[The Other Harry]

What is most scary about a "scott-type" killer is that they can be ANYBODY. He had everyone fooled. He's handsome, clean cut, amiable. NOBODY that knew him, suspected him.

The guy I knew was odd. He was a true psychopath.

There're aren't too many of those, but he was one. He could send chills down your spine on your first encounter with him.

I was effectively required to employ him. I didn't want to, but I had no choice in the matter. I should have resigned. Seriously. I knew what he was from the start, I just didn't realize the depths of it. It was pretty deep. It does not get any deeper.

[Devil_Anse]

Exactly. Scott does not look like a murderer is "supposed" to look. Nor did he have the presumed lifestyle. Neither did David Westerfield. NOT giving an opinion on that man's guilt or innocence here. Just commenting that he did not appear to be a psycho, b/c he was middle-class and had a good job.

[The Other Harry]

You look at "weirdos" like Manson and Richard Ramirez and you think 'what did you expect' ... but the Bundys, Gacys, and Petersons in the world are more scary, because they appear so ... normal. They are master deceptor's until you really dig deep, then they can't keep the lies straight.

This guy I knew & worked with was charming enough. He was far and away the best salesman I've ever met.

One time I watched him do something I cannot account for. He had an older lady at his desk (he particularly appealed to older lady clients). She pulled a cigarette out of her purse -- this was back in the days when smoking was allowed.

He was *not* looking at her. He was looking at his computer, which was in approximately the opposite direction.

Without skipping a beat, he pulled out a lighter and reached over and lit her cigarette.

I have thought of that many times. I've wondered how he could possibly have done that. I even checked the reflections from his computer screen.

It is not possible. No one could have done that. But I saw him do it.

The only explanation I can think of is that psychopaths like him are capable of getting well inside the minds of other people. Much further than most other people could ever get. That is why he was such a good salesman. He *knew* what individual people wanted to be told. It wasn't a matter of sales pitches. He could feel them. He knew what they were thinking.

He was a very dangerous person. You wouldn't want to be around him.