Manchester city centre #2

smithdown · February 6, 2007

Dear

> All, I would like to bring to your attention a terrible incident which

> happened to me on Friday 2nd February 2007 at approximately 18.05. I had

> left work (King Street, Manchester) and I proceeded up King St. There

were

> plenty of people around finishing work for the weekend and about half way

up

> King Street (outside The White Company) a woman had come out of the walk

> through from St Ann's Square and said to me she was having a terrible day

as

> she had just found her husband in bed with another woman. I thought it was

> strange that she would tell a complete stranger this information so I

> carried on walking. She then stopped me and asked for 32 pence to catch

the

> bus home. I was immediately suspicious of the situation as I would

imagine

> a bus to anywhere would be more than 32 pence and she wasn't the

> stereotypical person that normally asks you for change for the bus. She

was

> clean, well dressed and well spoken. She also had a handbag. Feeling

> uncomfortable with the situation I agreed to give her some change, just so

I

> could get away as promptly as possible. I gave her what change I had which

> was approximately 80 pence. She then said she was grateful and she'd send

me

> £20 back. I thought she was going to ask for my address (which I wouldn't

> have given) but she didn't. She said thank you and squeezed my arm as a

> token of appreciation. As she walked away she dropped some of the money &

> didn't retrieve it which certainly aroused suspicions; if she didn't need

> the money why did she stop me? I proceeded up King St towards Cross

Street

> but realised something was wrong. My left hand side had gone completely

numb

> and my arm went into a spasm. I knew she had done something to me when she

> touched my arm. I needed to tell someone quickly what had happened as I

> assumed in a few seconds I would be unconscious and what I assume would be

> her accomplice would be waiting for me to be completely helpless and do

the

> unthinkable to me. I managed to get my phone out of pocket and just

pressed

> last number re-dial. At the same time I stopped a lady and realised I

> sounded stupid at what I was saying but she could also hear me on the

phone

> so she realised I was genuine. I started to lose the power of speech. She

> stayed with me and we got to Bootle Street police station. My arm was

> hurting but whatever I was injected with couldn't have penetrated

completely

> so I got the feeling back about 10 minutes later. The fact it had a coat,

> suit jacket and blouse to get through must've saved me. I had the smallest

> scratch mark on my arm, there is an identical one on my coat and suit

> jacket. It will probably be impossible to tell what I was injected with,

> and although I still await the results of blood tests they are only

checking

> for diseases I may have been given. The police are confident it will be

> caught on CCTV and I await father information in that regard. The reason

> for sending this e-mail is to please ask you to warn EVERYONE you know,

not

> just women but men too and ask them to tell girlfriends, wives, sisters &

> mothers. The message needs to get through to be extra vigilant. I was one

of

> the lucky ones (blood results pending) and if I can make people aware of

> these people then I'd like to think it can make a difference. Thank you.

Now, i'd normally treat this as one of those urban myth things, but the girl who sent me the email swears blind she can vouch that this is all true as it happened to a mate of hers last friday.

slapnuts · February 6, 2007

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