AlphabetCards wrote: » Although I dont remember it myself, apparently at some fair or other at newgrange or malahide castle some man tried taking me away to a secluded wooded area. I was with my older cousins, who were a bit more streetwise than I, who realised I was missing and found me. I must have been 4 or 5. It happens more than you think.
mariaalice wrote: » There is something peculiar going on culturally, children are extremely well looked after in Ireland very well minded and supervised yet culturally there is fear of kidnapping or stranger danger with is a very rare occurrence. its fascinating in a way when every possible danger has been addressed society has to invert new ones.
spockety wrote: » This is the last one I can remember which made me stop and think that while 99.99% of the stories are just scare stories, the real ones that make up the other 0.01% are utterly horrific, and they do happen.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/man-who-raped-girls-in-athlone-gets-two-life-sentences-1.1711509
His previous convictions include criminal damage, assault, robbery and possession of knives. He had just been released from Castlerea prison three days before the offences.
tigger123 wrote: » You'd wonder if these things are a case of chinese whispers either. If the school gets wind of it they'd have to do the safe thing and make parents aware. Which in turn means that that the Gardaí have to look into it.
cjmc wrote: » There was a face book alert of known paedos in the general area . Couple of days later the school my kids attend texted one morning to say they had been spotted driving into and around the school. These basterds were caught by “ concerned citizens” in the local area, tarred and feathered and put up on Facebook. Fair play to the locals but it’s not ALL Chinese whispers
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » Calling bull****.
Hurrache wrote: » Don't be so cynical, you know all vigilante groups carry around warm tar with them in the eventuality it may be needed at a moments notice that day.
josip wrote: » When was the last time a child was actually abducted in Ireland by a stranger? I'm asking because for the last few months, I've been seeing almost weekly warnings of attempted abductions around Dublin. Many of these are being sent by schools and are being investigated by Gardai so I'm assuming they're genuine. But I can't find the last time a child was abducted unless I go back to Philip Cairns or Mary Boyle. Are all these reported abductions genuine? Are kids just better educated now about being wary of strangers? Or do we hear now about all the attempts thanks to social media, whereas in the past we were blissfully unaware.
nullzero wrote: » I myself as a kid was twice nearly bundled into cars. Once I was cut off while approaching a lane way on my bike when two women and a man jumped out and tried to grab me, I would have been ten at the time, the car was a gold coloured Mercedes, fairly and fancy new at a time when Mercs weren't that common. Another time as a twelve year old a man in a car on his own pulled up beside me and started roaring at me, then got out and told me to get into the fvcking car. I bolted into a nearby park on my bike, both times my parents reported the incidents but its difficult to chase these things up, as a kid if that happens you're scared witless, your ability to give a clear description of the people involved etc isn't ideal. While I don't believe half of the scare stories I've heard particularly in the social media age, having had those experiences myself I have no problem believing these things do occur, most likely more like the second experience I had, with some sick individual seeing an opportunity at short notice and acting impulsively.
cjmc wrote: » https://www.armaghi.com/news/south-armagh/watch-convicted-paedophiles-arrested-after-being-tarred-and-feathered-in-south-armagh/67231
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » Still calling bull****. Different story completely. You are condoning the scaremongering and needless frightening of parents that does nothing to help them or their kids.
Bob Harris wrote: » You'd want to be fairly useless not to be able to abduct a child.
cjmc wrote: » Actually it’s NOT a different story , it’s the exact story I told ! I was outside the school collecting the kids when I first posted and got a bit carried away with my facts about what happened to them . FB warning was that they were spotted in Dundalk, and a few days later they’re casing a primary school ( I know of one there may be others) 10 minutes down the M1 !! Call bull **** if you want but it’s not . I now know a lot of the staff there and thank god they were vigilant.
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » People need to feel important so they make up stuff in order to be the center of attention. Flavour of the month is currently child abductions. Consequently, parents worry too much and kids aren't allowed to just go outside and play and be kids. And for some reason, this is seen as a positive development in society.
Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: » There is not a consistent fact in both your story and the story you linked to. Still calling bull****, still calling the below. Actions like really are not helpful when it comes to kids growing up for reasons alluded to the the second sentece of my post above.
Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » Most of the ‘man in a white van’ stories I heard growing up seemed like the usual stranger danger scaremongering. However, I recall that there was one that had veracity. There was very specific details and the person was caught on CCTV at the local leisure centre trying to snatch a child. I’m not sure what happened in the end.
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