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Re: --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE

To: Tom Wagner - Program Manager <tom.w.wagner@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE
From: Peter Lucas <pllj@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 20:25:52 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199711061508.JAA06769@sunup.Central.Sun.COM>
If I had a dollar for every time I woke up, after a binge, without my
kidneys...I'd be, well, kidneyless.

I think the story continues in that there was a bucket of KFC next to
the tub and after biting into an unusual looking piece, he discovered
that it was a RAT! Then, after walking past the buzzing cactus that was
really filled with hatching tarantulas, he jumped into his (solid fuel)
rocket booster powered New Yorker and plowed into a mountainside.
(Applying the brakes all the way)

PS- Don't make me tell you where they found his toothbrush!

PL

I love urban legends


Tom Wagner - Program Manager wrote:
> 
> To All:
> 
> PLEASE READ THIS AND TAKE THE WARNING.
> 
> Tom Wagner
> 67 MGB
> 72 TR 6
> 
> hey ya'll  be very careful when you travel!!
> 
>      This is one scary TRUE warning to everyone.  Please read and be
>      careful what strangers you associate with.
> 
> 
> 
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> __________________________________
> Subject: Lethal Scam --- PLEASE READ - THIS IS NOT A JOKE
> Date:    11/5/97 8:04 AM
> 
> 
> Please read the following .... this appears to be a real issue, not
> just someone's idea of a good joke ... PLEASE PASS ON TO ALL YOUR
> PEOPLE FOR THEIR INFORMATION .....
> 
> 
>      This was on 20/20 several weeks ago...My wife the nurse has
> confirmed
>      that this is indeed going on.  Please be careful, and bounce this
>      message to anyone and everyone you can think of. I wish to warn you
>      about a new crime ring that is targeting business travelers. This
> ring
>      is well organized, well funded, has very skilled personnel, and is
>      currently in most major cities and recently; very active in New
>      Orleans.  The crime begins when a business traveler goes to a lounge
> 
>      for a drink at the end of the work day.
> 
>      A person in the bar walks up as they sit alone and offers to buy
> them
>      a drink.  The last thing the traveler remembers until they wake up
> in
>      a hotel room bath tub, their body submerged to their neck in ice, is
> 
>      sipping that drink.  There is a note taped to the wall instructing
>      them not to move and to call 911.  A phone is on a small table next
> to
>      the bathtub for them to call.  The business traveler calls 911, who
>      have become quite familiar with this crime.  The business traveler
> is
>      instructed by the 911 operator to very slowly and carefully reach
>      behind them and feel if there is a tube protruding from their lower
>      back. The business traveler finds the tube and answers "yes."  The
> 911
>      operator tells them to remain still, having already sent paramedics
> to
>      help.  The operator knows that both of the business traveler's
> kidneys
>      have been harvested.
> 
>      This is not a scam or out of a science fiction novel, it is real. It
> 
>      is documented and confirmable.  If you travel or someone close to
> you
>      travels, please be careful.
> 
>      Regards
>      Jerry Mayfield
> 
>      ___________________________________________________________
>      From: Patty Radford
> 
>      Yes, this does happen. My sister-in-law works with a lady that this
>      happened to her son's neighbor who lives in Houston.  The only
> "good"
>      thing to his whole story is the fact that the people doing this
>      horrible crime are very aware of what complications can happen
>      afterwards, and take detailed precautions to set up the room before
>      leaving.  The word from my sister-in-law is that the hospital in Las
> 
>      Vegas (yes, Vegas) prior to transferring him back to Houston stated
>      that these people know exactly what they are doing.  The incision,
>      etc. was exact and clean.
> 
>      They use sterile equipment, etc. and the hospital stated that other
>      than the fact that the victim loses a kidney there have not been any
> 
>      reports of other complications due to non-sterile, etc. tactics that
> 
>      were used.
> 
>      ___________________________________________________
>      From:  Kathy White
> 
>      Sadly, this is very true.  My husband is a Houston Firefighter/EMT
> and
>      they have received alerts regarding this crime ring.  It is to be
>      taken very seriously.  The daughter of a friend of a fellow
>      firefighter had this happen to her.  Skilled doctors are performing
>      these crimes! (which, by the way have been highly noted in the Las
>      Vegas area).  Additionally, the military has received alerts
> regarding
>      this.
> 
>      This story blew me away.  I really want as many people to see this
> as
>      possible so please bounce this to whoever you can. Please think when
> 
>      you drink.
> 
>      _______________________________________________________________
>      A friend of mine from U of T passed this story onto me from the
> "Daily
>      Texan" - the University of Texas newspaper. Apparently it occurred
>      during Fall Premier-a UT tradition that is a celebration of the end
> of
>      midterms. - Jeff
> 
>      This guy went out last Saturday night to a party.  He was having a
>      good time, had a couple of beers and some girl seemed to like him
> and
>      invited him to go to another party.  He quickly agreed and decided
> to
>      go along with her.  She took him to a party in some apartment and
> they
>      continued to drink, and even got involved with some other drugs
>      unknown which).  The next thing he knew, he woke up completely naked
> 
>      in a bathtub filled with ice.  He was still feeling the effects of
> the
>      drugs, but looked around to see he was alone.  He looked down at his
> 
>      chest, which had "CALL 911 OR YOU WILL DIE" written on it in
> lipstick.
>      He saw a phone was on a stand next to the tub, so he picked it up
> and
>      dialed.  He explained to the EMS operator what the situation was and
> 
>      that he didn't know where he was, what he took, or why he was really
> 
>      calling.
> 
>      She advised him to get out of the tub.  He did, and she asked him to
> 
>      look himself over in the mirror. He did, and appeared normal, so she
> 
>      told him to check his back.  He did, only to find two 9-inch slits
> on
>      his lower back. She told him to get back in the tub immediately, and
> 
>      they sent a rescue team over.  Apparently, after being examined, he
>      found out more of what had happened.  His kidneys were stolen. They
>      are worth 10,000 dollars each on the black market.  (I was unaware
>      this even existed.)
> 
>      Several guesses are in order:  The second party was a sham, the
> people
>      involved had to be at least medical students, and it was not just
>      recreational drugs he was given.  Regardless, he is currently in the
> 
>      hospital on life support, awaiting a spare kidney. The University of
> 
>      Texas in conjunction with Baylor University Medical Center is
>      conducting tissue research to match the sophomore student with a
>      donor.
> 
>      <<<<    PLEASE DON'T TAKE DRINKS FROM STRANGERS. >>>>
> 
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