Rope and Handgun Found in Stalker’s Truck

Wow, Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away. Time sure has been flying by! I picked up most of the dry goods today. I always like to be prepared a bit ahead of time. As I’m doing so, I’m remembering the Thanksgivings of the past that will always be a fond memory.

I looked up the definition of Thanksgiving on Wikipedia’s website. It is a holiday that is to express thanks for one’s material and spiritual possessions. The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony took place on September 8, 1565 when 600 Spanish settlers, under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, landed at what is now St. Augustine, Florida, and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World; there followed a feast and celebration. That’s not too far from where I live! It’s a small world, I tell ya! Naturally, there are also many other recordings of “Thanksgiving”.

Well, you know how it is when you’re in front of a computer…one thing leads to another, and after investigating the history of Thanksgiving, I stumbled across a news article about a woman who some days jogged and some days rode her bike at a local park.

A strange man approached her and asked her for directions. The second time she saw him, he told her that he loved her and asked her to perform sex acts with him. He also told her that he had been at the park every day that week looking for her. He then touched and grabbed her as she was trying to get into her vehicle. He asked her to meet him there again and she agreed.

He was taken into custody after approaching the victim at a prearranged meeting place. Detectives say the man was carrying 10 inches of rope in his hands, and a search of his truck revealed a large amount of rope and a .22-caliber handgun. This woman was one of the extremely lucky ones! This just goes to show you that you never know who may be watching your every move. You would never think this could happen to you, but these things do happen to people!

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