Protecting Yourself

One evening my husband Clark went out jogging before dinner. He is six foot two and a big burly guy. I’m boiling pasta and rolling meatballs on the kitchen counter when I hear him come in. He wasn’t gone as long as usual. I called out something like – hey babe – the food isn’t ready yet what are you doing back so soon. He walks in with a bloody gash on the side of his head. OMG!

 

I sat him down on a kitchen chair and went for a cloth to put on the wound. He was cussing and dialing 911 when I got back with it. He was mad at himself cause it was the one time he forgot his cell phone. A guy in the park had grabbed a woman jogger and was trying to drag her off – somewhere off the path and Clark being the decent guy he is tried to stop him. Well he stopped him but not without a cut on the head for his trouble.

 

The police arrived fast and Clark explained what had happened. The woman who was attacked had called a friend and gave Clark her name before having the friend drive her home. She was really grateful my husband came along when he did. You know, I have one of those excellent alarms that I carry when I’m out alone but my husband is such a big guy who would think he could have used one that day. The police said they were going over to take down a statement from the woman who was attacked and were going to suggest she get one too.

 

Isn’t anybody safe any more these days? I wish it was like on the old Andy Griffith reruns where everyone was nice to everyone else. The world seems to be so full of perverts that before we know it, they’ll outnumber us good guys. I’m buying Clark one of those alarms whether he likes it or not. The cost is so small that everyone should have one, especially teen aged girls.

Self defense with silent alarms

I was out jogging the other afternoon and you know how you can suddenly sense someone is watching you. Well I got a chilling feeling and looked back to see a six-foot guy walking fast behind me. He was just scruffy looking but I couldn’t be sure he wasn’t just out for a walk like I was out for a jog. It was

full daylight and I glanced around to see if there were any other people in the park. I saw a few mothers with little kids playing at a swing set and I left the path and went over to join them. The scruffy looking dude walked on along the path never even glancing my way. I told the two women why I had come over to join them and we chatted for a few minutes.

 

One woman named Jenny showed me a small black item she carried in her pocket, wherever she goes she said. It is a siren type alarm that she can set off if she is in any kind of danger. It emits a screeching siren sound that can be heard about a fourth of a mile away. Anyone would recognize it as a call for help and she said usually she is never more than a half a block away from other people. It makes her feel secure especially since she has little kids.

 

I checked it out on the Internet and they are sold at several reliable web sites. They don’t even cost very much and I’m gonna order one. I’m gonna use PayPal cause I’m really careful about my information online. PayPal doesn’t give any company your credit card numbers although they have to take down your address to mail the alarm to you. I’m only gonna go jogging with my girl friend or my husband until the alarm gets delivered. I never saw the same scruffy dude in that park again but there’s a 50/50 chance he was stalking after me or any other jogger he could find all alone.