Reply to "Attempted Child Abduction on Colbert Mtn."

Last month my daughter's best friend was walking to another building on her school's campus. A young man (late 20s- early 30s) drove up beside her and asked her how she was doing. She said, "Fine, thanks." He said, "Good...now get in the truck." She said, "No! I don't know you." He said, "Get in the f**ck!ng truck right now!" She threw her books down and ran into the school building. The guy drove off. Two days later a man fitting his description and driving the same very distinct truck tried to get a 10 year old boy to get in his truck.

These are all people I personally know and live near in my neighborhood. The girl's dad is an attorney with the AG office and he put the full-court press on the police to find this SOB. There was an immediate reaction of the mothers. We all got on the phone and warned other parents to spread the word that this creep was on the prowl. I personally followed 2 different trucks fitting the description to get their tag numbers, but they were not the right trucks. I seriously considered carrying around a baseball bat in my car in case I ever came across this person. I get so mad when I think of what he tried to do. I heard of another attempted abduction the next week in a nearby city. I have no idea if it was real or related. Parents must be on the alert and teach their children to be aware and safe. It is absolutely terrible that we live in a world that has child predators, but the fact is that we do and we have to protect our children. If I had come across him a few days after he tried to take An****, I think I would have killed him.

My blood pressure is through the roof after thinking about this.