“If you’re in a major situation, just scream, ‘Fire, fire, my child’s inside,’ or something extremely dramatic. I was viciously attacked by a dog in my backyard ... I was screaming, ‘Help me, I’m going to die,’ and NO ONE HELPED.”

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"Never, ever walk in the same direction as the traffic in the dark or on quiet streets. If you hear someone close behind, change your pace or keep stopping to check if you're being followed."

"Lastly, when you come out of the bathroom, make sure nobody is right in front of the door."

"Sickeningly, after that info was published in a book about Bundy, we had several men try this on clerks in a department store I worked at in the Midwest. For real. There are some seriously ducked-up individuals out there. If someone is with security, they’ll have no problem with you calling security. The clerks will also call security and know them. Those scummy rapists always ran."

"In my city, we have a Parksafe multistory car park. Each bay has a separate code, and you get a plastic card on entry with its own code, which you use to get back in the building."

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