Crazy Blotter Reports are my Mystery Questions this week. I stumbled across these reports Sunday night in my local newspaper…
But first! At 9:50 Sunday night I emailed the Crosshairs edits to my editor so she’d have them bright and early Monday morning. Thank you so much for your encouragement and prayers last week! The scripture and sunrise taken at 30,000 feet seemed appropriate for the occasion! Now onto my next deadline July 1 for Deception (my title not sure if I’ll get to keep it)! I have half of it written. Thank goodness…but I’ll have to read what I’ve written to know where I’m going. lol
Now for the Mystery Question: Ridiculous E-mail Scams from two weeks ago. Three of the scams are true. One is false. Can you guess which one?
- This e-mail claims to work with Bill Gates and Microsoft to try out a new e-mail tracing program. The e-mail asks people to forward the e-mail to as many people as possible, and “if it reaches 13,000 people, 1,300 of the people on the list will receive $5,000, and the rest will receive a free trip for two to Disney World for one week.
- “If you believe in fairies, then clap your hands!” A man created and photographed small models of mummified fairies to trick people into believing that fairies once existed. After e-mailing the pictures to friends, the photos went viral. Fairy lovers all over the world continue to believe that the photos are real.
- May the Fourth be with you. The email claims every fourth person who responds to the email with the information requested will be given an all-expense-paid trip to Hollywood for Star Wars Day. And that could be you!
- Make money from home. An e-mail invites people to send them money so that they can receive “instructions on where to go and what to download and install on your computer” so that you can run the business and start making lots of money.
And the answer is…#3. Congrats to all who answered correctly!
Now for this week’s Crazy Blotter Reports this week’s Mystery Question: Three of the reports are taken from my local paper. One is false. Can you guess which one?
- A man reported someone entered his Chevy pickup and stole his Smith & Wesson 9mm gun. The last time he saw his gun was a month ago.
- A woman reported while she was at work someone took her car, which contained her purse. She admitted she is eight or nine months behind on the payments.
- A couple reported their neighbor had a goat tied to her back porch. When the police informed the goat owner she would have to move the goat, she did. The couple reported she moved the goat to the front porch.
- When a car backed out of a parking space and hit another car, the driver who was hit got out and started taking photos. The first driver tried to stop her and after hot words were exchanged, she belly-bumped the victim. Both women filed simple assault charges.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which report did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library. And Night Fall by Nancy Mehl is available!
Okay, Super Sleuths, which Police Blotter Report did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I'll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library. And Night Fall by Nancy Mehl is available! Click To Tweet
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We’ll see, Deb. Thanks for stopping by.
#1
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Hi Mary! Thanks so much for stopping by.
I think number 3 is fake because it’s just too funny!
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Priscilla, I thought it was funny, too! Thanks for stopping by.
Unbelievable! Funny! I’ll take #3, the goat.
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Hi Paula. I thought they were funny, too. So glad you stopped by.
I hope you made up #4 but not sure. They’re all crazy. CONGRATS on getting those edits in!
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Thank you, Delores. I’m so glad to get them in. We’ll see next week which one I made up.
I’m going with 3! See you soon!
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Hi Regina! Looking forward to seeing you, too! We’ll see next week if it’s #3.
The photo and Scripture indeed are appropriate for getting your edits done!
Wow, I am baffled by your police blotter mystery this week. They are all so plausible and so funny. I’m going with #3 this week. It puts a new twist on “get your goat”.
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Hi Tim! I thought they both fit. And I’m glad I baffled you. 😉 When I picked up the paper and looked at the blotter reports, I couldn’t believe some of the reports–I mean this is happening not too far from me. lol Thanks for stopping by.
# 4
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We’ll see, Beverly! Thanks for stopping by.
Great job getting those edits in! Love the photo and the verse. The choices are really quite funny – I think I’ll choose #3.
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Thank you, Betti. I’m glad to get them in, too. We’ll see next week if it’s #3. I couldn’t believe what some people reported. lol
Beautiful picture… I’ll guess #2
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Thanks, Angela! We’ll see next week if it’s #2. So glad you stopped by.
2 – I don’t think repo companies wait that long!
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We’ll see. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I am guessing #4.
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Hi Gloria! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. So glad to see you here.
I love that picture with the brilliant shining through “the gates” and radiating out in a welcoming manner. The verse really works well with that.
I am choosing #1. Seems the person would have realized much sooner that the gun was missing. It doesn’t make sense to wait a month to report it since it could have been used for any number of crimes in that period of time. I’m pretty letting my logic work overtime on this. 🙂
That last sentence should read: “I’m probably letting my logic work overtime on this.” I don’t know how “pretty” found it’s way into my sentence.
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Probably autocorrect! It does it to me all the time. lol
Edward, I’m convinced our fingers make assumptions about what our brains want them to type. I type pretty fast, and I’m always amazed at how often my fingers have typed something completely different from what I was thinking. Rarely do my fingers pick a better word 🙂 Don’t tell anyone, but it seems to happen more frequently as I age.
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I love your logic as always, Edward! We’ll see next week if it was working overtime. So glad you stopped by.
#3
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We’ll see, Patricia! Thanks for stopping by.
3. Thanks for the chance.
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We’ll see, Lynn! Thanks for stopping by.
I’m gonna go with #3 as made up.
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Number 3 is proving to be very popular, Megan. We’ll see next week. So glad you stopped by.
#4
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Hi Shelia! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. Glad you stopped by!
#2
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Hi Caryl! Good to see you, and we’ll see next week if it’s #2. 🙂
Beautiful photo. I’m going to go with #3.
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Thank you, Diana! And #3 is very popular. We’ll see next week if it’s the right one. 🙂
I think it’s #2
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We’ll see, Mary. Good to ‘see’ you here!
I want to say #1 is your made up one because why would it take a month for the man to notice his gun was missing?? I’ve seen some crazy police log reports in my paper too, some were too good to be true….even though they are! 🙂
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We’ll see Trixi! I like your logic…we’ll find out next week if you are correct. 😉 I really had a hard time believing some of these reports. lol Thanks for stopping by.