Welcome To Serial Predators
and True Crime.
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Introduction by Sparks
The term ‘serial predator’ is a well-known fearsome phrase used
to describe criminals who prey on innocent children and adults unable to defend themselves. It is often used to describe child molesters and murderers. However, the definition of a predator
can be expanded far beyond what the dictionary tells us:
The dictionary describes the word ‘predator’ as:
‘an animal that lives by killing and consuming other animals’
Those predatory animals can be the big cats like lions, tigers, leopards, or they can be birds of prey like the eagle, the hawk
and the falcon, and in the oceans of the world we have sharks
and killer whales – All kill to survive – It is their intrinsic nature
to do so. And in the context of being serial predators, they are
just that… their motivation is their next meal… and their next,
and their next. Although we seldom refer to those animals as
serial predators, in truth, they are just that. They have an
ongoing need for a supply of food for which they must first kill.
However, the term ‘serial predator’ has come to be associated
with members of the human species who are engaged in courses
of conduct that can encompass a multitude of criminal behaviors ranging from murder to con games.
None of us would walk into the woods or the jungle at night,
alone and unarmed, because of our fear of the predators that
might be lurking there. That fear is a remnant of our
consciousness which has been with us since the days of our caveman ancestors.
Then, why, I ask, are we not more wary of the two-legged fellow human who may be out to separate us from all that we know,
trust and love, and to leave us physically mangled or mentally, financially and emotionally damaged? If you have ever watched
a pride of lions stalking antelope, you would have been witness
to the cunning and stealth which preceded the kill. Our
mistake may lie in our failure to recognize that the tactics of
the two-legged predator parallel those of the animal world.
And you say, ‘but the leopard has spots, and the lion is very
large, and the shark has pearly teeth, and we can recognize
them.’ After all even Little Red Riding Hood knew that when
the wolf dropped his disguise that he wasn’t grandma, and
she ran out of the house screaming for help. Fight or flee
was the choice that she had, and she got herself out of
there…pronto. I love happy endings!
Granted that the human predator does not show up on our
doorstep wearing a wolf suit or in a tiger getup, but that
gives the human predator a larger than home-field advantage.
We can’t tell the ‘good guys’ from the ‘bad guys’ - white hat
or no white hat. We think that ‘they’ are one of us when
nothing could be further from the truth. So how do we
protect ourselves and our loved ones from those who would
do us harm in whatever form it may take? How do we avoid
the loss and heartbreak that can come from associating
with a two-legged predator?
We don’t propose to have all of the answers in this forum,
but those of us who have been victimized and survived
recognize the need to protect ourselves and our loved ones
from all variety of predators and it is to this lofty aim that
this forum is dedicated. We welcome you and invite you to participate, learn, share and go forward together.
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