The kidnapped Austrian teen who spent more than eight years in a windowless cell said she asked for classic children's books during her first months in captivity, and later watched Star Trek and other videos, according to a newspaper.
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On the more serious side, I increasingly get the impression that this girl is royally screwed up. She's been giving conflicting reporst since she escaped... For example, if she thought of nothing but escape the whole time (her words), why did she not try at any time until her actual escape? Could she not have bolted once when he took her for drives to get stuff? Or when he was away and she was alone cleaning the house? What's wrong with smashing a window to escape?
Granted, I've never been INTENTIONALLY tied up against my will, but you still gotta wonder what ELSE is going on in her head.
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Well from what I read in this article , she was allowed to leave her captor's house on occasion. I mean I know the guy would be with her, but come on. She's in a museum and she couldn't have escaped.
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If he promised to kill her family if she tried it, then staying got to be normal, I could kind of understand.
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What I meant was "a news source that probably also carries cricket scores."
quote:When asked what things annoyed her the most, she said: �Things that simply are untrue, like the abuse... above all, I�m annoyed about the pictures of my dungeon, because it is nobody�s business. I also would not look into the living rooms and bedrooms of other people. Why should people be able to open up a newspaper and look into my room?
�I will perhaps write a book about myself, or perhaps not, but I don�t want anyone to pretend to be an expert about my life. And I do want to be an actress, but I�m not thinking Hollywood. My mum always told me that when I grow up I�ll be on the Burg.� (Famous Austrian theatre)
Anyway, not the most unpleasant Star Trek-in-the-media moment this year.
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"Granted, I've never been INTENTIONALLY tied up against my will..."
But you've been accidentally tied up against your will?
Everybody has "those" dates: leave the boy alone.
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quote:On the more serious side, I increasingly get the impression that this girl is royally screwed up. She's been giving conflicting reporst since she escaped...
Hey, people who stand witness to crimes that in no way touch them give self-conflicting reports. We all tell what people want to hear, and are very good at adapting the story to the needs of the situation - that's a cornerstone in how we as a species have managed to survive till the ripe old age of almost a geological split-second.
Even a ten-year-old never tells the truth if she can figure out which lie the adults want to hear, trust me (because I'm over ten, honestly). Or, if asked twice, she'll change her answer, thinking the first one was incorrect because it was not accepted. And acceptance would be a fairly big thing for somebody in Kamputsch's situation.
Speaking of which, googling for that third-most popular thing after football and celebrity sex scandals, namely American crime history... It seems to be pretty standard for young kidnap victims to think escape impossible even in public situations. Or especially in public situations.
Anybody think this must have been the most decent kidnapper in the entire history of kidnapping? Down to the swift suicide and all?
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No- the most decent kidnappers are tyhe ones that think they're saving the child from bad parents and treat the kid well. No dungeons or anything. The "swift suicide" sure saves on messy public court cases and saves the victim from having to re-live the whole thing several times: bravo suicide guy!
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