So I got this email today... anyone hear of this yet??

[PARAMEDIC]

Hi all don't know if this is spam or not, but if its not then please be careful. We have enough idiots on the road as is now this bunch.

Subject: RCMP Warning
impotance: High


After what happened in Shedden this weekend who knows what will be
next.................... Please pass this on! Important police warning. Very
scary, now moving east.... started in Manitoba, now in Saskatchewan, and
moving east. This came directly from our Driver Training People who got the
warning.

Pass this to anyone you can. One of the officers who works with the DARE
program has passed along the following warning and asked that it be shared
with all drivers.

This is an extremely serious matter. If you are driving after dark and you
see a car without its head-lights on, do not flash your lights, do not blow
your horn or make any signals to the driver of the other car. There is a new
common gang initiation 'game' going on the streets. The new member being
initiated drives along without his headlights on until someone notices and
flashes their headlights or makes some sort of other action to signal him.
The gang member is now required to chase the car and shoot at or into the
car in order to complete his initiation requirements. Make sure you share
this Information with your family,friends, and anyone else you can reach. If
you have any questions or information, please call your local police
department.



Please take this seriously. This is not a joke. Please pass this on to
everyone you know on e-mail and in person. It could save someone's life.
*Orle Howat Compensation Advisor RCMP, Compensation Services, NWRSask.
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3K7 Phone: (306) 780-7206 Fax306)780-6581 E-Mail
Internet:  <mailtorle.howat@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> orle.howat@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

 

[Michael OLeary]

From BreaktheChain.org

Flash and Die
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/headlightflash.html


Flashing Your Headlights At An Oncoming Car Could Get You Killed by a Gang Member-Fiction!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/ganglights.htm

Snopes
Lights Out!
Claim:  Prospective new gang members are initiated by killing the drivers of cars who flash their headlights at them.
Status:  False.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

 

[Spanky]

I received a couple of days ago.  Snopes.com reports it as false.

 

[Spring_bok]

I first saw this years ago and it pops up every now and then.  Its creepy sounding but some people believe its true and so they email everyone they know.  But wait, thats what the originator wants you to do.  Happy Halloween all.

 

[aluc]

Yup, I heard about this several times in the last decade or so. Urban myth.....probably. Let them try and chase me though, the outcome would be interesting indeed! >

 

[probum non poenitet]

Gang initiation?

More like a normal rush hour in Edmonton.  ;D

 

[Retired AF Guy]

"Very scary, now moving east.... started in Manitoba, now in Saskatchewan, and
moving east."

Obviously they have no sense of direction. Last time I looked Saskatchewan was west of Manitoba!    If I remember correctly this urban legend first started in Flroida about 10 years ago.

 

[Centurian1985]

"Very scary, now moving east.... started in Manitoba, now in Saskatchewan, and
moving east."

Obviously they have no sense of direction. Last time I looked Saskatchewan was west of Manitoba!    If I remember correctly this urban legend first started in Flroida about 10 years ago.

I heard the same story years ago, but it was supposedly about a gang in L.A. 
Best way to prove it wrong? Phone up the source in Saskatechewan and find out!

Quote:
Orle Howat Compensation Advisor RCMP, Compensation Services, NWRSask.
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3K7 Phone: (306) 780-7206 Fax306)780-6581 E-Mail
Internet:  <mailtorle.howat@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> orle.howat@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Edit Update: I phoned up, no one answered, but it is an actual number for an Orly Howat.

 

[paracowboy]

it's crap. More, it's confirmed crap.

Locked.