I heard an almost identicle story earlier this week, although some details were different - they are: the city was Brisbane; the wallet contained $10,000; when they returned the wallet to the man he offered them $1,000; and after turning down the reward the advice he gave them was, “Don’t go to Indy.”

Although people have a right to know about info like this, the story is a rumour and hardly credible. I would suggest thinking twoce before posting stories like this if you haven’t heard it from a reliable source. We don’t need to scare people any more than they already are in our current climate.

- Mad Rex

For more information go and visit www.snopes.com (urban myth resource center). Check under the category of “rumours of War” SCroll down and you will see the story of “Kindness done to a stranger, results in a warning not to drink Coca-Cola after a certain date” OF course the stranger was of Middle Eastern appearance. The story often mutates into warnings of different events..but its the same frame-work as appears on Big Kid.

Shadow you should have a word to your neighbour, as he obviously is having you on. Maybe a retraction on this site would be nice as well, so people can be set straight. Better ring the cops back as well.

How can it be part of an urban myth when my neighbours daughter and her friend are the ones who had this encounter and in turn told their mother? It’s hardly like them telling her that a friend of a friend told them or something… I would also not think her daughter would make something up like this either, she is not like that.

I understand where you guys are coming from, but when you hear it from someone you respect you tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. My neighbour is also the one who rang the police.

If this “Middle Eastern Looking” person is the one behind the joke, well it’s a pretty sick joke… But I guess it would be a good thing if this was the case (a joke and not real).

Oh well, hopefully we do have nothing to worry about like I said…

Shadow

The police have said that they will increase security… They should probably do this anyway, I say that it’s better to be safe than sorry… No one expected any of the “other” recent events to happen either, although there were warnings.

Shadow

Sorry shadow, i’m pretty sure your neighbour is just plagarising this email for a bit of fun.

Ignore this shit and kill of the fucking cunks who try to hurt us

Rak

How the hell would you know?

Who I have heard this from does NOT even have a computer (nor does the daughter) and are not the type of people to play a joke like this and I would trust them with my life…

If I were the one who picked up this persons wallet and they warned me of an impeding attack, I would not neccasarily believe them (I would take it with a extremely large grain of salt)… But if I were to tell someone about my encounter, I would expect them to listen and believe me!

It’s not a bullshit story, what I have told you is FACT!!!

If we hide, they have won.

I expect more from Bigkid … :(

*slips off to drink Progestorex-laced drink with Nigerian businessmen who have agreed to pay me 80 million dollars*

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/cocacola.htm

Of Course Shadow, in your case it maybe completely true. In which case your neighbours, daughter should go to the police and give a very good description of the man and his car.

Being a Brisbanite, I’d warn everyone to stay away from Adelaide.. Period:)

I’m not saying that the warning is false, but I’ve heard it several times from different people referencing different events/places (not including the above joke)

http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/kind.html

http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/xkind.html

This sort of legend has been around for a while, but really took off after 9/11/01 in the USA. Now only a few weeks after Bali it starts here.

Keep up the good reporting BigKid!

Let me recommend the following sites:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
http://www.ulrc.com.au/