headlights dallas

From: woodcock@bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock)
Subject: Re: flashing headlights / "Lights out" initiation?
Date: 20 Sep 1993 15:32:48 GMT

"Lights out" hit Dallas, TX, USA this weekend in a BIG way.  It was
mentioned on 2 different radio stations during the news breaks and also
announced over the loudspeaker at a high school football game I
attended.  They all said that it was "gang initiation week" in Dallas
(mark your calendars; hotels and airlines giving discounts to induce
tourist participation) and that gang members would be driving with their
lights off.  Of course, we were warned not to flash our lights because
that "could make you the victim of the initiation".  One radio station
reported that the consequence would be "followed home and killed" while
the other station and the announcer reported it simply as "violence,
possibly gunfire".  The ballgame announcer said the "sherrif's office"
had called and that this announcement was being given at all "large
gatherings to spread the word."  This was all on Friday.  On Sunday I
heard a followup from one radio station (who had correctly reported the
story as a rumor after checking with the local police who said they had
heard similar stories for about 2 months now) that no incidents were
recorded in the Metroplex area all weekend.
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