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. -- THANX...Gregg day 214.684.7380 night 214.495.5280 TEXAS NOT CANADA! woodcock@bnr.ca woodcock@sdf.lonestar.org bn202@cleveland.freenet.edu *CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR BUY/SELL/TRADE PRE-NINTENDO (ARCADE/HOME)* "If you quote me on this I'll have to deny it; I won't remember because I have such a bad memory. Not only that, but my memory is *terrible*."