Reply #72: Back in the late '70s I was an intended victim [View All]

[peace frog]

of a serial rapist in Dade County, Florida dubbed by the media as the "Bird Road Rapist". His M/O was to follow lone female drivers along isolated stretches of Bird Rd, Miller Rd and Sunset Dr, drive up right against their rear bumpers and flash his lights to make them stop their cars, then attack them. The local newspaper refused to print details of the rapes so as not to alarm the populace, which means I was unaware of this creep's crimes.

Anyhoo, I was headed into South Miami down Sunset Drive to visit friends one fine evening when Numbnuts appeared out of nowhere and pulled the headlight-flashing routine, but I did NOT stop the car or pull over as he was used to his victims doing. I did, however, get a very good look at his face in the reflected lights of my rear-view mirror. Enraged, he pulled his car alongside mine on the left and I saw he was aiming a gun at my head. HA, right! Like I'm gonna sit still for him to shoot me! I slammed on the gas and tore off down the road, while Nutjob peeled off in another direction.

I arrived at my friends' home safe and sound and chalked the incident up to a random bizarre encounter with a weirdo. Later (much later) the newspaper finally went public with the story because there were so many victims, and I realized my would-be assailant was probably the infamous Bird Road Rapist. Sure enough, when they finally caught the creep, I immediately recognized his photo as the same face I saw that night in my rearview mirror. He was convicted, sentenced and incarcerated... good riddance!