[Sca-cooks] Woman fends of knife wielding attacker by using pewtermug as a weapon at Pennsic

[Bill Fisher]

This is the kind of thing that makes me believe that Pennsic is now too large.

This would not have happened at a smaller event. In past years I have
pried men off of drunk women who did not want the attentions.

Cadoc


On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:39:03 -0400, Kirsten Houseknecht
<kirsten at fabricdragon.com> wrote:
> What day/night at Pennsic did this happen? i never heard a peep about it!!!!
> 
> sadly there are attacks and assaults at Pennsic every year, but they are
> usually *unarmed* attackers... and/or guys trying to take advantage of women
> who appear to be drunk.
> Kirsten Houseknecht
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon Gordon" <gordonse at one.net>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:54 PM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Woman fends of knife wielding attacker by using
> pewtermug as a weapon at Pennsic
> 
> > Greetings to the list!
> >
> > I [Catalina dell' Acqua
> > akgnome at yahoo.com ]
> >  took this with permission from another message board
> > I am on.  This comes from the victim herself.  Please
> > cross-post.
> >
> > "Woman Attacked at Pennsic
> > Thursday, August 19, around 4:30 am Jericho the Red of
> > Timberwolfe was attacked while walking from the Lost
> > Boys (block W20) to Timberwolfe (block E28). Her
> > attack was reported to both security and the local
> > police while on site, but her attacker is still at
> > large.
> > The details are as follows: She passed a man who
> > appeared to be stumbling drunk. As soon as she passed
> > him he hit her on the back of the head with a blunt
> > object and knocked her down to the ground on the side
> > of the road. He had a knife, which he tried to get to
> > her throat. He cut her hands as she deflected the
> > knife. She repeatedly bashed him in the face with her
> > pewter mug and managed to kick him off of her. He is
> > between 5"8" and 6", dark shoulder length hair (or
> > thereabouts), goatee, medium skin tone, light eyes,
> > medium build. He was wearing a blackwatch kilt at the
> > time and no tatoos on the chest or upper arms. He
> > knocked her down hard enough for her to have seriously
> > deep tissue bruising, but besides that, the cuts on
> > her hands and the emotional upset she was un-harmed,
> > as he ran off when she proved to be a fighter. She
> > also now has a slight case of poison ivy, which may
> > have occured from the side of the road, so he may also
> > have poison ivy in addition to the facial lacerations
> > on the left side of his face, particularly near the
> > brow bone and damage rib cage.
> > If you have possible tips or leads please contact PA
> > state Police, Butler County, 724-284-8100 We were
> > unable to get this in the Pennsic Independent, but
> > want as many people to know as possible, as others'
> > safety may be at stake. Please, do not let your women
> > walk unescorted after dark at Pennsic. We are also
> > asking that swampie camps povide and care for two
> > tikis to keep and maintain along the dark part of the
> > road on the Great Middle Highway and the Causeway near
> > E28.
> >
> > if you have any questions..
> > contact me,
> > Jericho the Red
> > jerichothered at hotmail.com"
> >
> > Thanks for the bandwidth.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> places
> > where you must walk."   -Ancient Egyptian Blessing
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