A paper recently published in the Journal of Zoology says that great white sharks hunt in a highly focused fashion, just like serial killers.
According to a report on ScienceDaily.com, the researchers used geographic profiling—a criminal investigation tool used to find serial killers based on the locations of their crimes—to examine how the hunting patters of great white sharks off the coast of South Africa.
Sharks establish well-defined hunting bases in strategic locations. The researchers noticed that smaller sharks searched further, and had less success, than larger sharks. They surmised that great white sharks refined their search patterns with experience, and concentrated their hunting in locations with the highest probability of success.
For more information on the study, read Geographic profiling works: Great white sharks’ hunting skills as refined as Jack the Ripper’s.
Dear Erin,
Thanks so much! Didn’t have any idea where to start, and as I’ve said, something just doesn’t feel right.
You’ve been tremendously helpful, and I very much appreciate it! I’m going to get researchin’
All the best,
Betty
What a helpful and an interesting thread. I especially liked Danger WR’s “Do NOT under any circumstances confront them with your knowledge of their activities or intent. ”
I am asked a lot about what I have done to P%^% him off so much. Well, I decided that my P was a good P (laughing yet? ) So, I tried to convince him that he can become human. And – oh, did I confront … OK, stupid, stupid, I know. Massive come back to show me who’s the boss. I tell myself: “I am a turtle, I am a turtle”. If not for my kids, I’d be hiding my head. But, for my kids, I am a tiger. Bet, he’s enjoying the “shark attack”. So, what choice do I have but to Fight or flight? The law is meaningless for the P, it’s a matter of power struggle. Too bad human lives are mere chess pieces. (heard an S say he felt like he was a general directing the troops).
So, damage control? My idea is to corner him. Am I playing with fire? Anyone with a crystal ball?
PInow
My experience suggests that the turtle response causes the P to immediately look for novel ways to yank your chain and bait you. Typically you won’t be tuned to these novel situations and you are prone to fall into their new trap designed to control you once again. I suggest that you have an exit strategy that makes you appear graceful to an audience of your choice and not theirs. If they have baited you then it is best to withdraw from the situation and let time pass before deciding how to address it. If you want some control start picking and choosing which situations you will address. Be unpredictable. Let some of their bait go fallow. Pick the bait that would best serve your interest and move it to a time and place that you have carefully chosen and then use it to embarrass or weaken them socially. This is a dangerous business so exercise caution. Do not do it often as they will quickly catch on and retaliate or worse yet, be nice. When they are being nice you should worry, as it typically means they are gearing up for another hard screwing at your expense.
PInow
Cornering is not necessarily a good plan. It would imply that they do not have an exit route except to go through you. When I say “through” I mean exactly that. They will go through you like a seafood meal gone bad. It is best to lead them given that they are predators. They will follow you given half a chance. So let them pick up some speed as they pursue and make sure they hurl themselves against some immovable object. This is no different than the sell them some rope so they can hang themselves trick. Make sure they pay cash.
Betty,
To my knowledge, it is not illegal to do a background check. The only thing that is illegal, at least in the US, is a credit check without the person’s permission.
Donna REALLY? I found out that the s/p had done some kind of credit check on me which even included the amount I had left to pay on my mortage, the amount of deposit I put down and EVEN the name of the family member who put up my deposit…
Untill then it never dawned on me that anyone would DO that ( it was about two monthes in) it felt like a total violation…(which is an interesting point I guess considering we as survivors are encouraged to do so…) he said anyone can for 35 bucks… is there something I can do about this?
Can someone explain to me how easy it would be for someone in the US to be able to have a printed statement like that on someone here in the uk? I dont the that kind of info is as easily accessible on this side of the pond.
RSVP!:)x
Blueskies,
Yes, it is a violation of the US Fair Credit Reporting Act to run a credit check on someone without their permission. You have the right to sue for actual damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. I don’t know how easy it would be from outside of the US, but you could look into it. Here is some info:
http://www.lovefraud.com/07_howToCheckThemOut/check_out_sociopaths.html
FYI–I paid $225 for a “background” check from a professional investigator.
The information I had was: Name (full, middle & last) Date of birth and that he “did have” a criminal background
for this, I received
Social Security number
All criminal CONVICTIONS, when and where and what the charges were. Just arrests or charges posted that were DROPPEd are NOT included, so a person could have a lonnnng record of arrests, but no convictions, so that would NOT show up on a PRIVATE report, but the cops could get this, so if you know a cop who will run the check you might get more information if they will share it with you.
ALL parole revocations (every one!)
Dates and places of incarceration, and NUMBER of his state criminal records
ALL the places he lived for last 20+ years
Name of lthe person who owned the residence he lived in
Name of NEIGHBORS who lived on the same block for all those places, along with telephone numbers.
The mug shot of him, physical description of him, and information on his RISK FACTOR for reoffense of sexual crimes (HIGH RISK)
I was NOT able to get his credit report.
One of the things you can do with the above information though, is to call the neighbors and ask what they know about him, or visit them for the same purpose. Sometimes y9ou can get a LOT of information about them that way. Sometimes not.
I took the mug shot and went from house to house around the small rental unit house I had rented to the Trojan Horse Psychopath and found that he was apparently already grooming a 12 year old boy that lived across the street. The mother was totally shocked that the “nice man” who lived in my rental unit was a CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER OF CHILDREN.
I also had one run on my then-DIL and turned up no criminal convictions, but did find her under several last names from various marriages, where she had been in the air force, and all the places she had lived, along with neighbors and their phone numbers. By the time I got that information, though, I didn’t really need to follow up on any of it, as shortly after that she was arrested for trying to kill my son, along with the Trojan horse psychopath.
After he went to prison, though, I did make contact with the VICTIM’S ADVOCATE OFFICE and that woman was a godsend. She told me how to prevent his first parole release (which actually was illegally done!) and quoted me the number of the law that would prevent him being released, and I spoke with the parole board and let them know I would be on the capitol steps screaming their names and the number of the law that prohibited them letting him out at that time, and guess what?—his parole was revoked! He did get one 7 months later though, which I could not prevent.
VICTIM’s ADVOCATEs are great resources for information that may help you. Contact them if appropriate.
Another thing the professional investigator was good for was to give me HINTS on how to LIVE UNDER THE RADAR so that I would not be easily found by another private investigator.
That was why I bought the RV because though it was :”registered” and “licensed” through the state, there were no utilities in my name, and therefore the actual PHYSICAL LOCATION of where I was was INVISIBLE to anyone doing a records search!
Rental agreements, utility bills of any kind, phone listings of any kind except the “go phones” are very traceable, car registrations and insurance and drivers license records are all easily traced, so make sure that if you are hiding out from them, that NONE of these things are in your name and actually connected to the physical LOCATION you are at.
In the US, for $10 you can get a post office to forward your mail to anywhere on a weekly basis. (even a different place every week) Postal boxes, or even postal boxes at some of the private postal lbox companies are also a good idea. If you put in a “forwarding address” with a US post office, anyone can get your new address for the price of a stamp simply by requesting it. So be careful with forwarding mail.
I solved the problem of my mail by renting a post office box, havingf all my mail forwarded there, and to keep them from watching the Post office and finding me there picking up my mail, I would send someone else to get my mail out of my PO box weekly.
And remember, you are not hiding from the cops, you are hiding from a private individual.
If you are working and they know where your job is, you may have to quit and take another job somewhere else. Also if you work with a license (like a nurse or an attorney) you may have to “sling hash” for a while because you can be traced through your professional license. I was fortunate that I was retired.
Thanks Donna:)
If anyone has any further advice about how to go about this I would be very grateful, the only dealings I have ever had with solicitors were to do with conveyance 🙁 I will look into where I stand with this. x
Chuckle, my family is an relatively well known ‘old money’ family – but what I have is just the name – everything else is down to my own graft. He must of thought he was onto a winner, what a shock he must have got to find all I had was a wee house to my name:) Maybe he stuck around a bit longer with thoughts of an eventual inheritance … but got bored waiting…