Re: Spunkball

[Guest guest]

See these sites:

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/spunkball.html

http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/mayhem/spunkbal.htm

Hasn't made any newspapers.

Take care, Bill Werre

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Ann M wrote:

I received this from my cousin that works for

Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce

I

don't know if this is true Subject:

Alert

Subject: Very

Important Please Read!!! Heard anything about this?

>

>Please keep all windows

rolled up when stopped at traffic lights, as

>only cars with windows

down are being targeted. Groups of teenagers

>have

>been caught, in alarming

numbers, playing a new and dangerous game

>called Spunkball.! Spunkball

consists of a group of teens in a car

>pulling up to a stoplight,

and looking around for a car stopped near

>by

>with an open window. When

one is spotted, the teens shout,

>"Spunkball",

>and throw a gasoline soaked

rag that has been wrapped in aluminum foil

>through the open window.

On the outside of the foil attached a small

>firecracker, with the fuse

lit.

>When the firecracker explodes,

it shreds the foil, and the rag is ignited,

>causing a large flame that

may catch the interior of the car on fire.

>Spunkball playing has already

claimed two lives, caused uncountable

injuries

>due to burns, and caused

thousands of dollars in damage to automobiles.

>The best defense, say authorities,

is to keep all windows rolled up when

>stopped at traffic lights,

as only cars with windows down are being

>targeted.

>If you are at a red light

and hear a shout of "Spunkball", and notice

>something come flying in

your window, the best thing to do is to have all

>passengers immediately

exit the vehicle. DO NOT try to retrieve the object,

>as it will ignite once

the firecracker explodes.

>PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO

EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT.

>Bea Maggio, FCLS Allstate

Insurance Co

N. Wallace Kelleman, Esq.