{"id":1091,"date":"2024-05-26T21:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2024-05-26T21:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:36:01","slug":"if-you-see-a-wire-tied-to-your-car-door-handle-youd-better-know-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/if-you-see-a-wire-tied-to-your-car-door-handle-youd-better-know-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"If You See A Wire Tied To Your Car Door Handle, You\u2019d Better Know What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Off The Record<br>Lately, there have been stories circulating about women who find a bottle of water on their car or see \u201c1F\u201d scribbled outside their house, and they start worrying. Viral videos suggest that these women are being targeted by kidnappers and traffickers. The \u201c1F\u201d code stands for \u201cone female,\u201d indicating that the water bottle is a ploy to lure women out of their cars.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/ddnews.us%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/lpr0kmhc82b-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-3730\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, a video has been making the rounds online. It shows a woman filming a car with a wire attached to the door handle while it is parked in a parking lot. The caption on the video says, \u201cWTF is this a joke? Someone better not get kidnapped.\u201d The video then reveals another vehicle with a wire wrapped around its handle.\n\n\n\n</p><p>@ice.lemon.water We thought it was a joke at first until we found the second one \ud83d\ude33\n\n\n\n</p><p>#fyp #foryou #foryoupage #scary #viral #trending #BoseAllOut \u266c Scary \u2013 Background Sounds<br>In response, a man posted a TikTok video explaining that putting a zip-tie, wire, or thread on a car door is a common tactic used by those looking to abduct women. He describes it as \u201cone of the oldest tricks in the book.\u201d The wire is twisted around the handle to make it difficult to remove quickly, giving thieves and kidnappers the opportunity to strike.\n\n\n\n</p><blockquote class='\"wp-block-quote\"'>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/6921533582662061318?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Freadthistory.com%2F2024%2F05%2F24%2Fif-you-see-a-wire-tied-to-your-car-door-handle-youd-better-know-what-it-means%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2uzQX1jKLPUla1QPoBQpoBXIL3Epa9gtsprkXpSuvbeUg1rW2jahTo_sE_aem_AU1WzBrvsH8dJl9twXZfM_xeJPr4jZl6pmHYjFyxriMdIu6qcYgJuiMQv7l5vLhsxQUM0avJTm54K0k7fHX6eoac&amp;embedFrom=oembed\n\n\n\n\n</p><p>He advises against removing the wire yourself and suggests returning to a safe location or an area with a high population density to seek help instead.\n\n\n\n</p><p>However, it\u2019s important to note that there\u2019s probably nothing to worry about. The \u201cwire trick\u201d was first mentioned in a Facebook post back in 2015. The police in the Canadian city where the post originated said that no kidnappings had occurred as a result of this tactic. Organizations fighting against human trafficking also haven\u2019t recognized the \u201cwire trick\u201d as a trend.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The director of the University of Toledo\u2019s Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute referred to the social media warnings as \u201cridiculous.\u201d He described them as nothing more than an urban legend or scare tactics. Authorities also point out that traffickers primarily operate online and target individuals they know, rather than strangers.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>Off The RecordLately, there have been stories circulating about women who find a bottle of water on their car or see \u201c1F\u201d scribbled outside their <a class='\"mh-excerpt-more\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/legendhorizon.com%5C/if-you-see-a-wire-tied-to-your-car-door-handle-youd-better-know-what-it-means%5C/%5C%22" title='\"If' you see a wire tied to your car door handle better know what it means>[&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1093,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions\/1093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</a></p></div></blockquote></figure></p>