Hello girls,
I am typing this message to all of you as sort of a warning. I think that the majority of us have received an e-mail regarding the rape drug that was slipped into a girls drink at some pub in the Market, here in Ottawa. Well, sometimes when I receive things like that, I do not always believe them, or I just brush it off, believing that I am invisible and it will not happen to me. The thing is girls, things like this does happen.
I would like to let you all know what happened to me last night, and remind you all to never walk home alone, to stay on lighted pathways, and to always be aware.
Last night there was a admin pub at F&S. Me and my girl friend went there at 6:00pm to meet up with members of our faculty to socialize and have a good time. At 8:30pm, we decided to leave, both a little buzzing. I walked her home to her residence in Brooks, before making my own walk home to Russell street in SandyHill. My first mistake, walking home alone. The walk would have been four blocks; I thought it was too much of a hassle to have someone walk me home, plus it wasn't that far. I didn't need someone to walk with me.
On Somerset, a man I noticed, had crossed the street awkwardly to my side of the street. His eyes were darting around, as if to look for other people. As he passed by me, he was calling obscenities to me, and brought out his dick and started to jerk on it. I froze, I was alone, and not in a sober state of mind. He brushed by me girls, and this is the worst part about it. Why did I not kick him then? I started to walk faster, and turned around to see if he was following me. He was. I started to run, and so did he. As I came to Russell and Somerset, I was in a full out tear-blinding run into my friends house, right on the corner.
Girls, I can only imagine what would have happened if I didn't have a house to run into. This experience has really scared me, which is obviously what the guy wanted. My guys friends ended up running out of their house as soon as I could get the words out "There's a guy, disgusting, ran after me." Later, after they took me back home, I called the police. They came to my house, and I made a report.
The next scariest thing, is that the same description of a man, same experience, happened to another girl about two weeks ago, in the same area of SandyHill.
Girls, we have embassies, crack houses, student houses, family homes, churches, and even ex cons living in our neighborhood. This does happen in this neighborhood, and has happened now twice. I want to reemphasize that you should NOT be walking home alone, no matter what time of night it is. 9:00pm is not late, but this still happened. I can't get the scared feeling out of me now, walking home. I'm sure it will pass with time, but I know now I will not be walking home alone, no matter what time of the night.
Thank you for your time, and please pass this on to other girls that you know at Ottawa U. Please spread the warning.
Kelly Newell
Honours Baccalaureate in Commerce
Option Human Resource Management
University of Ottawa
I am typing this message to all of you as sort of a warning. I think that the majority of us have received an e-mail regarding the rape drug that was slipped into a girls drink at some pub in the Market, here in Ottawa. Well, sometimes when I receive things like that, I do not always believe them, or I just brush it off, believing that I am invisible and it will not happen to me. The thing is girls, things like this does happen.
I would like to let you all know what happened to me last night, and remind you all to never walk home alone, to stay on lighted pathways, and to always be aware.
Last night there was a admin pub at F&S. Me and my girl friend went there at 6:00pm to meet up with members of our faculty to socialize and have a good time. At 8:30pm, we decided to leave, both a little buzzing. I walked her home to her residence in Brooks, before making my own walk home to Russell street in SandyHill. My first mistake, walking home alone. The walk would have been four blocks; I thought it was too much of a hassle to have someone walk me home, plus it wasn't that far. I didn't need someone to walk with me.
On Somerset, a man I noticed, had crossed the street awkwardly to my side of the street. His eyes were darting around, as if to look for other people. As he passed by me, he was calling obscenities to me, and brought out his dick and started to jerk on it. I froze, I was alone, and not in a sober state of mind. He brushed by me girls, and this is the worst part about it. Why did I not kick him then? I started to walk faster, and turned around to see if he was following me. He was. I started to run, and so did he. As I came to Russell and Somerset, I was in a full out tear-blinding run into my friends house, right on the corner.
Girls, I can only imagine what would have happened if I didn't have a house to run into. This experience has really scared me, which is obviously what the guy wanted. My guys friends ended up running out of their house as soon as I could get the words out "There's a guy, disgusting, ran after me." Later, after they took me back home, I called the police. They came to my house, and I made a report.
The next scariest thing, is that the same description of a man, same experience, happened to another girl about two weeks ago, in the same area of SandyHill.
Girls, we have embassies, crack houses, student houses, family homes, churches, and even ex cons living in our neighborhood. This does happen in this neighborhood, and has happened now twice. I want to reemphasize that you should NOT be walking home alone, no matter what time of night it is. 9:00pm is not late, but this still happened. I can't get the scared feeling out of me now, walking home. I'm sure it will pass with time, but I know now I will not be walking home alone, no matter what time of the night.
Thank you for your time, and please pass this on to other girls that you know at Ottawa U. Please spread the warning.
Kelly Newell
Honours Baccalaureate in Commerce
Option Human Resource Management
University of Ottawa
