Have you ever seen something that disturbed you so much that you have never forgotten about it?

[Anonymous]

I fell into a web hole one evening and found a web forum for pedophiles (I was reading an article about the seedy side of the internet and followed a series of links) The things they posted about haunt me to this day -- the way they talked about children they saw out in public, and the totally seemingly innocent ways they tried to get close to children in public that they found attractive. A lot of them were convinced that some of these children were "hitting" on them. It was absolutely horrifying and I wish I had never read it.

[Anonymous]

I was abroad for work in a country just at the tail end of a violent conflict and I came walking down a hill into the center of town from a meeting and saw a man shot in the head and killed by a sniper in front of me. I was just at the top of a set of stairs and he was at the bottom. Peacekeepers came really fast to take him to the hospital and try and find the sniper and they closed off the stairs. I was in shock and could only think to ask how long the path would be shut because I would have to take the long way round back to my office. Bugs me to this day that was all I could think to say. I can still picture his body at the bottom of the stairs all crumpled up.

[Anonymous]

about 20years ago i was walking on the street in dc close to alley when i see this man rubbing is pennies on the light post i was so shock. then he look at me and say i am sarry

[Anonymous]

Stopped briefly on Animal Planet or some channel like that, just long enough to see a dog be put down. That was at least 10 years ago and I can still see it vividly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread, pretty much.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Not really disturbing but I read about a man who lost consciousness after a traffic accident on road in a sparsely populated small town. The police and no ambulance were called. He woke up and found that his wallet had been stolen from him pants pocket. It was probably the other driver who crashed into him.

[Anonymous]

i was in pediatric residency and one early morning (7am) we got told about a child coming up from the ER. She has been abused and was being admitted only until they found a placement - a "social" admission. The mother's boyfriend had been beating mother with a baseball bat that whole night and there were 2 kids in the home - ages 3 and 6 - 6 year old got caught in the crossfire again and again. When child was brought up, she was missing large patches of hair - the man had pulled so much of it out. But what i noticed the most was how scared of all human contact she was. She crawled beneath a crib that was in her shared room and wouldn't come out. She was just terrified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I fell into a web hole one evening and found a web forum for pedophiles (I was reading an article about the seedy side of the internet and followed a series of links) The things they posted about haunt me to this day -- the way they talked about children they saw out in public, and the totally seemingly innocent ways they tried to get close to children in public that they found attractive. A lot of them were convinced that some of these children were "hitting" on them. It was absolutely horrifying and I wish I had never read it.

I did this too- and I cannot shake off what I read- fortunately no pictures- but reading about a man who dated a mom who offered her infant to be sexually abused and he described it all- it frightens me so much that I am just super vigilant. I wish DH had read this too since he's so easy breezy meanwhile I'm frankly not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i was in pediatric residency and one early morning (7am) we got told about a child coming up from the ER. She has been abused and was being admitted only until they found a placement - a "social" admission. The mother's boyfriend had been beating mother with a baseball bat that whole night and there were 2 kids in the home - ages 3 and 6 - 6 year old got caught in the crossfire again and again. When child was brought up, she was missing large patches of hair - the man had pulled so much of it out. But what i noticed the most was how scared of all human contact she was. She crawled beneath a crib that was in her shared room and wouldn't come out. She was just terrified.

Similar scene for me. I saw a child at a DC hospital who had no legs. His mother burned them on the stove when she was high on PCP. He was a handsome pleasant boy who had the wrong mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i was in pediatric residency and one early morning (7am) we got told about a child coming up from the ER. She has been abused and was being admitted only until they found a placement - a "social" admission. The mother's boyfriend had been beating mother with a baseball bat that whole night and there were 2 kids in the home - ages 3 and 6 - 6 year old got caught in the crossfire again and again. When child was brought up, she was missing large patches of hair - the man had pulled so much of it out. But what i noticed the most was how scared of all human contact she was. She crawled beneath a crib that was in her shared room and wouldn't come out. She was just terrified.

Similar scene for me. I saw a child at a DC hospital who had no legs. His mother burned them on the stove when she was high on PCP. He was a handsome pleasant boy who had the wrong mother.

BTW, he was nine when it happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I fell into a web hole one evening and found a web forum for pedophiles (I was reading an article about the seedy side of the internet and followed a series of links) The things they posted about haunt me to this day -- the way they talked about children they saw out in public, and the totally seemingly innocent ways they tried to get close to children in public that they found attractive. A lot of them were convinced that some of these children were "hitting" on them. It was absolutely horrifying and I wish I had never read it.

I must be the only other person who wants to know what these guys are thinking. I just want to know what to watch out for, but I will never go on one of those web sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I fell into a web hole one evening and found a web forum for pedophiles (I was reading an article about the seedy side of the internet and followed a series of links) The things they posted about haunt me to this day -- the way they talked about children they saw out in public, and the totally seemingly innocent ways they tried to get close to children in public that they found attractive. A lot of them were convinced that some of these children were "hitting" on them. It was absolutely horrifying and I wish I had never read it.

I once found myself on a racist web site that had a few paragraphs about Jewish men getting "our women" who were naively "lured" by the high incomes of "these men". It was eerie. It then went on to say in a National Socialist form that the women forget what their kids will look like.
The web site even had photos of mixed kids (of all mixtures) explaining why no white woman should mix. I was amazed at the detail describing shape of face...really obsessed. I think that some of the posters were out of South Africa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 15 years ago I parked my car to go into a supermarket. As I left my vehicle, I noticed an older sedan next to me with a woman sitting behind the wheel and a girl of about six in the back seat. It looked like they had everything they owned in that car. When I left the store they were gone. I have always wondered, who were they? Where were they going? Did they have a place to go? Did they need help?

I know it sounds crazy, but I have never gotten this picture out of my mind.

Wow. This may have been me and my mom in California. We were homeless and didn't have anywhere to go so we slept in the car showered at the public pool washed up in the bathrooms of fast food restaurants and cooked dinner in an electric skillet using the socket right next to our storage unit.

On second thought the little girl and woman you saw probably wasn't US but someone just like US. This was my life this was my story and for the longest time I resented my mother for subjecting me to this.

Now when I lay down at night I kiss my infant on the forehead and pray for all of the little children in the world who are just like me.

I am sorry. I hope that you will never see that kind of poverty or deprivation again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had just moved to Capitol Hill when Catherine Fuller was brutally murdered near 8th and H street NE. A horrific crime and one that made national news.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/1985-dc-murder-convictions-will-stand-judge-rules/2012/08/06/9ebf106a-dfc8-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_story.html

OMG Horrendous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was abroad for work in a country just at the tail end of a violent conflict and I came walking down a hill into the center of town from a meeting and saw a man shot in the head and killed by a sniper in front of me. I was just at the top of a set of stairs and he was at the bottom. Peacekeepers came really fast to take him to the hospital and try and find the sniper and they closed off the stairs. I was in shock and could only think to ask how long the path would be shut because I would have to take the long way round back to my office. Bugs me to this day that was all I could think to say. I can still picture his body at the bottom of the stairs all crumpled up.

Bosnia?