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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to an excerpt from Guthrie's 2024 book in childhood, they used to play a pretend kidnapping game, and the mother would play along. I do not know anyone who pretended to be kidnapped for pretend play, do you? That childhood story does not age well.

https://parade.com/news/savannah-guthrie-memoir-childhood-kidnappings-nancy-missing

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From the article:

[i]“About once a year, in the summertime, Cousin Teri orchestrated a ‘kidnapping’ of my sister and me,” Savannah wrote.

She then went on to explain how the situation would play out, adding “The cousins would visit for a few days at our house in Tucson, and then, on the morning they were to leave, Teri would wake us up early, shushing us in the predawn darkness as we made our escape. We would all pile into her rickety station wagon and head north.”

Savannah recalled calling her mother from a pay phone during one of the so called “kidnappings,” writing, “Mom! Cousin Teri kidnapped us to take us to her house!” She said her mother would pretend to be shocked before promising to drive up and get them a few days later.[/i][/quote]

Ok yes. This seems very odd, especially considering the current situation. But honestly, this was pretty typical Gen X behavior. We did weird stuff like that. I once lodged a knife in my armpit and put ketchup around it to scare my brother. I thought I was being funny. We would pretend to run away from home and spend the afternoon in the alley behind our house acting like we were on the lam and just hanging on by a thread. There was a popular, cute little family movie called Savannah Smiles (ironic) about a little girl who ran away and was held hostage by two convicts.

Idk, it was just a different time. [/quote]

I am Gen X and grew up in Tucson.  It was super common to “kidnap” someone for their birthday or other special occasion.  You showed up super early to their house, dragged them out of bed in their Jammies with bed head and took them to the Village Inn for waffles.  If you didn’t get kidnapped ever, it was super depressing because it meant your friends didn’t love you enough.  Or sometimes you’d go for a morning picnic in the wash — but village inn was more common.  And you’d steal the table topper (those plastic things that advertised the desserts) as a momento.[/quote]

Maybe it's a regional thing. I am Gen x and grew up in the East Coast and where I lived this was definitely NOT a thing. The only time "kidnapping" came up was when we were told not to accept candy from men in white vans. It definitely was not part of our pretend play as young kids, and not a part of teen fun. This definitely adds perspective, because I found it quite strange before you mentioned how common it is. [/quote]

Gen X grew up in Chicago and this was a thing for teams. New members would be "kidnapped" out of bed and dressed up in silly outfits to wear to school. It's just a prank and the parents are in on it like surprising someone for their birthday with a party.[/quote]

Elder millennial from Miami. My high school dance team did this for new members after tryouts. [/quote]
Guys we do not care. This has nothing to do with Nancy Guthrie at all. [/quote]

Oh did you think you were actively solving the crime and were momentarily distracted? [/quote]

No, the woman is clearly dead and may never be returned but you all competing to share stories trying to prove you were popular and how only losers weren’t kidnapped to go to Denny’s on their birthday or after dance tryouts is excessively idiotic in the context of this thread. [/quote]

Thank you. JFC people. [b]You being faked kidnapped 20-30 years ago as a prank has nothing to do with Nancy Guthrie[/b]. It's probably time for the gun/penis positioning people to take a break as well.[/quote]

Neither does Savannah being fake kidnapped by her cousins have anything to do with it but people kept insisting this was a bizarre ritual and therefore must be related to Nancy's disappearance.[/quote]

We had someone "fake kidnap" one of my siblings when we were little and it was a traumatic event that included the police. Other than that I don't know of a single person who fake kidnapped anyone in the 80s. I read of one indident of someone who "fake kidnapped" their own kid to teach them a lesson and the kid was taken away and put in foster care and the parent and aunt were arrested for child cruelty. SO sorry, that is not and was not a normal thing to do.[/quote]

I don’t know what weirdo-shit you’re talking about but nobody is confused when your friends prearrange with your parents to let them in the house early as they surprise you in bed and take you somewhere in celebration. Guess you missed out. [/quote]

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