Trigger Warning
My husband of 38 years and I were just finishing up 31 miles of biking in the countryside when we pulled into a small Ohio town to retrieve our car. A small car with two adolescent males with a PA system announces loudly to my husband that they were going to “Rape your wife.”
They then pull their car up to me and start their sexual diatribe on me. At first I was confused because I didn’t understand what they were saying but then it sunk in. Being a woman of 60 who was exhausted after a long, hard bike ride, I could only muster a look of annoyance which seemed to make them more angry and they became even more verbally abusive.
Darn, I had my phone camera with me and I didn’t think to take a photo of them or their car nor did I call the police until a couple days later. I am in the process of writing a letter to the city paper and will include a description of what happened and links to websites such as yours, because women, even older women in this community are at risk. Thanks for this site!
– DAS
Location: Eaton, Ohio
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