It generally is. If not for this thread I would give her the benefit of the doubt. Hell I still do. I am not calling her a liar. Just that the story has for whatever reason been called into question. Because of this, benefit of the doubt is no longer enough.
Sure this is an anonymous board. No one is asking that she post her address, merely that she clear up the inconsistancies. That is not to much to ask.
It’s not weird if you’re close to the trucking industry and it smells like bullshit. Of course BWS didn’t reveal that he was close to the industry until after the warning so no harm on your part there. I agree that we should be more skeptical of a newbie but in this case the information was credible. Definitely worth keeping an eye on but not a warning.
After typing all of this, I realize that it’s really not that big of a deal. Thanks for the reply.
I have no problem with this. If the facts seem to indicate dishonesty or fabrication in someone’s posts, I’d say it’s fine to call them on it. Members of this board have rarely suffered bullshit silently, and I don’t expect you to start now.
That said, though, there is a line between realizing things don’t add up in a given case and donning the troll hunter hat and conducting message board inquisitions. Dedicated troll hunters are not welcome here.
Speaking as someone who has undergone the trauma of rape - more than once. I can say with no hesitattion I’d rather lose a leg than go through rape(s) again.
Although I’d rather avoid EITHER scenario, but you asked “me” to pic.
Inky
For the record, I do not doubt that someone she knows was injured in a car wreck. The part that I have problems with is the spin. The little touches that make the story oh so poignant. SM has a habit (well probably not a habit, maybe a tendancy) of unwarranted Pittings. Fine, somebody somewhere got hurt.
But this: Those damn dirty drug addled truckers damn near killed my daddy.
That is a little over the top for the actual situation IMO. It reeks of attention seeking BS.
Speaking as some one who has undergone the trauma of rape- more than once, I can say with out hesitation that I’d rather go through a rape again than lose a limb.
I, too would rather avoid both, but just sayin’ for me the choice would be different than you.
Silly idea here, BWS…did you call the Nebraska equivalent of the Highway Patrol and ask if such a wreck had occurred?
I thought under NAFTA drivers can be required ti drive 11 hours straight? 
Fair enough, and I respect your decision. Here’s hoping we never endure either.
Inky
Just wanted to ask if the OP was coming back to answer questions or to give more information. Did anyone else check for accidents in that area?
Shit just got a whole lot more complicated than I ever expected. I’m trying to find out what I can.
I thought you *did * know what happened. For the sake of those who have cared about you in this thread, I’d ask you to please come back and explain, even if you don’t feel you should have to.
I thought I knew what happened, then people started pointing out that there were no news articles about it, so I did my own searching, and found nothing as well. He mentioned something about a blurb about the trucker in a paper he had, but he hasn’t been online since early yesterday, and I didn’t think to ask for a copy of it. So right now I don’t know what to believe, and I apologize for making a few of you think that I had ill intent toward all truckers, when that isn’t the case at all. A few of us are doing a little research of our own to try to find out exactly what’s going on, but right now, there isn’t much I can say here.
Go ahead, start flaming. I’m used to it.
I’m confused. Have you seen your Dad? Is he indeed missing an arm and a leg?
I think what we want to know is, "did the accident really happen, and what is the condition of the man who ‘is like a father to you’ ".
absolutely.
Seems no one at his house wants to answer the phone since I left him a few suspicious questions in offline messages. I don’t know. I’ve been told I’m a stupid sucker, so I guess that’s the route I’m going with now.
The one thing I can’t get over is the absence of internet news articles. I inquired about that in offline messages and have yet to hear back from him. Most everything else could have a logical explaination. I don’t know.
Thanks for coming back to clear up some things, but I’m a little confused.
Is this man your father or just a close friend who fulfills a paternal role in your life?
When’s the last time you saw him and why do you think he’d want to avoid you or to mislead you about his accident?
Why would your dad (or a father figure) want to lie to you? (I got that from your last post–the one where you said you’ve been told you’re a “stupid sucker”). I mean, he’s going to see you sometime, correct? Thanksgiving, Christmas, family events…Kinda hard to hide still having limbs after what he told you about his accident.
We’re not related. We’ve never even met. But he’s been there for me talking me through a bunch of shit, on YIM and on the phone, and I thought I knew him. Apparently I was wrong. I’m seeing more inconsistencies the more I think about the whole thing, and until he comes online and I get some answers, or develop my own answers if he eludes me, I don’t know much more than you do.
This man, whom you’ve never met, has become a father figure to you and was bringing you a car.
On the way to bringing you a car, he was nearly killed by a semi-truck driver high on drugs.
We have since learned there is no record of such a serious accident occuring on the Nebraska highways.
I am getting more and more confused.