*PLEASE READ THIS* !! man climbs in back of car whilst lady paying for fuel!!!!

Look up Urban Myths via Google - this is one of the most common ones biker. Any such incidents that are genuine are circulated by the relevant police force and will come via statutory agencies. They will bear the police force logo and have contact information. This one has been ciculating for several years. Will you reassure your mum, please?

I know its a myth carol but I still lock my doors when I go to pay, and if the GC are in it usually sets the alarm off

Here's one of the stories - there's quite a few versions

www.hoax-slayer.com/backseat-rapist.shtml

I also always lock my car when paying for petrol - don't want the car being stolen!

I always try and fill up at a Pay at the Pump one so I don't have to leave the car. Always lock it if I do have to leave it though.

oh right....will take a look....but like *glassortwo^ says...it could very well happen.. easily.....I will go n read now......(my mum doesnt drive ) so she ok.....I will inform her tomorrow....

ok read them.............yes I can see now......but!! I still think we need to be aware,,,as it could easily be very true.....

I feel slightly easier now...as didn't know where the story or incident had come from ..area etc.....and we have enough worries..in life!

glass if you use the key in the car door (in the old fashioned way) to lock the car instead of pressing the key fob button it should lock the doors without setting the alarm. I sometimes have to leave my dog in the car for a couple of minutes and I can lock it like this and he doesn't set the alarm off!

The incident you've described comes from a film from quite a few years ago - can't remember the name, now, but I spotted it once when I was passing on this urban myth info to someone else. The police in Manchester sent probation some guidelines about these scary stories when we enquired a few years ago, as there was a flood of them circulating.

If something like this really did happen, police advise it would definitely make national headlines and petrol station forecourts all have CCTV so this footage would be seized and circulated to the public.

That's handy to know yoga. My dog has set the alarm off a few times when I've locked the car to nip back in the house. Thanks.

Thanks yoga think the GC were going to have hearing problems and I would be sprinting the 100mt dash to try to get back before the alarm

I have heard many variations of this over the years. However I don't take any chances and I never leave my car unlocked whilst paying for petrol. Whilst driving in certain areas I always use my central locking and keep windows closed.

After being momentarily horrified, I have enjoyed many of these myths over the years. Have you heard the one about Granny dying on a holiday abroad with her family and being rolled up in a carpet and being put on the roof of the car so that she can be taken home to be buried? All went well, until the car was stolen. What a dilemma! Can't remember what the end of the story was but, as it was one of the first I'd heard, I believed it for days.

there was one about a severed hand or finger being left behind by a hitchhiker, ages and ages ago. These tales predate the internet, but the internet helps them to keep on going round.
Loved the one about the planet mars being SO close it will look bigger than the moon. doh. There was one about people spraying perfume that was actually dangerous as well.
Oh and the evidence that clingfilm will you cancer was based on a teenagers science project.
having said that, leaving a car unlocked while you pay for fuel would be unwise.

Yes I lock my doors and also use my central locking system when waiting at traffic lights at night or having a break during along journey.
When coming out of bank with a baby in pushchair I was 'helped' through the swing doors, and when I got home my holiday cash was all gone. I had a wad of foreign currency notes in my closed handbag. I have not trusted strangers since then.

I always lock my car when paying for petrol. I have done this since I was told that if you leave your car unlocked on a filling station forecourt and it is stolen, the insurance company may not pay your claim.