[NEohioPAL]Important Message from Allstate Insurance

[Nina McCollum]

This is an Urban Legend.  Always a good idea to look
these up on the Internet before forwarding them to a
large group of people.

Here is the reference from snopes.com:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/spunkbal.asp 
and a paragraph from their description:
Horribly spelled warnings about homicidal teens
playing "spunkball" began turning up on the Internet
in February 2000 (and, since no good hoax is allowed
to go to waste when there are new netizens yet to be
japed, the phony Spunkball warning was dusted off and
recirculated in March 2002). There's nothing to the
alert, however — no stories have appeared in the press
to support the claim that even one such incident has
occurred, let alone that there's a nationwide epidemic
underway. Likewise, there are no reports of any
spunkball-related deaths. Consider yourself safe from
such a menace and feel free to leave your car windows
down at red lights. 



--- Jose Nunez <jrnunez at ameritech.net> wrote:
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> ALL STATE INSURANCE COMPANY sent this E mail.
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> Windows.
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> Please keep all windows rolled up when stopped at
> traffic lights, as only cars with windows down are
> being targeted. Groups of teenagers have been
> caught, in alarming numbers, in NY, Calif., Boston,
> Fl. and other large cities, playing a new and
> dangerous game called SPUNKBALL. Spunkball consists
> of a group of teens in a car pulling up to a
> stoplight. and looking around for a car stopped near
> by with an open window. When one is spotted, the
> teens shout,  "SPUNKBALL", and throw a gasoline
> soaked rag that has been wrapped in aluminum foil
> through the open  window. On the outside of the foil
> is attached a small firecracker, with the fuse lit.
> When the firecracker explodes, it shreds the foil,
> and the rag is ignited causing a large flame that 
> may catch the interior of the car on fire. Spunkball
> playing has already claimed two lives, caused
> uncountable injuries due to burns, and caused
> thousands of dollars in damage to automobiles. The
> best defense, say authorities,  is to keep al
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>  windows rolled up when stopped at traffic lights,
> as  only cars with windows down are being targeted. 
> If you are at a red  light and hear a shout of
> "SPUNKBALL", and notice  something come flying in
> your window, the best thing to do is to have all
> passengers immediately exit the vehicle. DO NOT try
> to  retrieve the object, as it will ignite once the
> firecracker explodes. 
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