Raccoon Times (CotD 2)


 * Raccoon Times, September 22,1998


 * TEENAGER ATTACKED IN CITY PARK


 * RACCOON CITY-At, approximately 6:30 P.M. last night, fourteen-
 * year-old Shanna Williamson was accosted by a mysterious stranger
 * in downtown's Birch Street Park on the way home from softball
 * practice. The man came out from behind a row of hedges at the
 * south end of the park and knocked Ms. Williamson off of her
 * bicycle before attempting to grab her. The teen managed to get
 * away with onty a few scratches, running to the nearby residence of
 * Tom and Clara Atkins; Mrs. Atkins alerted the authorities, who
 * conducted a thorough search of the park but found no sign of the
 * attacker. According to the girl (through a police statement issued
 * earlier this morning), the man appeared to be a transient; his
 * clothes and hair were dirty, and she described a bad odor coming
 * from him, a "smell like rotten fruit." She also said that he seemed
 * drunk, staggering and falling after her as she ran.
 * With the plague of cannibalistic murders from May to July still
 * unsolved, the RPD is taking Ms. Williamson's encounter very
 * seriously; the assailant bears a striking resemblance to eyewitness
 * reports of the "gang" members spotted in Victory Park last June.
 * Mayor Harris has called a press conference for later today, and
 * Police Chief Brian Irons has stated already that with the first of
 * the newly hired police officers expected next week, regular patrols
 * will extend their routes to include the downtown park blocks...