Parents need to rethink, or at least expand on the old saw about avoiding strangers. Creating such a mindset may keep them safe from sexual predators, but as this incident shows makes for a xenophobic mindset. We have enough Boo Radleys casting shadows on porches. I was also dismayed the kid found solace in a electronic game on a rescuer's cellphone. This deux ex machina we communicate on is a marvel, but when it's blue ectoplasmic reality supercedes the songbirds outside I'll shoot it with my Colt <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />