I'll play along....
"I am NOT saying this event happened, it could easily be just another urban legend. What I am saying is that said Goldie's hypothesis isn't crazy. "
I didn't say it was crazy either. And it's not a hypothesis..it's something she heard from someone else...ie. second hand. That alone carries with it skepticism, in a town filled with lies and bullshit.
"I got mugged, I got in a bar fight, My buddies and I were drunk rough housing and I fell and clipped my head on a table. 4 stitches and some serious bruises? phht. My buddy had to have his jaw wired shut and sip his meals through a straw for 3 weeks after a bar fight. If I had to choose between bar fight, or hooker gone wrong, which do you think I'm saying? "
Of course he lies if it's a hooker thing and there aren't cops involved. It just seems a little weak to me for a guy not to call the cops, if he has a choice, that is, when he gets robbed and bludgeoned. What does he tell the cops? He doesn't need to say "I tried to get with two hookers". He says "someone knocked on my door, when I opened it, they shoved it in and the rest is clear to the naked eye". That lie goes both ways. If it turns out they are hookers, oh well. He can say he must have been drugged becuase he doesn;t remember. Any sordid fact that being with a hooker presents can be explained away with some 'other' lie.
"This assumes they a) told the hotel b)what they told the hotel was the truth c) the room was really a bloody mess, I mean if it was HUGE mess he would have bled out before they found him. From the sound of it, the victim wasn't exactly demanding time on camera. "
I don't know what hotel has their cleaning staff NOT report out-of-the-ordinary cleaning situations when they come across them. It's the basis for charging the hotel guest for the damage. If it's a trace of blood? Sure, I agree with you. If the guy had his head split open with an iron and stapled, there's blood. Someone's going to pay for that shit and the hotel is likely going to make the guest. Would the cops be called? Again, maybe not. If there's enough blood, a hotel's not going to risk the blowback if it turns out to but something serious. I think that's tantamount to obstruction of justice. No decent hotel risks that vs the blurb in a local newspaper about a violent attack at their hotel.
"I've seen much worse not be reported, the train I was on one morning hit a pedestrian with his two kids. Not one blip on the news. People get mugged, beaten, raped and such every day, it's not possible for every event that even warrants the attention to get it. Violence from and to prostitutes while terrible (and deserving of attention) is hardly newsworthy. "
Just curious....you saw a train you were on hit 3 people and it didn't make the news.....did you report it? I'm not sure I could sleep at night knowing 3 people were hit by a train I was on and it was swept under the rug. I'd call around and see wtf. That's just me.
And your last statement, while it may be true...is pretty sad. And that is the one point I guess I have a hard time defending. You're right. Lots of shit happens in this world and no one hears about it, because ultimately no one cares. Pretty fucked up society we live in at times.
I guess it could have happened...the way she heard it. Sure. I am stuck on that guy's link. But I suppose there's only so many ways to jack a guy. I just think lying about the circumstances is a two way street. Not a reason NOT to call the cops. Someone staples me in the head I want his ass pursued...and there's enough cameras in a hotel to ID who and when if you did tell the hotel and the cops
The point is this guy is leaving with staples and a hell of a story.