Survival options for surviving the worst of worst-case scenarios - lifesaving lessons from survivors.
Obviously, facing multiple attackers increases your risk and decreases your survival options. You might choose to surrender and hope for mercy or pretend to surrender then explode in a preemptive attack then escape. If so, use the Clinch-Attack in Fighting Strategies on the nearest one while using him to shield you from the others. Perhaps do the same to a second thug. Try to keep your back to a wall or a tree. Attack like a mad dog. Do serious damage to at least one of them, then run off like a howling maniac hoping they decide you’re too much to pursue. If you fall, use the Defensive-Ground-Kicks in Fighting Strategies, then get up and run.
A gang rape (also known as a "party rape" because they frequently occur at drunken parties) is an escalation of a mob mentality. Often, stopping the first one with a furious self-defense stops them all.
Though similar to a gang rape, a mob or “wolf pack” attack is more frenzied. For instance:
During a parade in the summer of 2000, scores of young men rampaged through Manhattan’s Central Park terrorizing many dozens of women. One woman told how some attackers screamed "Go! Go! Go!" as others wrestled her to the ground, groping her and trying to rip off her clothing. She said, "I’ve never felt so terrified in my life. I couldn't see anything but the faces around me. I couldn't even see the skyline above me." She clawed, bit, and kicked her way free.The “wilding” mob also attacked two honeymooning newlyweds from France. They restrained the husband while groping and stripping his wife naked. Breaking free, he lay protectively on his wife until the mob moved on.
Such a rabid wolf pack would have been very difficult to stop had they been just a bit more crazed. Fortunately, this mob wasn’t particularly intent on rape or murder and thus was more easily dissuaded.
Survival of a mob attack requires emulating the above survivor: claw, bite, and kick your way free. See Fighting Strategies.
Deter a predator by carrying a Personal Security Alarm (screamer or noisemaker) & Pepper Spray in plain sight. Those pages tell you how to use them most effectively.
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