Rebecca S is sceptical about Elizabeth Smart. Is she smart too?
I'm glad, for the sake of the everyone concerned, that Elizabeth Smart was returned safely to her family. However, I do not believe Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped at all. The police say the reason why she was unable to escape is because she became psychologically attached to her kidnappers.…
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76 - Misty
HOW SMART IS REBECCA?
Oh my gosh, I can not believe that this is even a topic. The things that has been writen and to question what took place GROW UP!
77 - chemnerd
John Smith, yes faces can be blurred but once again, that adds distractions to a picture and when police are trying to ask the public for help in finding someone, they don't want anything to detract from what the public focuses on. As for cutting out faces, I'm pretty sure the police didn't have a lot of Photoshop time on their hands to do it properly when they were desperately trying to find a little girl.
Just wondering, but you people who think she faked the whole thing also believe 9/11 was an inside job? What about Area 51? Oh and the moon landing was a fake? Loch Ness monster? Am I getting close?
78 - John Smith
So, since she had a terrible ordeal NO questions should be asked? We should all just SHUT DOWN OUR BRAINS AND IGNORE EVERY weird thing that this family (especially the father) did and said. ASK NO QUESTIONS, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED!! The hysterical histrionics on display here are SICKENING.
And stop trying to suppress free speech! Not everyone is as uberemotional as you; some people are critical thinkers and DO have questions. We have a right to ask them, too, just as Rebecca has the right to express herself. Move to CHINA if you don't like it! I'll help you PACK!!
79 - Hankram
Pregnant?
That's like Brian Mitchell having a cow!
80 - Laura
This is the most unbelievable piece I've read on this story. I hope you get kidnapped and raped 3-4 times a day, and then accused of enjoying the ride.
81 - coachb
Everyone who agrees with this or actually believes any of it are absolutely moronic. Effin ridiculous and scary.
82 - Curtis
The sentiment stated in this article are devoid of any logic. Worse, their complete lack of sense is compounded by an absolutely blind contempt for the Smart's religion. This girl is kidnapped, tied to a tree and raped, and you think she just wanted a break from the family? Seriously? Unbeleivable.
83 - Kari
I hope you feel like a real asshole now.
84 - Danny
If this girl was gone for 9 month = 270 Days. And, was raped 3 or 4 times a day, eveyday - as she testified, that would mean that she had sex AT LEAT 945 times. I didn't ever hear her mention anything about condoms. I can't beleive that she didn't get pregnant.
85 - Carter
James, what you describe here is not what happened to her. Please read the police reports.
86 - Barnes
I always found something unsincere about her explanations and her reactions to questions. She doesn't come across as genuine like N Kampush or JL Dugard.
I think it would look terribly bad for her to recognize anything close to choosing to follow Mitchell voluntarily or having accepted so easily polygamy.
87 - Aimee
Your an idiot.
88 - Madman Mike
I find it curious that people come up with all these opinions without having all the facts. I only have one question for you. Were you there? If not, then stop wasting time with the things you know not and can't control, and start living the life you can control. Elizabeth's life is her business and yours is yours. What difference does it make to you? If you ever get kidnapped and raped by some freak then I can see you being interested in this. I was held captive for years and can attest to Elizabeth's frame of mind. Wanting to get away but afraid because your captors feed and clothe you. Where will I go, how will I survive? Ever heard of Stockholm syndrome? Unless you you've personally experienced it, you will never understand the fear!! So don't try and explain or understand Elizabeth. There is no logic to pure emotion.
89 - Stephanie
Elizabeth Smart definetly has a screw loose up there
90 - Catherine
If she really was raped then how did she not get pregnant? I doubt they were using birth control.
91 - thoughtful
Elizabeth Smart went through a terrible experience. But she didn't try to scream or get away at any time during the abduction, and she never spoke up when police asked her directly whether she was the missing girl, and never told anyone in stores, restaurants, etc. that she needed help. This is because her family raised her, even at age 14, to be timid, to do what men tell her to do, not to speak up or fight or think for herself.
I would like all little girls and boys to be taught: "If anyone tries to take you somewhere against your will, you scream, you kick, you look for every opportunity to draw attention and get help from any grownup not related to the abductors. If you hear us or a policeman call your name, you answer. Don't ever believe anyone who tells you we aren't looking for you and wanting you back every minute of every day you are away. Be strong and do your part to get back to us."
Apparently her cousin was also targeted for a nighttime abduction with a knife at another time. But she screamed immediately and the intruder ran. If only Elizabeth or her sister had screamed, or struggled, or run, rather than acquiescing so quietly and obediently to the man who broke into their house. I know it's scary for kids, and the child is not to blame for not knowing how to react defensively in these situations.
It's the parents who are to blame for not teaching their kids the self-confidence and common sense and methods to fight back.
92 - wendy
Your comments are dispicable.
93 - Patrick
wow. way, way late. but this has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. [personal attack deleted]
94 - lds skeptic member
I hear she was raped and tied to a pole. That would be tramatic. However, that makes me want to get away even worse. Not break down
95 - dee
has any one but myself entertained the idea that her father knocked her up an planned an paid the kidnappers to keep her away til she had the baby......an im an ex devout mormon....
96 - Tammy Walen
First off, I think it's kinda retarded that we'd even pay any attention to these crazt adolecent theories. I think it's because they are so shocking and mean that we'd hae this reaction.
I can only imigine what this poor girl had to deal with when she went back to school...the rumors and whispering. My God.
For all the ignorant teens reading and responding to this post, let me school you.
When babies are born, they are skinny. At around 6-7 months, they plump up. It's the same for pre-teens. It's as if their body is preparing for rapid growth.
Honestly, some people just have no clue. It's sad.
Children, please google Stockholm Syndrome and refrain from talking about things that you hae no idea what you are talking about. It's very hurtful to the family and very annoying to us grown folks.
97 - dee
has anyone entertained the idea that Ed Smart knocked up his own daughter an then planned a so called kidnapping just long enough for her to have the child adopt it out an return home safely.......Elizabeth smart left a child an returned a woman....AN im an ex devout Mormon born an raised in the cult........NOT everybody is what they portray ...An IM NO BIGOT...
98 - Mac
I agree with Dee about that possibility. I was raised in this cult. Most Mormon men in Utah are walking hard-ons. The whole cult is totally sexually repressive. Most Mormons marry TO HAVE SEX, not because of love. The rate of mental illness in Utah is through the roof. The severe porn addictions are staggering. Utah has many skeletons.... Many.
99 - Elaine
You are a twisted woman to believe your own garbage that Elizabeth Smart enjoyed her daily rapes, being forced to drink alcohol and take drugs to lessen her resistance to her predicament.
Do you feel this way because you have a sex life that you enjoy that is consensual, and are transferring your viewpoint onto Elizabeth Smart in a totally different situation? There is no doubt that this was not FUN as you say for her. You've got not credibility in my eyes, only contempt and resentment for a young woman who had her virginity taken away against her will, with the threat of harm to her family. Personally, I believe that Miss Smart stands for goodness and bravery in the face of a nightmare, wanting to protect her family and others and herself from being killed. What is wrong with you?
100 - Leighanna
So much I want to address but I won't waste my time with the mental midgets who are STILL spouting conspiracy theories.
However - to those who want to know why she didn't get pregnant - she stated today in testimony she had not yet started her period, and told the defendant that in hopes he wouldn't rape her. He did anyway. So, you can all shut up now.
101 - kat r
I find your "interpretation" of Elizabeths ordeal, completly unfair, and more to the point baseless! Who are you to pick apart her abduction, throwing out what you THINK is the right version or her ordeal! It sickens me, that you or anyone else feels you have a right to say she wasn't kidnapped, and that she enjoyed it! Wow you have some nerve! Every person is different, and every person deals with traume a different way. Unless you are a psychiatrist, please save your conspiracy theories. You sit here on your hate filled soap box talking about a 14 year old CHILD, who was raped and kidnapped! How dare you post something like this, you are not even closely ivolved. It stands to question, how adults, can sit there and pick a childs traumatic experience apart, and then call them a liar. You couldn't possible know what she went through. Yet yo post something like this, as if you are entitled to bash her. There is much more I would like to say, but what is the point. I will point out, in reading some of your responses to other comment, I have seen a pettern. You didnt go off total facts, and when others have pointed out some things she had went through, YOU have said, "I didnt know that". Hmmmm, that tells me that you didn't research your chosen topic enough, and still you chose to malign this girl. I can only hope that in the future you can choose to do your homework a little better before bashing someone for something way out of their controll. What you fail to even comprehend, when anyone is abused, brain washed, and treated badly for a period of time, they fail to act in a rational way, they fail to be the people they once were. and yes, it can take a short time, for that to start to happen.Do some research on what being abused, in anyway, can do to a persons mental state. I would highly suggest it. Ignorance is not bliss!
102 - Glork
Can Rebecca please defend her article now, as the testimony is being published ? No?
Oh well,...live by the sword, die by the sword. Ho-hum.
103 - Raintree
Class bigots resteth not
until they see the pure flesh rot...
104 - wardfrick
Doesn't it make a big difference to the defendant if he is guilty only of having consensual sex for nine months with a minor who was not a virgin at the time of consent vs having abducted her at knife point, chained her to a tree and physically raped her. There's a crime no matter what, but the penalty should be different depending on what really happened.
105 - Martina
Personally I think the girl is brave and strong to even want to live another day ! I'm pretty damn sure none of us would of had the courage to run away when a man that has captivated you repeatedly reminding you " I will kill you and your family if you what so ever try to scream" Rebeca I honestly think you should put your self in her shoes with the way you think I highly doubt you would survive the first day, let alone 9 months at the age of 14!
I agree with majority of the comments, the girls sate of mind at the time was confused, she comes from a highly religious family so when the kidnapper stated he was a prophet she didn't know the truth from a lie! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't either!
106 - Martina
Oh and the pregnancy deal, I'm sure you can't get pregnant if you still have not started you periods! I got mine at 17 so it's a common thing a 14 year old would not fall pregnant! Honestly you guys need a better point to this absurd accusation :)
107 - me
This theory is completely insane. What beautiful young girl would want to be repeatedly raped by an insane man who looks filthy? And how is being kept as a slave more "fun" than being a pretty blonde girl from a rich family? Mormons might not be partiers, but I'd choose Mormonism over kidnapping by a nasty old monster any day!
108 - Samantha
You all are crazy!!! She was kidnapped, AND put through a horrible ordeal. YOu need to get your facts straight before you start pointing fingers. You should be ashamed. What if this were your child? You would feel different then! I am disgusted by all of you.
109 - iceDMD
This is entirely absurd. Firstly, your credibility is not substantial. Secondly, it makes me nauseous to see that you compare your stupid little childhood memory to that of Elizabeth Smart's abduction. Elizabeth Smart was abused, and did not want to lose her family. Hence, she did not speak up in public. Her taking on this persona was an effort to conceal reality -- a horrific amount of pain, sexual abuse and mental abuse. As for the 9 year old, what more can you expect? SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. The sister was probably frightened for her life, as well as her sister's. The poor girl most likely suffered a devastating magnitude of depression after realizing that she could have told her parents sooner. People like you would naturally make her feel even WORSE. Furthermore, your disgusting nature of questioning Elizabeth and stating that she "partied" with them sickens me. Why don't you go off with Mitchell yourself, tied between trees, and call it a party?
You are a disgrace to human kind, and your lack of empathy makes me question if you have any moral standards whatsoever. Furthermore, you should really invest in some education before trying to judge another being's psychological state. I hope you never have children.
110 - bbrain grower!
As a survivor of childhood sexual assault,I can say with a degree of certainty, that when faced with an act that you do not want to happen, or have the living hell beaten out of you by someone bigger,stronger and more determined than you...the act seems the easy way to survive! It is not fun, it is survival! Also as a 9 year old sister or brother, remember how scared simple things made you feel, before saying a huge hairy man with a knife would not make you shit for at least 2 hours!
111 - babbyclay
Her sister witnessed her abduction at knifepoint. She can't be lying. She was continually drugged and raped by her kidnappers which affected her mental state. This poor girl went through absolute hell and you think she's lying? You think she gave birth? Don't you think "Emmanuel" would have reported this as an alibi? Where's the kid now if there was one? Your "Theory" is crap with no facts to back it up. Just unsupported suspicions! You would have made a great inquisitor during the Salem Witch Trials you Idiot!!
112 - Just Amazed
You are a real piece of work. And I don't mean that in a good way.
I hope my kids never meet you.
113 - Miriam Feldstein Case
Rebecca, I think you are delusional and need to do more research before you make such dishonest claims.