| Status | Hoax | | Comments |
This is just one of the many "Hidden Needles" legends. The legend is as follows: In various venues that have seating, like movie theatres, needles are being found poking through the seat with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".
| | Description | "For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas movie
theater, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When
she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat
with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have
taken place in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested
HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also reports that
needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones and
soda machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when
confronted with these types of situations. All public chairs should be
thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual
inspection is conssidered the bare minimum. Further more, they ask
that everyone notify their family members and friends of the potential
dangers, as well. Thank you. The previous information was sent from the
Dallas Police Department to all of the local governments in the
Washington area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. We were
all asked to pass this to as many people as possible."
| | Related links | Center for Disease Control
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