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Why do you think you and your friend reacted so differently afterwards?
Innsendt av: Jon

I think humanity in general reacts in two different ways to trauma. some want to "put it behind them`" and others want to go over and over it until they understand it more deeply. if you can think of a traumatic event that involves people you yourself know, isn't it true that often one reacts one way, and another just the opposite?

Terri
 

Justice

Isn't it difficult for you to accept that this man never will be punished for what he's done?
Innsendt av: jens

yes, it's difficult, but this situation inspires me to want to explore the idea of justice, and how can we have a more just society.

Terri
 

Dark side

Hi Terri,
do you understand why there must be some evil people living among us in this world ?
Innsendt av: Rune

If I understood why there must be evil people in the world i would be very wise indeed. I'm always looking for answers, but i expect i will die with the questions.

Terri
 

Hello.
I wonder,- have your friend at last accepted / been able to remember what happened?
Are you having friendly contact today?
Vigdis.
Innsendt av: Vigdis R. Aaneland

no we have no contact today. she has her own path and i have mine, and they are opposite paths. i respect her for the choices she has made.

Terri
 

Two Questions

1) Your first book was a documentary, you also say that you will continue writing books, with another documentay in mind. Can you reveal anthing at all what that book will be about?

2) Do you have any idea why this man attacked you and your friend in the desert, other than he is a violent person? Do you know why he was out there in the desert? was it a random, or deliberate attack? Why did he wound you and not kill you? What kind of a life does he lead, now that you know his identity, after having performed such a vicious and unprovoked attack on you two girls?

Thank you.
Innsendt av: Frank K. Hvidsten

1. My next book will be non-fiction as well, and will expand on the same themes -- issues of criminal justice, violence against women etc.








Terri
 

Kill him

Why dont you arrange to have him killed ? If I where you, I will use the rest of my life to hunt him down. Sorry to be so frank - but thats me.
Innsendt av: Ola

AS i wrote earlier, I am very much against vigilante justice. We can never have a society that works if people take the law into their own hands. We must instead work to improve the law.

Terri
 

Impressed!

Hi!
Having survived an attack by a madman myself I have a good idea of how difficult it must have been for you.
I would just like to express my admiration for the way you have dealt with this, and I look forward to reading your book!
I assume the search for the crazy person forced you to deal with your fears, but did the writing of the book help with being able to put it behind you..?
Been thinking of writing myself, as a way of trying to get rid of the fear I still feel at times ¿ so it would be interesting to know how the process of writing contributed to your readiness for moving on¿
Thx!
And I really wish you all the best!!!!


Innsendt av: Ann Kristin

yes, write your story. Writing forces you to probe the deepest parts of yourself. Certainly writing this book has helped me enormously.

Terri
 

Cline Falls

Where you at the wrong place at wrong time or did he follow you? What happened to your friend, are you still friends or?
How do you feel now after you found out who did it? How is his respond to what he has done and also what does his sister say towards this. Especially since since he was never convicted? People like this probably do not have a conscience. I hope you feel better by writing this book and I wish you all the best for the future. BE STRONG
Innsendt av: Solveig Solheim

I think he knew we were camping there...i think he had seen us earlier in the day in the park. Shayna and I are no longer in touch.
It's true that people like him have no conscience. Soon the diagnosis of "psychopath" will be added to the diagnostic manual of psychiatric disorders.

Terri
 

Hi!

It's amazing to read about what you're doing now after the things you've been through. I can't imagine how it is, and how it was that night 30 years ago. I really admire you from what I've read today. And I agree in that todays equality has gone many steps backward. It's sad because with the modern world we have got today, you shouldn't believe it's possible.

I was wondering about, how did your family react after what happened that night? Did you get the support you needed?

It's allright if you don't want to answer my question. And sorry for my english!!

Sylvia
Innsendt av:

My parents were very supportive of me after that night -- but they were in a state of shock themselves. i think my mother need a therapist as much as i did. she was surely suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as I was. And in those years, the 70s, nobody even knew that this psychological condition existed.

Terri
 

Revenge

Have you ever had the thought of getting revenge? Outside the law? When the case is to old to bring him to justice, is there any feeling that creves revenge in another way? I know I would want him to pay somehow.
Innsendt av: Chris

i don't believe in vigilante justice. We must work within the rule of the law, and when the laws don't work we need to take action to make them better. They are not written in stone. We as a society make the laws.

Terri
 

Hi Terri, I admire your courage, both in meeting the violent man again, and in writing you own story. How will you describe all the years between the attack and before you started your own investigation? And how did you start writing your story - was it difficult? Looking forward to reading your book. Is it all documentary or mixed with fiction?
Innsendt av: Marie

The story is all true -- no fiction whatsoever. The years between the attack and the investigation I would characterize as a period of being in denial about the magnitude of the attack. it was very difficult to start writing the story, and it took many years to fashion all the material into a book. Writing takes a lot of time and thought -- at least to write a book of quality.

Terri
 

Curious about the reaction on the axe-man

Hi there!..

First of all.. i'm very impressed that you went after the axe-man, tracking him down.. and i can surely understand that this helps with questions, understanding and at last.. your psyche..

I'm just enthralled by your story and just have to know what reaction the axe-man had when you encountered him ?

I know already by now that will defenately read your book ^^..

Thank you if you take your time to answer..
Innsendt av: Zarfan

It's all in the book!

Terri
 

How was it meet him again?

How was to meet him again? Did you talk to him? Did he apologize or anything like that?
Innsendt av: George

it's all in the book!

Terri
 

Your frind

Are you in contact with here now?
Innsendt av: gretha

no we are no longer in contact.

Terri
 

Hello. I admire your project much. I could see that you are in Oslo till tomorrow. Do you have any plans for this evening? I would love to share a meal with you.
Innsendt av: Jacob Hanssen

Terri
 

I just want to say

that I think you are a really brave woman !

You did what I would not dare if it was me that was in your shoes..

I cannot wait to start reading your book!

Good luck with the movie-project!


Innsendt av: Hilde i Trondheim

thank you so much

Terri
 

How did the guy react?

The article says that you found the guy that did this to you... How did he react? Did you speak to him about what he did? ...
I guess it says in the book though... :-)
Innsendt av: Ludvig

yes. buy the book!

Terri
 

jaha

wonder if you would still be arrogant if you hadn't been attacked? think it was a wake up call for you??
Innsendt av: Fritz

I don't recommend an experience of violence to improve one's consciousness, but i think we should use everything that happens to us to evolve. I think many 20 year olds need a "wake-up call."

Terri
 

Hi!

Hi, I don't really have any questions for you, I just wanted to you know how impressed I am with what you've achieved. You didn't give up, and you managed to find the truth. I'm definetly going to read your book!
Innsendt av: Elin H

Thanks!

Terri
 

Writing

To Terri Jentz - do you think writing this book have had a therapeutic effect? Do you recommend writing to people who have suffered from violence or other traumatic incidents?
What will be the main difference between the book and the film?
Yours Gerd
Innsendt av: Gerd Johnsen

yes, i think all literature is a response to trauma. That was certainly true for Virginia Woolf and Earnest Hemmingway, to name a couple of writers.
In the case of autobiographical writing, giving my story to the public, who now share it with me, have relieved me of a huge burden.
The film will be able to focus on subtle behavioral gestures, for example i can show the young cowboy exhibiting great charm, and then show in a slight scene of subtle behavior, how menacing he really is. i will also focus more on the culture of the 1970s in the american West, when the culture was in flux between the conversative cowboy west and the rock and roll, hippy drug culture that was moving in from the urban areas....just to name a couple of differences

Terri
 

Warning others?

If you're sure about your attackers identity, and also have a reason to believe he is still violent, why haven't you published his name, picture and contact details to the general public to prevent such an atrocious attack from happening again?
Innsendt av: Øyvind

I did do that very thing in 1997 for the local community. The people who need to know who he is do know.