Serial Killers? Do Foreigners Really Think Australia Is Full Of Backpacker Murderers?
by James on Dec.19, 2009, under Around the World
how dangerous is australia percieved to people overseas?
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December 19th, 2009 on 12:23 pm
I assume you’re referring to the notorious Ivan Milat, a serial killer who murdered seven http://www.tripbackpack.com/” target=”_blank”>backpackers (five of whom were foreign visitors to Oz) in the 1990s? I believe there was also a much more recent case involving a British couple, in which the male was murdered but the female survived and lived to testify against the killer. I honestly don’t think two such cases warrant the belief that Australia is crawling with backpacker murderers. That would be seriously silly.
I agree with what some others have already said, though. I think the only real dangers associated with Australia concern the Outback. Killer crocodiles and poisonous snakes and spiders seem far more likely to be a threat than a handful of stray psychopaths. There are plenty of murderers here in the US, as well as in most other countries around the world, so I think it unlikely Australia is developing a unique reputation for this problem.
Btw, are you Australian?
December 19th, 2009 on 1:09 pm
no more dangerous there then here..san francisco, the murder capitol of california
December 19th, 2009 on 1:10 pm
I’ve never heard of any backpack murderers in Australia, so everyone can’t think that. I never thought about Australia being a dangerous country, except maybe if you get lost in the outback.
December 19th, 2009 on 1:20 pm
ask the foreiners only
December 19th, 2009 on 1:45 pm
This thought comes from the idea that England emptied its prisons long ago and these people populated the contient…of Australia- If this really happened the discrimination is certainly understandable
South Africa has a higher murder rate- No?
T
December 19th, 2009 on 2:12 pm
I’ve really never thought about that. Mostly I think of the animals in Australia being dangerous, not the people.