The shocking and inspiring case of Diane Prankse was broadcast on one of the True Crime TV channels yesterday. As the programme unfolded, we learned how Diane had arrived home late one night to find a burglar in her house. After demanding money from her at home, her attacker, Carlous Clay kidnapped her, putting Diane into the boot of her own car, before driving to two ATMs where he used her bank cards to withdraw more cash.
Whilst locked in the boot of her car terrified, Diane later told others how she’d prayed to survive the ordeal.
After using her debit card to withdraw cash from her bank account, her abductor then drove Diane to an abandoned warehouse, where he first raped her, then he strangled her, after which, thinking she was dead, he doused her in petrol and set fire to her. Leaving her burning in a ball of fire, he took Diane’s car once more, and drove away.
But Diane wasn’t dead. She regained consciousness, engulfed in a ball of fire. Empowered by a strength that brought tears to the eyes of a police officer who narrated events as they unfolded on screen, due to having been filmed by a nearby security camera located on a building across the road, Diane could be seen to walk out from the warehouse, engulfed in flames. Recounting events later, she said she felt as if someone was pushing her along. First she attempted to extinguish the flames by rolling in a puddle and on some grass (her actions recorded at the time and replayed on TV yesterday) before finally making her way to a nearby 24 hour filling station, whose lights she was able to make out in the distance. The video showed Diane still engulfed by flames, despite her efforts to extinguish them. She said sensed the presence of ‘angels, spirits, or God’ as she heroically struggled to the station.
Her family and medics didn’t expect her to live, but she did. She has suffered life changing burns to her face and body, leaving her able to speak with effort, but unable to look after herself. Her loved ones care for her daily.
Carlous Clay was caught by the FBI and sentenced to life without parole for his crimes.
Remarkably, Diane says she has forgiven Carlous Clay for what he did to her. Upon hearing her give voice to such a remarkable act of forgiveness, it made me wonder, how in the world could two such different individuals have lived in such close proximity to each other? One forgiving, who even after her ordeal, encouraged those who watched the programme regarding her story to make the most of their lives, and Carlous Clay, who cruelly sought to take her life.
I also considered the sad fact of how these True Crime TV programmes fill broadcasting schedules around the clock, streaming non-stop stories of similar horrific events, usually from the USA and the UK, most of which don’t end with the victims alive.
I then considered the fact of how no doubt the USA and UK are not unique to these kinds of crimes, given the wide range of ‘human nature’ (though it’s debatable whether or not such individuals can be deemed to be human, in the commonly understood sense of the word) and how therefore these cases must be representative of similar gruesome crimes occurring elsewhere around the world.
Psychopaths have been described by psychologists as ‘intraspecies predators’, suggesting (rightly, in my opinion), that they are in some intrinsic way, different to the rest of humanity. Stories like Diane’s reveal both the best and the worst examples of human behaviour. They also make us wonder at the limited capacity the heavenly spirits appear to have to intervene in this world.
It seems the physical realm is a mixed dimension in which good and evil co-exist, for now. Let us all pray to the highest powers to deliver us from evil, so that a time (or a place) may come, in which good, innocent people like Diane can live to the full, free of the presence of malicious individuals like Carlous Clay.
Diane’s story serves as a reminder that research suggests that up to 1/3rd of the human race exist on the dark spectrum of human behaviour, known to psychologists as the Dark Tetrad. As such the rest of us should exercise caution in our daily lives. Diane didn’t stand a chance. Psychopaths prey on the vulnerable. They prefer easy targets. Avoid, where possible, dangerous situations and seek as best you can to ensure that you project and aura that leads would-be criminals to recognise that the risks of attempting harm towards you outweigh any potential benefits (your body language, including the way you walk and your facial expression, along with how you use your eyes says a lot to would-be predators). Be vigilant. Take care.
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See also:
Worldwide Temple of Aurora 