On the news last night they said she took it inside but didn’t open it. the next day she took it outside to open it. She must have suspected something was not right but then why did she open it? Strange.
An article at the Houston Chronicle says that she had the box for several weeks, but hadn’t opened it because she didn’t know who it was from.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7101825.html
She didn’t want to get blood on the carpeting.
I think sometimes it’s a matter of being in shock, or denial of some sort - as far as opening a package you suspect may have something wrong with it.
I had an incident where a bunch of teens threw (what the policeman called) a crude “pipe bomb” onto my lawn. As the policeman said - they didn’t make it right though (thank God). Anyway, stupid me, I happen to be looking out the front window, see them drive by and throw the thing, and I see and hear what sounds like several firecrackers going off at once. There is a little smoke, but it’s not a big thing...
Ready for the idiotic part? I went and picked it up to see what the heck it was (instead of calling the police first). I had it in my hand when I was talking to the 911 operator and he yelled at me to throw it the heck back outside - just in case... It didn’t even occur to me that I was holding something that might not be “done” exploding until the 911 operator yelled at me, and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I don’t think I’ve ever moved as fast as I did running to the front door to throw it back outside! LOL
I knew/know better than to pick up something like that, but I think I was in shock, really... Just not thinking at all - except about who the young men who threw it in my lawn were, and wondering why (I was working on a political campaign at the time, but I don’t think it had anything to do with that).
Anyway, I could see myself opening a package like this woman did. However, it’s strange that she kept it in her house without opening it, and then decided to outside. If she had that long to think about it, and she was obviously worried, then I don’t know why she chose to open it herself... She probably thought she was just being paranoid or something.
I hope her recovery is quick with minimal scarring. I’m glad she wasn’t hurt worse.
I also hope they find out who in the heck did this, and why... I’d say it’s likely this was a targeted attack - either personal, or related to her husband’s(?) job.
My daughter speculates that the woman may have thought it was plants she’d ordered, and took it to the garden to open them.
Even smart people do things in certain situations that don’t seem to make much sense.
This doesn’t surprise me at all.
Curiosity probably got the better of her. It seems she wasn’t all that convinced something wasn’t right. She should have called the police.