A terrifying story has emerged out of the Denver International Airport where a woman traveling by herself says she was drugged as part of a failed attempt to traffic her.
Madison Herman was traveling through the Denver International Airport earlier this month on her way to Cleveland when she had some time to kill due to an extended layover. Like many passengers do she chose to spend some of that time in an airport bar.
It was here where she thinks her drink was spiked. According to a local news station, Herman admitted to not being fully aware of her surroundings at the bar while she was on the phone with her family. After leaving the bar she felt nauseous and headed for the bathroom where she had an unusual interaction with a woman in the restroom.
The woman reportedly apologized to Herman which was unusual because it wasn’t apparent the woman needed to apologize to Herman. Herman then overheard the woman talking on the phone with a man indicating that it was the first time that we’ve had someone throw up. Herman is reported to have said, ” I was done, and I heard them (the woman who apologized) on the phone. It was a guy on the other line who said, “This is the first time we’ve done this that we’ve had someone throw up.” And so at that point, like, all my red flags went up and I was like, “OK, something is going on here.”
She later boarded her flight but not before realizing the woman and several male companions were on the same flight and interacting with each other in an unusual way. Herman texted her family to let them know about the situation and alerted flight crew who reseated her, but did not initially appear to take her concerns seriously.
The flight continued without incident and Herman was escorted off the flight safely.
Although frustrated at the apparent indifference of the crew and local authorities, Herman went and got drug tested and came back positive for benzos, or Benzodiazepines.
It was at this point that the authorities took the matter more seriously. Herman has stated that the FBI has reached out to her along with the Cleveland police who are investigating.
Herman shared with Denver 7 News why she’s bringing this story forward. “I want to help save future victims and to make law enforcement pay more attention, because who knows how often this is happening,” she said. “I was a perfect target. I was exhausted, emotional, on crutches, paying attention to nothing around me.”
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This isn’t news but ridiculous speculation that really isn’t worth repeating and it seems to me almost certainly more a product of imagination than reality. I can’t believe that news outlets picked this up and are repeating it as if it were news.
We will be sure to not investigate when you didappear.
Testing positive for benzos seemed pretty really to me, unless you think she was really taking them and purposefully took all that trouble to create this drama.
I believe this could happen, and it frightens me. Being a single female that travels.
Trafficking people are the scum of the earth.
Thanks, Detective. Any evidence to support your claim, or just pure opinion and a general disregard for the safety of others.
Her drug test confirmed her suspicions. Sorry if the world has evolved and you haven’t yet.
…”says the human trafficker”
You truly have your head deep in the sand (or somewhere darker). Maybe get out a bit more or do some current events reading. I’ll bet you feel sorry for rapists too.
This happens every day all day. He’s one of those people who think everyone is a liar, crazy, wants attention.. what do have to say about the young girls that have disappeared.. their poor parents. I hope you have no kids. GIRLS. Especially. Karma gets you. Watch what you say. Thank God this young girl realized what was happening. About to happen. Catch these sick people
The traffickers were… on speakerphone in the bathroom? And somehow knew which flight she was on and made sure to get seats on it? And she knew these individuals were working together because they ‘smiled and nodded at each other’?
Sounds much more likely that she took Valium and drank and that made her feel horrible and is what popped for benzos on the drug test.
Mak, you view the world through a masculine perspective and have no clue regarding how women can be targeted. Even if the situation was completely blown out of proportion, I think that bringing stories like this to light are valid and warranted. Especially if it brings awareness and prevents potential assaults, kidnapping or worse. Think about that next time. I’ve known women who unfortunately, were rufied in bars and assaulted. If you have female loved ones, I am sure they would disagree with you views on this article
the story does not make sense or have many missing pieces. How did they know where she was going and what made her target. how did they even know where she would be drinking…how did they put drug……… how did several guys get on the same flight?.. which is almost impossible. …………… my guess?.. she did something fund at another place before she came to the airport and she was looking for excause.
@Hector I have no idea how you know that I’m a man, but that is an interesting supposition on your part.
So it makes sense to publicize an obviously false delusional fantasy because stories “like this” are “valid and warranted”? If the story is false – which it certainly seems to be – how can you say that stories like this are valid and warranted? If this seemingly fake story is your evidence, that’s not very convincing.
Mak, I never stated that you were a man, only that your perspective viewed through a masculine lens. Much of our society is conditioned to do so – which is often why women who have similar experiences are often questioned and minimalized by patronizing authorities (or somehow it was their fault). So yes, I am ok with reading a story like this even if there are some holes. It got me thinking about my female friends who have been rufied, assaulted and then treated by the the authorities with incredulity. In talking to those same female friends about their experiences, they noted that putting a coherent timeliness of events is extremely difficult when and after you have been drugged against your will. Stories like this may serve as a cautionary tale and may save someone from harm or worse. I think the fact that she tested positive for a drug associated with being rufied kind of helps the case. I suspect the details of the story may have just been lost in translation. Sorry you seem to be lacking in any sort of empathy towards this woman. I hope no you know ever has a similar experience.
Mak, I never stated that I thought you were a man.Only that you viewed this story through the masculine lens. Much of our society has been conditioned to do so. And as a result, women with similar experiences are treated with incredulity by the authorities. In this case, she tested positive for a drug associated with a date rape drug. As, noted I have female friends who have been drugged and the subsequently assaulted by similar drugs. All it takes is a simple distraction for some lowlife to slip something into a drink. In speaking with these same friends about their experiences, the aftermath is terrifying and attempts to document the lingering haze coherently is extremely difficult. I suspect that that her haze along with some lost-in-translation reporting may be the source of your dubiousness. So, to answer your question, yes I am ok with reading a story like this and having it out there if it serves as a cautionary tale of awareness for others. I’d rather that it were false, but if true….maybe, just maybe, this “obviously false delusional fantasy” may prevent someone from falling victim.
@Mak, I never stated that I thought you were a man.Only that you viewed this story through the masculine lens. Much of our society has been conditioned to do so. And as a result, women with similar experiences are treated with incredulity by the authorities. In this case, she tested positive for a drug associated with a date rape drug. As, noted I have female friends who have been drugged and the subsequently assaulted by similar drugs. All it takes is a simple distraction for some lowlife to slip something into a drink. In speaking with these same friends about their experiences, the aftermath is terrifying and attempts to document the lingering haze coherently is extremely difficult. I suspect that that her haze along with some lost-in-translation reporting may be the source of your dubiousness. So, to answer your question, yes I am ok with reading a story like this and having it out there if it serves as a cautionary tale of awareness for others. I’d rather that it were false, but if true….maybe, just maybe, this “obviously false delusional fantasy” may prevent someone from falling victim.
Mak, I never stated that I thought you were a man.Only that you viewed this story through the masculine lens. Much of our society has been conditioned to do so. And as a result, women with similar experiences are treated with incredulity by the authorities. In this case, she tested positive for a drug associated with a date rape drug. As, noted I have female friends who have been drugged and the subsequently assaulted by similar drugs. All it takes is a simple distraction for some lowlife to slip something into a drink. In speaking with these same friends about their experiences, the aftermath is terrifying and attempts to document the lingering haze coherently is extremely difficult. I suspect that that her haze along with some lost-in-translation reporting may be the source of your dubiousness. So, to answer your question, yes I am ok with reading a story like this and having it out there if it serves as a cautionary tale of awareness for others. I’d rather that it were false, but if true….maybe, just maybe, this “obviously false delusional fantasy” may prevent someone from falling victim. Also, click the link to the local Denver TV station in the above story, more detailed. The above story seems to be more a Cliff Notes version.
I have no doubt that this person was given a substance by someone. But the part about trafficking sounds unrealistic. That is an expensive investment to purchase 3+ plane tickets to follow this one person on multiple flights, and to drug her at a midpoint airport during an unexpected delay? Was the plan to drug her – and get the timing right so that she would pass out on the plane? And then this team of people would carry her off the plane, unconscious when she got from Denver to Ohio? I would think that they would wait and dose her on the plane – because what if there is another delay and then she passes out at the gate before boarding flight #2? Were they all going to just leave the airport in Denver? This sounds like a spy novel. It doesn’t make any sense. But yes – she ended up with a drug in her system that she didn’t consent to. That I believe. But a co-ed, multi -person team of traffickers buying cross country connecting flights in an elaborate scheme to traffic one random person? Human trafficking is a business and this makes no logical sense from a business perspective. Why would someone spend so much money and target a person with a low-risk lifestyle in a high-security environment surrounded by Homeland Security? Wouldn’t you rather just grab her in the parking garage? Or outside a Starbucks?
If bullshit was money, this string would be worth a million dollars. Crap like this is why our country is a f+=$&d up.