A young girl who managed to fight off an attempted kidnapper said she smeared blue "slime" on him to help police catch him.
In an interview with Today's Kerry Sanders on Thursday, 11-year-old Alyssa revealed that the tactic was inspired by Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
The youngster said: "I was able to get the slime onto his upper arm, and a little bit on his lower arm. I knew that that might be better evidence if the cops do find him."
The attempted kidnapping occurred on Tuesday morning at around 7:00 AM when Alyssa was waiting at a school bus stop near her Escambia County home.
Alyssa told Sanders that she had been combining her homemade slime and blue paint when a knife-wielding man pulled up in a white vehicle and darted toward her.
"The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run but he caught me," Alyssa said.
The alarming incident was captured on home surveillance footage, which helped the authorities locate the suspect's home. In the video, a white car can be seen stopping before a man jumps out and charges at Alyssa.
The man can then be seen trying to carry the pre-teen to his car before falling to the ground as the bold young girl fights back against her attacker. Defeated, the man ultimately heads off without her.
"She fought, and she never gave up," Sheriff Chip Simmons said of the brave girl at a news conference.
Alyssa also told Sanders that she had been approached by the exact same white vehicle two weeks prior to the encounter as the driver tried to speak to her. She told her parents and the incident was also made known to her school principal.
The girl now admits to feeling "brave, proud, excited too. Brave and proud of myself, but mostly proud of myself."
Per NBC News, police suspect 30-year-old Jared Paul Stanga of attempting to kidnap the 11-year-old, of which he has been charged, along with aggravated assault and battery. He is being held on a $1,505,000 bond.
