Stalker Guy

[Skopje Tiran]

I was walking around town today. I looked behind me and saw a guy. He was probably in his mid-twenties and was extremely tall. His hair was down to his waist ad he was wearing this weird leather coat. He kind of freaked me out, so I went into a trinket store. When I came out fifteen minutes later, he was still there. I started walking away. a bit creeped out. About twenty feet away from the store, he turned and started following me again.

I was seriously scared at this point. I kept trying to lose him by going into various stores, but whenever I came out, he was still there. Finally, I sat down on a bench in the park and tried to calm down. The guy walked right up to me and grinned. "What'cha doin', kid?" He said. The words sounded friendly, but they had a sort of...edge to them. Like he was forcing himself to be nice. His eyes had that same weird expression in them. I swallowed, probably looking like an idiot. "Not much." He looked like he was going to start talking again, but instead he just turned and walked away.

The weird thing is that I have never seen him before, and I recognize almost everyone in town. Did he just move in? And why in the world was he stalking me? I know I am kind of skinny and not very tough looking, but I am not the kind of guy who looks like he has a lot of money. I'm just kind of worried.

[imaginaryworld]

^ He sounds really weird. Just look out for him though. He shouldn't be stalking someone just to ask "What'cha doin'?" If you seem him again, stay close to other people so he thinks you're with them. That's my best bet.

[Blue Lantern]

You should probably consider traveling with a companion from now on whenever possible.

Additionally, I would never advocate fighting as a solution to a situation unless you have superpowers, however you should be prepared for any situation.

In a life/death situation, nobody will care if you hit him in the family jewels in self-defense. If you do have an objection to that, keep your arms on the inside, and punch up. (Think rock-em sock-em robots.)

[Skopje Tiran]

Thank you for your advice.

I was wondering myself why he would come up to me just to say " What'cha doin' " after following me for forty-five minutes. Anyway, I came back into town today to shop, and didn't see him at all. My aunt came back from her business trip shortly after that, and I told her about him. She said that I should have just told him to ******* buzz off. I love my aunt.

Thanks again. I was getting very worried.

[Moonchild10]

I hope he doesn't show up again!
I agree with everyone else's advice, but I don't really have any to give... I'm sorry.
Good luck!

[JesFriendMagnet]

Wow. Yeah. That's friggin' creepy. Uhhh. I agree with Blue Lantern; travel in groups whenever possible and if you happen to ever see this dude again, definately call someone and just talk on the phone with them for a while. Tell them what's going on, even if it's just a friend, that way they can figure out what to do if the guy tries something or comes up to you again. It's like having someone with you without having someone with you.

I hope everything goes well and that you never see him again.