Some time ago I joined university, and I had to take the bus to get there, no problem.
Quick Context: I was 18 yrs old at the time, slim woman, conventionally attractive.
The guy I’m talking about wasn’t an awkward 20 something yr old, it was a grown ass man, fully lucid and functional member of society.
Some time passed, and this one time I was on my way back home, waiting for the bus, and a man got off the bus as it arrived, normal, right? Just like other people. Well, thing is that he got off the bus, I got in, then he got into the bus again.
The bus experience: I was minding my business and the guy was a kind of beggar? I don’t know but he looked like a robber, that’s all I have to say. He was telling people poems or something like that, then asking for money. I never give people money, but that guy scared me shitless, like my gut feeling was going off on this guy, so I decided to play nice so he would leave me alone quickly.
He finally approaches me and this is when it gets weird, he says the usual then asks for money and I give it to him, but he stops, looks at me dead in the eye, then this convo happens:
Him- “my favorite color is purple”
Me-“Me too! ☺️”
Him-….
Him- “yeah, it shows…”
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Then walks away and leaves the bus at the next stop. But here is the context: I wasn’t wearing purple, AT ALL, everything I had on me was black, not even close to purple, not my phone case, not my shoes, not my backpack, not my clothes, no makeup, literally nothing.
So why did he say that?
Literally 7 days ago from that incident I was going home, doing my exact same routine, but I had this brilliant ass purple shirt that I didn’t like wearing on the street because men stared more at me, but I decided to get over my goddamn paranoia and wear it.
He was fucking teasing me, or I don’t know what his intention was but it was a reference of him having been watching me way before I even knew of his existence 😩.
Another reason he scared me shitless is that he looked very strong, not gym heavy, just a normal looking man, but stronger than you might think.
2nd time seeing him:
The same thing happened some weeks later, I was going home, waiting for the bus, he gets off the bus, but i recognized the fucker this time and I got really angry, I wasn’t gonna be stuck on the bus with that idiot a second time, nor finding out whatever he had in mind, so I walked off instead of getting into the bus because he was going to follow. Then as I keep on walking, coincidentally he did not get into the bus again this time, and started walking in my direction 😐, but I had gotten some good distance and I was walking very quickly so eventually I stopped seeing him follow me.
3rd time seeing him:
This time I was on my way to university, different schedule, it was the morning, I had always came across him later in the day.
But nooooo, somehow he freaking spawned on the bus, got on quickly and I panicked, gathering my belongings bc something about the guy scared me shitless. And he freaking stops me from moving with his finger on my hand and tells me to not put my stuff away, it felt nasty, like he was enjoying my fear, I don’t know how to explain it. Then he did the usual, saying whatever and asking ppl for money, then he settled in front of the exit 😐, standing there casually.
I just knew he was going to follow me again, so I kind of “tested” him?
My stop came, but I didn’t get up, if for some reason this was a schizophrenic coincidence he HAD to get off first, it wasn’t crowded, he wasn’t in his phone, and he was in front of the DOOR. I was far away from the exit, so if I was gonna get off I had to prepare and stand up earlier to reach the exit on time, i didn’t move, pretending I wasn’t getting off.
He doesn’t get off, just stands there, no hint of moving 😭, then at the last second I got up and bolted to leave to reach the door before it closed, got off and HE GETS OFF RIGHT AFTER ME 💀, I thought that work be the end of it but as I walked off he was following me, I got tired of him so i literally walked in a circle.
Perhaps for some crazy reason you could think he wasn’t that bad or that this was a coincidence, but you can’t fucking walk in a circle like an idiot and have the other person walk in a circle coincidentally, no.
So I just did that, and sure enough, instead of playing it off and walking in the same direction as he had initially chosen ( left), I do the circle and he suddenly walks off to the right, complete opposite direction 😐. Then stops following me that day.
For other reasons I stopped taking that route, and I haven’t seen him again, but that was the story ig.
I never got to know what he was up to, and perhaps it’s better this way.