Gobsmacked...

[Eve]

Anything left you gobsmacked today?

A man came up to me earlier acting a bit weird, asked me for my walking stick in a creepy kind of way.

I asked him why. He said he wanted to bash me over the head with it.... Complete stranger and completely random!

[Psybbo]

OMG, how awful, what did you do?

[Sharingan]

OMG that's terrible. Nothing really has happened to me today, boring living in the middle of nowhere.

[mushroom25]

that sounds a bit like Dan Rather's "what's the frequency kenneth?" moment from 1986........

[tonyav]

Eve I hope you bashed him over the head with it.

[society]

Hope you aright Eve. That's a scary situation to be in.

I would have said to him "are you looking for ME to bash you over the head?"

[Eve]

I was too shocked to do anything.

He was looking a bit menacing and a lot bigger than me. He was reaching for it and I said he couldn't have it and he winked at me in a really creepy way and walked away - just as well as couldn't have run away!

Really weird! It seemed after like it was some weird kind of joke to him but I have no idea what!

[Iluvspikey]

I'd have called the police - that guy needs sectioning. He sounds like exactly the type to carry out a random killing because the 'voice' told him to.

[DTCwordfan]

Yes - and I wish that I had taken a pic of it to share here.

I was walking from my caff to the bank, past a relatively new (and small) Thai place in Truro (Lady J may well know where when I say the British Legion).

Outside the restaurant an "A" board - written on that, "Man of the Day"...........

[DTCwordfan]

(at least a counterfoil to your awful story, Eve)

[Psybbo]

They must have seen you coming, DTC

[tiggerblue10]

Sounds pretty scary Eve.

A few years ago I was walking through a shopping centre and some young girl came running up to me, screamed at me, then ran off back to her friends laughing. Think I was the victim of happy slapping or something like that.

[queenofmean]

I hope you bashed him round the head with it Eve.

My boss's antics left me gobsmacked today.

[Eve]

How random DT haha!

It's playing on my mind a bit I have to admit, part of me feels a bit silly for feeling that (all kind of crap around here - inner city live and all that), I'm not good at confrontation if it's me (though am if standing up for other people) and it made me think more about my vulnerability, especially now I'm less and less mobile.

I think I'm glad I didn't say anything as I didn't want to antagonise him (have seen plenty of incidents kick off even worse when people have had a go back) but maybe I should have. It sounds like a weird thing to report to the police as he didn't do anything but I can see what you mean Iluvspikey.

[DTCwordfan]

I would report it, Eve.

Someone weaker than you may completely crumble, never mind if he takes it up a notch......look at the case of Joss Stone down this way and what the good citizens of Okehampton picked up on.......

You owe it to future victims and, in doing so, it may well help you exorcise your demons on this one.

[Eve]

That's freaky tigger!

On a random note, I was in a clothing store the other week looking at coats. I saw one on the end of a rack, looked like it had been shoved there from somewhere else in the store. Then I spotted a bulging wallet in the pocket?!?!

I stepped back from it, called over the nearest security guard and shop floor worker and we were all looking at it a big puzzled!

[Eve]

That's true DT. I'll see if I can catch one round town tomorrow, usually always a few patrolling round about in town - it looked like he was being weird with the guy I was waiting to speak to (in an info counter place) so they could go and ask him too, see if he said anything worrying to him as well.

[tonyav]

Yes report him Eve and give the cops a description of him.

[tiggerblue10]

Well it certainly freaked me out.

What was the result of the bulging wallet?

[Eve]

I will do.

No idea about the wallet, I left it with the store guys and they said they would deal with it, take it to lost property I imagine. I made sure they were uniformed up before I called them over, so I knew they were actually staff :)

[DTCwordfan]

does my bulging pouch count? (said in jest)