Have you ever had a run-in with someone that still has an impact on you to this day? One woman clearly remembers the day she met a guy at the college she works, who ended up being a total stalker.
She was around 25-years-old at the time, working full-time as a researcher at a university. Before getting into her story, she notes that because of her age, she would sometimes get mistaken for a student hanging out on campus.
On the nicer days, she would spend her lunch break outside, going for a walk around the university grounds or sitting under a tree.
One day, she was sitting outside on a bench when a male student approached her and asked if he could sit down next to her. Although she’s rather shy and would’ve rather been sitting alone, she said yes.
After some small talk, their conversation took a turn. He told her that he often sees her coming out of a specific department building.
That was slightly unnerving, considering she had never caught sight of him during her time at the school. However, she tried to brush it off.
He mentioned that he was an engineering student at the school and asked her if she’d like to go out for coffee. She declined as politely as she could and told him that she has a boyfriend.
This interaction happened once again about a week later when he asked her to go out with him again. She declined one more time and hoped that she wouldn’t have to run into him anymore.
That is until she was trying to walk to her car to go home one day and saw him following her down the street out of the corner of her eye. He followed her all around the neighborhood on the sidewalk across from her until she finally had to scream, “Stop following me!”
Anton – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
From across the street, he asked if he could talk to her. She didn’t respond and quickly ran to her car.
“I got home and broke down,” she recalls. “I mean, worse things had happened to other people, no doubt, and I was not harmed, fortunately. But I was shook.”
Out of precaution, she started walking to her car with a coworker after work and started having most of her lunches inside. Although thankfully, when she would go outside, she didn’t see him.
One day, in the crowded food court on campus, she heard his voice trying to get someone’s attention.
She turned around and noticed him waving at her. Despite her shy demeanor, she caused a scene to get him off her back. Since that day, she hasn’t seen him once. It’s been almost 6 years.
“All in all, I’m just glad I never saw him again,” she explains. “I can only hope he never did this to any other girl before or after me.”
What would you do in this situation?
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