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Walking downtown one night some homeless dude was pissing on a wall, and when he finished he (without putting anything back in his pants) turned and looked at me and told me a war was coming.

That was about 15 years ago and I'll never forget it.

I got in line at the gas station to buy smokes once, and this very short and very angry middle-aged man immediately came over and started screaming at me and threatening to kick my ass for "taking his spot".

Lokison posted...

Walking downtown one night some homeless dude was pissing on a wall, and when he finished he (without putting anything back in his pants) turned and looked at me and told me a war was coming.

That was about 15 years ago and I'll never forget it.

And war did come

Either the time a homeless dude robbed me and took a baggie of change I had, or the time I came back from break at Walmart and some meth head was getting head from his skeevy woman in my department, and he looked at me and said "you want some this, boss man?"

I have had a lot but my weirdest is:

Was at band practice (a punk band) and me and my bassist (we were suuuuper stoned at the time) walked to the metro (subway) to go home. This dude was pacing up and down the platform and making strange grunting noises. He either had mental health issues or was on drugs.

He gets on the same car as us and we sit across from him incase he starts some shit. He now starts bobbing his head in time with the rhythm of his grunting/noisemaking. Me and my buddy are like, "this is fucked."

Two stops later three youths (probably 14?) get on and are watching this dude too while standing close to him. One dude starts beatboxing to the other guy's grunts and a second guy starts rapping some slick free style over it. The bobbing/grunting guy seems to be smiling and having the time of his life.

Me and my buddy just laughed and took it all in. Probably the coolest metro ride I've ever taken.

The hobo who asked for money and then his response to me giving him money was yelling about how he didnt need any handouts.

Hmm, if weird means spooky I revise my answer

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I sometimes wonder if I met a serial killer.

This happened like around 10 years ago maybe. I had been at a friend's place playing DnD. Was walking back home and it was midnight I think. Nobody was around. No people. No cars. Then when I was 1 or 2 blocks from my place, a car comes by on the stree I am on. It stops in the road and the driver asks me if I need a ride. I got a weird feeling right then. Told him I'm OK. Then he asked me directions to Dennys and then left

I ran into this (possibly homeless?) lady outside the dollar store yesterday. First she said she used to work with me many years ago (which I don't remember at all). I asked her what she was doing and she said she was walking to the next town, which is 30 minutes away driving 75 mph, so that's a hell of a walk. I asked if I could help with anything and she started a rant about that is against the rules (whose rules?) and she wasn't allowed fraternization (her word, not mine).

I used to work at an interstate rest area. One morning I'm just out sweeping up some trash or something else mundane. When a guy approached me in tears. He claimed that his family had died in a house fire a few days earlier. I didn't really know what to say, so I tried consoling him the best I could.

Then he straightened up, stopped crying, and told me he was a murderer. That he'd killed several people by telling a sob story and getting people to lower their guard. Said he'd cry and ask for a hug, and if they hugged him he'd pull his knife and gut them.

Then he pointed out that he was recording the entire encounter. He had a chest mounted camera thing hidden under his jacket. Then told me that he felt I was being genuine when consoling him, so he wouldn't have his partner attack me from behind and pointed out a big guy that was off in the shadows behind me watching both of us.

He went off on a racist rant against Muslims and Jewish people. Claimed they were the ones who murdered his family, and that him murdering Muslims was what caused them to retaliate and kill his family. So he felt guilty, but now had nothing left to lose.

Then he was crying again. He asked me for a hug. At the time I was going through a lot of shit myself and really didn't care if I lived or died, so I gave him a hug. Really, it was mostly just to see if he'd actually gut me or not. He didn't try anything, but the other guy did move in closer.

Anyways, they kinda had me stuck for like an hour before I managed to step away without them following me. But when I got away, they started on another person. So I called the police and told them there was a guy harassing visitors and threatening to gut them. But they left before the cops got there.

Edit: He also gave me his website, supposedly where he uploads the videos of his encounters. So I checked it out and it was a site selling shoes.

a drunk guy at a bus stop telling me all about how bad Castro was

Was shooting hoops with my buddy and some dude who look like he escaped a psych ward came up and wanted to play a game of "horse" then after a few minutes always wanted to change it to some random word. This went on for like 5 or 6 words.

The weekend before the start of my freshman year of college was freshman initiation. We just were supposed to be there for a few days, get early move-in into the dorms, and get to know our way around campus. I was friends with my roommates ahead of time, so we were out getting dinner at a Cracker Barrel the first night there.

We were in the gift shop, waiting for a table, when a woman that was probably in her 40s came up to us wearing a trench coat. She starts to talk about how she has always had body image issues, but her psychiatrist told her to just be proud of her body and show it off - get over the fear of what others think. Im guessing the psychiatrist meant to not wear baggy clothes all the time, wear normal stuff, or even go out to a beach in a swimsuit she probably didn't mean to go to a restaurant in a trench coat while wearing a bikini under it and basically show some 18 year olds her body in a bikini, saying this was her way of getting over her body image issues.

Me and my friends were just sorta like Uhhh, and after not too long, our parents (who were there with us for the first night and staying at a hotel before leaving the next morning) saw it, came over and just guided us away.

Also, she wasnt someone youd wanna see in a bikini.

KogaSteelfang posted...

I used to work at an interstate rest area. One morning I'm just out sweeping up some trash or something else mundane. When a guy approached me in tears. He claimed that his family had died in a house fire a few days earlier. I didn't really know what to say, so I tried consoling him the best I could.

Then he straightened up, stopped crying, and told me he was a murderer. That he'd killed several people by telling a sob story and getting people to lower their guard. Said he'd cry and ask for a hug, and if they hugged him he'd pull his knife and gut them.

Then he pointed out that he was recording the entire encounter. He had a chest mounted camera thing hidden under his jacket. Then told me that he felt I was being genuine when consoling him, so he wouldn't have his partner attack me from behind and pointed out a big guy that was off in the shadows behind me watching both of us.

He went off on a racist rant against Muslims and Jewish people. Claimed they were the ones who murdered his family, and that him murdering Muslims was what caused them to retaliate and kill his family. So he felt guilty, but now had nothing left to lose.

Then he was crying again. He asked me for a hug. At the time I was going through a lot of shit myself and really didn't care if I lived or died, so I gave him a hug. Really, it was mostly just to see if he'd actually gut me or not. He didn't try anything, but the other guy did move in closer.

Anyways, they kinda had me stuck for like an hour before I managed to step away without them following me. But when I got away, they started on another person. So I called the police and told them there was a guy harassing visitors and threatening to gut them. But they left before the cops got there.

Edit: He also gave me his website, supposedly where he uploads the videos of his encounters. So I checked it out and it was a site selling shoes.

This is extremely bizarre

A man who clearly had some mental health issues once approached me at a bus stop. He then threw the contents of a bucket on me and then talked about it at length with his friends. Neither his friends nor the bucket were real.

Toss up between one I had back in high school and one I had with a homeless man.

The one in high school happened when I was walking the hallways and this random girl who looked to be either a junior or a senior (I was a freshman) kept making this weird smiling face while nodding constantly.

The homeless guy encounter happened about 5 or 6 years ago (the high school one as 20) when I was coming out of a local video game store when this guy looked at me and smiled the creepiest smile I've ever seen while pointing at me. Thankfully I haven't seen him since.

Random woman walks up to me while I'm in line at Arby's and says "excuse me has anyone ever told you that you look like Ron Jeremy?"

I said "yes, actually I've heard that before"

The cashier who looked like some 17 year old high school student goes "who is Ron Jeremy?' and then I had to awkwardly change the subject.

Was out in one of the tourist places in vegas with some workmates (during s tdy to Nellis). Some older lady in a costume (i think it was the statue of liberty) walked by me and brushed her hand over my face and told me that I looked like an angel. Happened so fast that none of my workmates saw it and I didn't mention it.. very trippy imo. I almost think that i hallucinated it tbh. Was sober at the time too. I didn't start drinking till we hit the club that day.

Oh yeah I just remembered while at a club I got really drunk to the point of feeling very sleepy. Sat down on a stage to take a rest and some dude kept trying to talk to me. Saw him a bit earlier before that point too but idr what we were talking about. Said something about how he likes people like me. One of my flight chiefs (was babysitting us airmen) was near me and overheard us. told the weird dude to bugger off lol.

I was playing a game involved a basket, and an inflatable ball, where the strategy was to procure more "dunks" than your opponents, this was just near by educational establishment.
However, much to my surprise a collection of what I can only describe as a couple of ruffians decided to cause issue and troubles.
I decided to get into fisticuffs with them, and my mother was very frightened, anxious and terrified of what could have occurred had the fisticuffs gone into another direction.
So, I was shipped off to my Paternal Uncle and Aunt in a residential enclave about 12 miles (19 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles, called Bel Air.

I was just thinking about this the other day.

I was in line at a coffee shop and a guy at the counter was given his drink. He then complained that it was way bigger than he thought it would be and asked me if I wanted it. Taken aback, I said, "Um... no." He than mocked me like, "UmMmMm, NoOoOo." Then he left still carrying his drink.

It was totally bizarre, I wish someone else I knew was there so we could laugh about it.

I was sitting at a diner and some old lady at the table next to us immediately blurted out that she recovered from throat cancer, and then said she had a strong grip, and then immediately grabbed by hand and started rubbing it before I even knew what the hell was going on. All within like 10 seconds. It was really fucking weird >_> I just pulled my hand away and brushed her off.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Random woman walks up to me while I'm in line at Arby's and says "excuse me has anyone ever told you that you look like Ron Jeremy?"

I said "yes, actually I've heard that before"

The cashier who looked like some 17 year old high school student goes "who is Ron Jeremy?' and then I had to awkwardly change the subject.

You should've responded with "A Legend".

Also now I wanna see a pic of you lol

Tyranthraxus posted...

Random woman walks up to me while I'm in line at Arby's and says "excuse me has anyone ever told you that you look like Ron Jeremy?"

I said "yes, actually I've heard that before"

The cashier who looked like some 17 year old high school student goes "who is Ron Jeremy?' and then I had to awkwardly change the subject.

Should've schooled him on it. I knew who Ron Jeremy was when I was like 14 smh

sold me guns in spain

The_Popo posted...

Also, she wasnt someone youd wanna see in a bikini.

I was hoping to see if you specified that lol

i haven't had anything "weird" happen to me but i got slashed by a guy with a knife like 10 years ago while i was walking to my car from the light rail station

Drunk man said he wanted money off me and called me "nice" I am a dude btw

ProfessorKukui posted...

ages ago was on a job somewhere in europe.
after a wild night of partying with the locals
woke up in a mate's house, some weirdo peaking through the window.
went outside to check it out & there's this homeless dude wearing a bathroom, shows us his junk.
probably has gone around the places showing his junk to people.

Damn he was wearing a whole bathroom?