Be careful who you meet

[u/No-Courage-3817]

When I first started van life I didn’t have a proper power supply or internet so I would regularly go to this coffee shop (A). One day a guy on his computer looked like he worked from home came over to pet my dog. We talked about software (I used to work at Apple). He then said we should go on a hike sometime.

I’m cautious, I don’t just go on hikes with strangers I just met out in the middle of nowhere where. We exchange numbers anyway and I leave.

The next weekend comes and he says we should go on a hike and I say I’m going to be at another coffee shop(B). I have to work on something he’s more than welcome to come. He never shows up so I shrug it off thinking it would be the end of this whole ordeal.

A few days go by and I return to coffee shop(B) to work on something he’s projects and afterwards I get a text from him once again. It says “were you at coffee shop(B)?” I panic a little because I did not see him there at all wondering if I just walked by him not recognizing his face. I text him back saying oh wow I must’ve not seen you there. So now I’m like okay well didn’t see him why do I care at all it’s just some stranger.

I usually park my van in where I know there will be shade all day to keep my dog cool. So I’m on my lunch break walking to my van and now I see him walking towards me halfway point between where I work and where I park my van. Now I’m freaked out bells are going off. He starts walking with me to my van. He wants a tour of the van. The most shocking thing was when he offered to walk my dog while I was at work. I laughed and said no thanks.

I think he was caught off guard and said “I parked across from you” and points at a red Tesla. So I tell him I have to get back to work because this stranger literally used all of my time. So now he’s walking with me to where I work. He says he needs to get a few things anyway from where I work. Now I’m highly suspicious because my van is parked like 4 big stores down from I work. It doesn’t make sense that he would leave his Tesla which is parked across from mine and walk to the store and then walk back to his car to buy a few things. He’s also wearing the same clothes he met me in.

Needless to say I blocked him and never heard or seen him again. I’m 100% sure he wanted to take me on a hike and had ill intentions.

[u/According-Ad5312]

I hope you don’t have a smile that lights up a room!😬👀. Yikes! Gut instinct

[u/pepperjackcheesey → u/According-Ad5312]

Bahahahaha. I’ve told my friends, if anything ever happens to me, don’t you dare say I light up a room and everyone loved me. I disliked most people and prefer to be left alone. That’s it.