I've have a few chilling experiences and only one where I had to show a weapon. In 1992 when I lived in Augusta, GA I owned an in-home typing service. Normally I would go and pick up the work in a neutral place but for some reason I let this man come to my home to bring me the resume he needed typed up. In my office I always kept my gun, a .45 sitting right on my desk, next to me but not in plain site. I also kept a human paper target that I used for target practice on the wall. Makes for a really nice conversation piece.
When I met this man, I didn't get any bad vibes but I thought he was a little too friendly in a "manish" way. Still, no bad vibes. As we continued talking about how he wanted his resume to look, out of the blue he said "You know, a pretty little thing like you should be careful about letting strangers into your home".
Bad vibe, bad vibe, bad vibe!!! The hair on the back of my neck stood up and I probably turned a whiter shade of white but I calmly turned to him (praying he couldn't see the fear in my eyes) and said, "Well, what strangers don't know is that I carry a loaded gun on me at all times and I have no fear of using it". I didn't take my eyes off of his and never cracked a smile...and he knew I was dead serious. I told him I think I had everything I needed and I would call him when it was ready. He stood up, gave me a weird smile and walked out the door.
Honestly, he scared the crap out of me just with the way he said what he said. I let my husband meet him to exchange the work and money and I never heard from him again.
Another time in California, I had a stange man follow me up to my hotel room but I was already in defense mode by the time he got there. The door was locked and he couldn't get in and I wouldn't open it. When the hotel maintenance man went to the parking lot to ask what the guy wanted, the man jumped in his truck and rolled his tires out of there. The hotel clerk called me and said they were going to move me to another room.
Once in a Wal-Mart parking lot, my daughter-n-law and I were walking to my SUV late one night and a man was following behind us. I told her to stop walking, hold her purse tucked in front of her and to turn around and look at the man straight in his face, which we both did at the same time. The man shook his head, started snickering and walked away from us. Now, you tell me...was he up to no good and knew we called his bluff or was I just being paranoid?
I used to be a more trusting person but I now look at people with a different perspective. I've never been a timid person and won't back down...well, except for a bear.
That's a different story...I no longer know you if it's me, you and a bear! (Sorry buddies)
by hiker chick » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:48 pm 
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