I Hate Offline Stalkers

While watching a film inside a movie house, a guy in front of me, positioned 2 o’clock from my seat, kept on staring at me. He kept on turning his head and ogling in a very obvious manner. It’s annoying when a stranger looks at you in a flirtatious or desiring way. It’s very uncomfortable. I didn’t enjoy the film because my spider senses were telling me that someone is spying on me.

I did’t know what to do. The only picture that appeared in my mind is to transfer to another seat, far from this egregious stalker three meters apart from me. But I can’t move. Someone is stopping me shifting to another seat. I thought that if I’d transfer to a new seat, he’ll follow me. I decided to leave it that way and pretended that I didn’t notice that he was leering at me.

Minutes had passed and still he kept on doing that flirtatious act (that annoying ogle thing!). I pretended that I didn’t notice it.

A few minutes have passed again. He went out of the movie house. I was relieved for a few seconds until I found out that were already two seats apart. He pretended to go out so that others wouldn’t notice that he transferred on my row. We were two meters apart and on the same row gotdammit! I couldn’t move. I froze, aghast, and completely terrified. A blatant clamor inside of me started to break loose. But I pretended I didn’t notice it…

He went out again. I was relieved and hoped that he will not return. But, after that few minutes that he was gone, he went back again. He was nearer! He was a few inches away from me. He seated beside me!!!

I wanted to shout but I couldn’t! I wanted to tell him to keep away from me, but I have no voice to utter. I couldn’t talk. I was in a state of paranoia. I have no single idea what to do. I was thinking what the guy might do to me? Would he kill me? Would he snatch my phone? Or worst, would he hug and kiss me? (Ewww) or would he want to… ahmmm? I really don’t know what he wanted to do.

After 30 seconds of one-inch-apart state from the ogling stranger, i felt my adrenaline rushed! I gained potency to stand up and trek my way out of the cinema house. I pretended that I was into something was going after someone. Little that I know, he also went out and followed me. I noticed that someone was following me so I turned my head back to verify if my senses were not lying to me. I was shocked to see him at my back! I walked faster and faster down to the escalator, turn my head back, and he was still there. He was following me! He was also in a hurry. He was pretending that he was not following me, but it was very obvious that he was after me!

To be continued…

Nahhh.. I’ll continue this terrible experience. Hehehe. After I found out that he was following me, I moved faster, I was almost running in fear of what the guy’s motive in following me. I rushed to get near to a small crowd near a Davao Hotel, errr.. I mean near an open store (Starbucks to be specific), on the hopes that I would lose his track. I was even more surprised that he has an impressive sensory motor because and he was still behind me. My only idea on how get rid of him was to take a taxi and hope that he would not pretend to be my companion and go with me in the cab.

My sweat started to squeeze out of my body. I was still skeptical if I’d take the taxi or not. He was getting near me. Nearer and nearer as seconds passed. I finally decided to take the taxi then immediately told the driver to drive! “go go go! Someone’s following me!” Hehe.. Nah.. I never did that. I just pretended to be calm and told the taxi driver to take me home.

That was it. I never saw the guy again. I was glad he never followed me after I went inside the taxi. Hehehe. I was so afraid, annoyed and pissed with that kind of behavior. I hate oglers, stalkers, that mysterious stalker…

Lesson learned from this awful experience: Don’t watch a movie alone. Don’t watch if you’re not with someone, specially during LFS (Last Full Shows).