Stranger Danger
“I must’ve been around 10 or 12 when this happened. I was walking back home one afternoon after strolling around the neighborhood, which was usually very safe, friendly and quiet. I was on the opposite side of the block (the houses behind ours), which wasn’t an issue because there happened to be a park that went across the whole block and connected to the other side, so you didn’t have to go around the whole block, so I was only a few houses away …
… I went through the park without paying much attention, when about halfway through, this guy who I didn’t know, definitely older than me, wearing a hoodie started calling me. “Dude, come over here one sec.” “Um, what do you want?” “Come here, I just wanna ask you something” “Ok, ask me from over there.” “No, no, come over, please.” “No, tell me from over there.” At that point, another dude that was sitting next to him gets upset, I hear a “That’s it” and they both stood up quickly and started making their way toward me. My instincts just told me to run like hell and I did. To this day I still don’t know if they were gonna mug me, if they were just taking the piss or what was happening but it definitely scared kid me.”