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    I know this sounds like a stupid topic but...

    Whenever I go to walk by (as in overtake) someone on the street, I keep making them themselves. This seems to happen a lot these days, one women yesterday jumped and said "oh my god" when I did it (not too dramatically but still).

    I can only guess as to why this happens, and my best bet is that I move very quietly. I do this in the house as well, a lot of the time I will just be going about by business and then people will suddenly say "aah where did you come from?!". I tried it and I noticed I really don't make any noise at all when moving. I don't know why I have developed this, maybe too much Splinter Cell when I was younger?

    Even though this is a gaming forum, I really do not look creepy at all in RL. The only thing I can think of is people say I look very common and a bit chavvy, so maybe people think I might mug them?

    I haven't heard of anything like this before, but given my history of people telling me how I do this around the house etc, I don't think it is all in my head. Does it happen to anyone else here?
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    Nah, I just get told point black that I'm creepy. ie people get shivers when I'm close or they freak out when I touch them (i've had a girl scream when i touched her on the shoulder to tell her something)

    People don't like me walking behind them.

    Its quite fun really.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
    Nah, I just get told point black that I'm creepy. ie people get shivers when I'm close or they freak out when I touch them (i've had a girl scream when i touched her on the shoulder to tell her something)

    People don't like me walking behind them.

    Its quite fun really.
    u kinda do look creepy now u mention it...

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    Usually if you enter someones 'safety zone', you know that invisible sphere around them that they feel safe in, especially quietly and/or quickly, that's a good way to wig them out. I know if it happened to me I would become quite uncomfortable. Epecially if they were as ugly and smelly as some of the people who post on these boards! Ha ha! :P :)
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    I am definitely not one for breaking peoples safety zone, I don't like people standing behind me or I think they are going to slash my throat.

    Plus I'm pretty sure I don't look/act creepy. And it's not like the people I know would be too polite to tell me, we used to joke about how one guy really looked like a serial killer.

    I think it's more the fact people just don't know I'm there, then wham there's this guy wearing a clown mask and wielding a machete.

    But really.... I don't know.
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    People in highschool often told me not to sneak up on them. Don't remember that happening on the street though, but then it wouldn't bother me anyway.

    Once scared two girls at night when i walked behind them, once a woman ran away from me at night, I was just walking home from work, but well, it's not my fault that others are scared.

    I wouldn't think too much about it


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    Quote Originally Posted by The Stranger View Post
    u kinda do look creepy now u mention it...
    Yeah, its weird hey. You have to admit I didn't look as bad as Killfr3nzy.
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    Just bat them baby blues and give em a big smile. Works for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
    Nah, I just get told point black that I'm creepy. ie people get shivers when I'm close or they freak out when I touch them (i've had a girl scream when i touched her on the shoulder to tell her something)

    People don't like me walking behind them.

    Its quite fun really.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beefy187 View Post
    If your asian, they'll applaud and say "Ninja"
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    One thing I noticed, and I may be imagining it, but I notice that people (women esp) are most uncomfortable (and even sometimes afraid) around conservative looking white and Hispanic guys with big frames. They seem to be perfectly comfortable around black and Asian guys, but for some reason I think people think that they think they have something to fear from conservative looking Hispanic and white guys. I mean, there can be a guy with a million piercings and a spiked leather collar and a fishnet shirt walking by who looks like he is high, and it will not bother them, but they will be a little nervous and look behind them if there is a conservative looking (ie, button down shirt, or flannel, short hair, etc) guy behind them (esp if he has a large frame).
    I don't know, is that just my experience on or around campus, or is there really something to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again View Post
    One thing I noticed, and I may be imagining it, but I notice that people (women esp) are most uncomfortable (and even sometimes afraid) around conservative looking white and Hispanic guys with big frames. They seem to be perfectly comfortable around black and Asian guys, but for some reason I think people think that they think they have something to fear from conservative looking Hispanic and white guys. I mean, there can be a guy with a million piercings and a spiked leather collar and a fishnet shirt walking by who looks like he is high, and it will not bother them, but they will be a little nervous and look behind them if there is a conservative looking (ie, button down shirt, or flannel, short hair, etc) guy behind them (esp if he has a large frame).
    I don't know, is that just my experience on or around campus, or is there really something to it?
    conservative looking = frat boy . From what I've seen, you're observation holds true in and around campus but away from campus, blacks and alternatives freak women out way more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again View Post
    One thing I noticed, and I may be imagining it, but I notice that people (women esp) are most uncomfortable (and even sometimes afraid) around conservative looking white and Hispanic guys with big frames. They seem to be perfectly comfortable around black and Asian guys, but for some reason I think people think that they think they have something to fear from conservative looking Hispanic and white guys. I mean, there can be a guy with a million piercings and a spiked leather collar and a fishnet shirt walking by who looks like he is high, and it will not bother them, but they will be a little nervous and look behind them if there is a conservative looking (ie, button down shirt, or flannel, short hair, etc) guy behind them (esp if he has a large frame).
    I don't know, is that just my experience on or around campus, or is there really something to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again View Post
    One thing I noticed, and I may be imagining it, but I notice that people (women esp) are most uncomfortable (and even sometimes afraid) around conservative looking white and Hispanic guys with big frames.
    I googled "conservative looking" and I came up with this:





    Allthough I admit, it does look frightening. Brrr... Heineken.
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    Default Re: I keep terrifying people

    Maybe you're just meeting creepy people who are freaked out to meet someone so normal.

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    Wasn't there an episode of Seinfeld where there was a guy like that and Elaine made him carry Tic Tacs in his pocket so they could hear him coming? What did they call him? "The Sidler"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    I can only guess as to why this happens, and my best bet is that I move very quietly.
    I never make any sound in public, as a matter of common courtesy.


    Or perhaps skip the common, much the rest of the world seems to think one should produce the decibel level of a Jumbo Jet taking off at all times. Raised voices, revved up motorcycles, yelling. Blech.
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    I guess you could fake-cough or scuff your feet

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    When I was younger people would accuse me of sneaking up on them. I'm not sure why. Maybe I should have yelled "hail" as soon as I came within ten feet of them

    I've startled a couple people while working, although with the 30 pounds or so of gear (some of it rather squeaky) and heavy boots I doubt any of them could claim my approach was too silent...

    Do you tend to look people in the eyes rather than down at the ground as you walk down the street? That unnerves some people.
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    i look people in th eyes, and i always have a smirk according to everyone.

    and im pretty extroverted and loud so i dont really surprise people often. i can be quiet though, or id be the worst hunter ever lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    Do you tend to look people in the eyes rather than down at the ground as you walk down the street? That unnerves some people.
    I keep my eyes firmly rooted to the ground pretty much all the time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Centurion1 View Post
    i can be quiet though, or id be the worst hunter ever lol.
    Maybe I'm going feral? I used to put my skills to catching wild rabbits with a bandinet, nobody else could get close to them.
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    In my experience, I've had people cross the street when they see me walking towards them. Being 6'5" and with really wide shoulders I look like a Linebacker from a state like Tennessee or Texas. I have many friends who said when they first met me that they thought I was some type of bully or jerk just by how big and intimidating looking I was. I remember there was one time I was sitting at the bus stop waiting and a group of people got off the bus, they took one look at me and got back on.
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