To the creepy guy lurking outside my house lets not meet

Hi! I’ve been watching your videos for a few years now and your lets not meet stories really made me feel so much better about what happened to me and I finally want to share my story. Sorry I know it’s long but I’ve never been known to tell a story that gets straight to the point.

It started when I was 13, it was my towns big Memorial Day parade and for the first time I was going to watch it instead of being in it. I’d been offered by a woman (we’ll call her Jane) I babysat for to help watch her kids during the parade (she had 4 kids) in exchange for $20 and ice cream after. It was a good deal and it wasn’t hard work or anything so I agreed. The plan was to walk to the parade together, I was going to meet her and the kids at the corner of my block and walk from there. For context I lived next to a mechanic shop that was on the corner and we shared a driveway with him, due to a holiday his shop was closed and most of the cars were not in the lot so i had open space to hang out and draw with some chalk while i waited, also Much to my dad’s dismay I was gifted my very first crop top that year and it was red white and blue so i figured it was the perfect top for the occasion. While I was drawing with chalk I could see the full way up the road where Jane was supposed to be coming from and since she was coming with all of the kids she would be easy to spot, while i was waiting she texted me she was running a bit late but I figured since it was nice I didn’t need to wait inside for her, and id keep coloring. While I did that I noticed a guy standing at the other corner and i was a bit confused since I’d never seen him before, I lived in a small town where everyone knew everyone, but i just sorta figured he was coming in to visit family and watch the parade, he was cute too so i kept sneaking up glances at him. after about 10 minutes of him standing at the corner I noticed him walking towards me. I was young a stupid and figured since he was young and cute I didn’t need to worry, boy was I wrong. He came up to me and stated talking

CG (creepy guy): hey do you know why there’s so many people walking around today? Me: It’s the parade, it starts in a few minutes CG: You aren’t going to the parade? Me: I am, I’m just waiting for my friend to walk over CG: Oh that’s too bad I was gonna say if you were all alone I’d go with you, i heard it’s a good parade.

That was my first realization that something was up. He seemed nice enough and honestly he was cute so i brushed it off thinking he just was making small talk or trying to flirt, I was honestly flattered by it. But I just laughed it off, but he didn’t stop

CG: So do you go to insert local college name? Me: Oh no I’m not in college yet CG: Really but you look so grown up

That made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, I mean I was 13 there was no way I looked old enough to be in college and i knew that even back then

CG: So you go to insert high school name

I didn’t want to be rude but I also didn’t want to tell him that I was in middle school or the name of it so I lied

Me: I actually go to local catholic high school CG: No way I graduated from there last year CG:Its too bad you’re still in high school, my friend and i are having a party tonight and I would’ve told you to come and bring some friends.

At you this I laughed awkwardly and realized he definitely wasn’t planning on leaving any time soon, but I was worried about him knowing where i lived even though I was in my driveway so it was a stupid thing on my part. I decided to pretend the next person I saw walking by was the friend I was waiting for since I knew pretty much everyone in town, luckily the next people to walk by was actually a neighbor and a group of girls my age so i quickly told the guy I had to go and ran over to them. We walked a few houses down the road and I cut through my neighbors backyards and went in my back door and texted Jane I was waiting in my house and to come to the door. I dont know why I didn’t tell either Jane or the girls about the creepy guy but I didn’t. Finally a few minutes later Jane showed up at my door and we walked to the parade route and as we walked past my driveway I saw the Creepy guy standing at the same corner as before and he waved to me telling me to have fun. I kinda forgot about him as I watched the parade until we were walking to the ice cream shop and he was there a few tables away and waved again. Jane being the vigilant mom she was realized it was the same guy and asked if i knew him so i finally told her about our earlier interaction. She was pissed and texted my parents packed the kids into the stroller and took us all out of the icecream shop and started to walk me home to make sure i got there safely. My parents got home, I told them the whole story and we made sure to lock all the doors and keep an eye out for him. Later that night as we were watching a movie my dog started to bark so i thought he needed to go out so I brought him into the yard and wouldn’t you know it he was standing at the corner again. I ran back inside and told my dad who came out yelling and i thought scared him off. I went to bed thinking the mess was over. About a week later I was playing with my dog outside and I saw him again at the corner. When I told my dad he called the non emergency police and by the time they got there he was gone again. The next day I saw him again this time he acknowledge me by name which was weird because I knew I’d never told him my name when we talked. I was really creeped out and ran straight home. based on where he was standing on the corner I could see him from my window and since it was summer they were open so I noticed when i got inside he immediately went on a phone call talking about a blonde girl and i heard the phrase “the parents are a problem” my parents called the police again and this time they came with their sirens on and when i heard them i guess so did he and he ran into a car that was running a few feet up the road and hopped in the passenger seat then drove away. I never saw him again and the police never found anything except the car he was in when they drove away had plates registered to a stolen vehicle from 4 towns over. It’s been 10 years and it still freaks me out. How did he know my name and why did he keep coming back? I’ve gone too many rabbit holes of “what if” was he trying to kidnap me, hurt me, something far worse, or was he really some awkward guy who was innocently trying to flirt? Whatever his plan was I’m glad I never got to figure it out. So to the creepy guy standing on my corner for a few days let’s not meet.

TLDR: The creepy guy who tried flirting with me then stood outside my house multiple times and somehow knew my name lets not meet.