Well, I guess I shouldn’t have done that. I don’t know. So this youngish 16-25 year old dude with blond hair showed up at my door at 3:00 am and asked if he could use the phone… so I let him call a number. When no one seemed to answer he seemed distressed. He said he’d give me his laptop if I’d drive him to Mopac and Far West to get back to his car and since I knew where that was I said sure. It was damp and foggy out and I was worried since he had on flip-flops and beige tattered shorts. I wasn’t after his laptop or anything, I just wanted to help him out and I knew where Far West was.
So I drove him to the Far West exit since Mopac is next to where I lived the exit is only about 1 to 2 miles. I also told him no death as I get on a plane today at 8:00 AM. He didn’t really seem to know where he was and didn’t tell me which way he had been walking. He seemed very odd. He seem to think that everyone know what had happened and even asked if I know who the name of a person that he’d thought he’d known for five years was. I asked if I should know and that seem to throw him. He kept saying “No ma’am” and “Yes ma’am.” I got to the Chevron that he’d mentioned and he said it wasn’t the right one. But then I asked him what he wanted to do and he said he’d walk. I thought he needed to get to his car but he in general seemed really out of it. I’m not sure if he thought I knew him or not. I really should not have opened my front door.
He asked why no one had thought it strange that some guy was cursing in the street and why I was even up(I was wearing head phones and I was packing). And seemed in general to think people should have heard about him or somehow everyone already knew what had happened to him. I think he was probably paranoid or needed medication or his life was really f-ed up.
He had dirty blond hair that was short in the back and had short bangs in the front. He didn’t wear glasses. He looked a bit like a surfer guy or a collage dude. He wasn’t very heavy or muscular and seemed to be on the verge of crying the whole time. At one point he said he just wanted to put his head between his legs and crawl in a hole. It was like his life had taken a very bad turn. In general he didn’t answer or he avoided any questions and most of what he said seemed to be about something that had gone wrong recently. He seemed to think everyone knew what had happened to him and was avoiding him just to make things worse. He asked me a few things that seemed really odd I wish I remembered more about it. He also seemed strangely familiar but I don’t think I’ve ever meet him.
I’m not sure why I’m posting this I guess it was just too odd and I’m worried that maybe this guy had done something. I also just want to get it down because my memory gets hazy fast. I will not answer the door this late again. This situation seems not good and I can’t believe I did that. Man, I’m stupid. No more or that.
If you live in Austin could you check the news for me to see if anything bad happened at the Chevron gas station at Mopac and Far West. I’d like to think this was just a guy who was down on his luck and just needed a ride to his car but this doesn’t feel right. So I thought I’d post. I’m fine myself and the guy never tried to do anything to me in fact he don’t seem to want to even get close to me and he didn’t have anything. Like no backpack or pockets or anything and was generally really careful to stay far away from me. Anyway sorry if this worries anyone I’m fine and no, I’m not going to do that again. There’s taking helpful too far. Man. I don’t know. I need to be more careful. No more answering the door at 3 am unless it’s the police.
Anyway I’m going off to California today. I’ll be back on the net around 6 pm probably. Sorry to worry anyone I just want to get this down and make sure I don’t forget.
