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[reactionary]

i've had a couple run ins. had a regular one in mokdong. walking slow ahead of me, i'd pass him at a brisk walking pace and suddenly he'd start to keep up with me and turn his head looking at me.

or the bank employee who'd see me walking by, rush out and start yammering "shall i speak to you???"

lot of weird people who follow you around - kind of like stray dogs.

[danby_ll]

One time I was sitting on a bench in a subway station waiting for the train with my boyfriend and his mother. This girl sat down next to me and she looked like any normal university-aged Korean girl. But she was staring at me so intently that I started getting a little creeped out. She was actually leaning forward with her elbows on her legs in order to get a good look at the front of my face.

She then started poking me in the arm. I looked at her and she said something in Korean. I didn't understand so I continued to ignore her. She poked me again and when I looked at her noticeably annoyed she said "Shut up!!!" in English. I was looking at my boyfriend and his mother trying to get some reaction from them but the were oblivious to what was going on.

The girl then grabbed the bottle of tea I had in my hand and took a big swig of it and handed it back to me. I just sat there shocked, not sure what to say.

It was the weirdest thing...

[mindmetoo]

[ajgeddes]

Anybody remember that crazy dude that used to ride the subway? He always carried a dog (some people said it was a dead dog) and he would throw make believe grenades at foreigners? Haven't seen him in a long time.

[periwinkle]

[danby_ll]

[reactionary]

some of this thread sounds like it would make a great hidden camera tv show

[CabbageTownRoyals]

I like the crazies. They make the trip more interesting.

My personal favorite is a well dressed, normal looking arjoshe that finished his 100won machine coffee then proceeded to suction the empty paper cup onto his face, over his nose and mouth while inhaling and humming some tune while nodding enthusiastically at me in time to the humming. He was sitting right next to me....

[twg]

[Kimchieluver]

[spliff]

[mrsquirrel]

There is a women where I live that sometimes stands in the street mutterning to herself, other times screaming at the top of her voice at hidden evils.

She has kids though which i have seen wandering around with no clothes on when it was -5 people trying to help them but not knowing what to do.

[nicholas_chiasson]

the other day in Pohang some guy started spining back kicking the ____ out of the guard rail between the busses and the people. At first, cause I was following him, I thought he was trying to hit me...nope...he went after a trash can next. Oh he had his jacket on his head...like a big hat. The bus stations guys grabbed him...I like crazy people.

[Julius]

[WoBW]

When I lived in Daechi a while ago there was a woman who used to hang around the neighbourhood park.

Sometimes she would be muttering to herself, sometimes shouting at people and following them, and the funniest days were when you would see her just quietly remonstrating with thin air. I used to have bets with my friend over which state she would be in the next time we saw her.

I also saw a guy having a heated argument with a parked car one night. Days later I'd be walking down the street , alone, and suddenly start pissing myself laughing at the thought of it. So now I look crazy, too.