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This is going to be a bit lengthy but worth the read. This is a true story that happened to me about two months ago. I didn't post it on the OG because of the trolling it would have caused.

I went to the local supermarket with my mom around 730pm. I was carrying my EDC gun. I was walking towards the restrooms to hit the head, and I noticed a guy standing near the bathrooms. He was COMPLETELY out of place. He was wearing a hoodie with the hood up over his head and low over his forehead, had his hands in his pockets, and had jeans on. Six foot, 160lb African American.

As I turned the corner to go into the restroom he immediately got right behind me. No more than 2-3 steps behind me. I saw this out of the corner of my eye and automatically went into a defensive mode. I kept walking normally but sped up a tiny bit. Instead of just standing at a urinal I went straight into a stall, luckily it wasn't occupied. The guy was right on my heels, but opening the stall door made some space for me.

I went ahead and did my business but I kept my ears open. I noticed he wasn't doing anything but standing near the urinal. I finished and waited for a few seconds. He moved away from the stall, and that is when I got out. I had my left arm near my face just incase he did something and right hand near my pistol. As I stormed out, he turned towards me, but by the time I was out of the stall it was too late. I was gone.

As I found my mom I was thinking to myself... What just happened? Was I just being paranoid? Was I in danger?

After a few minutes I decided to talk to a manager and tell him what happened, that I was possibly going to get Robbed/Mugged.

As I was talking to him, the assistant manager overheard and came over. Turns out, she had been watching him for a while. He just stood near the bathroom for a few minutes at a time and would walk out of the store.

They asked for my information and asked if I would like to talk to the police. I said sure, why not.

30 minutes later the cops called me and I told them what happened. Turns out, the guy fit the description, albeit a bit vague, to someone who mugged a woman two blocks away the night before.