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Instinct of danger

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FeetupTvon · 13/12/2024 18:01

Earlier this year in my local area there was a random attack on two young women by a man. Sadly one of the women died.
Before the man approached these women he had approached two other women and as they had ‘a funny feeling’ about him one of them barked like a dog (apparently her mum had told her to do this so as to cause attention) the man then walked away but sadly set upon the other two victims.
A witness also said that he had seen the man beforehand and also had a strange feeling about him so walked a different way.

So, my question is, has anyone else had a strange feeling about someone which has turned out to be true? Should we always follow our gut instinct?
I do recall in my teenage years walking along a very deserted road alone and a car pulling up further up the road, so I would have to walk past it. Suddenly another person walked up and I remember asking if I could walk with them past the car so I wouldn’t be alone. (Before the days of mobile phones)

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Namechangeobviously2024 · 13/12/2024 18:07

I once felt intense dislike of a fellow mature student on a course. Turned out he'd been kicked out of a profession for behaving very inappropriately towards a vulnerable person. But there's nothing woo about it. He was just a selfish arsehole with zero understanding of or interest in other people's feelings.

GermanBite · 13/12/2024 18:06

Well yes, of course. People are generally very good at reading body language and forming opinions of people/ their intentions.

FeetupTvon · 13/12/2024 18:06

TomorrowTodayYesterday · 13/12/2024 18:03

Why do you want to know? What are you going to do with the information? And what is your AIBU?

Had a bad day??

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Namechangeobviously2024 · 13/12/2024 18:05

It's probably not so much that they "had a strange feeling" than that they noticed subtle cues about his behaviour that perhaps his eventual victims were too distracted to see, e.g. loitering, staring etc etc.

TomorrowTodayYesterday · 13/12/2024 18:03

Why do you want to know? What are you going to do with the information? And what is your AIBU?