It's not unreasonable to assume large men appearing out of hedges in alleyways might be murderous murderers™?

[HoneyDragon]

Was walking down a cut through today and a chap just appeared from out a large hedge. I jumped out my skin.

He was somewhat offended that I jumped.

I think jumping when people appear from where they shouldn't is a natural response to the fact that everyone knows murderous murderers* hide behind hedges in alleyways.

He had in fact been retrieving a frisbee that his child had lobbed over their fence.

We parted amicably although he still seemed very wounded by my started jump backwards.

AIBU to take murderous murderer evasion protocol backwards leaping when perfectly nice people loom out of hedges?

*murderous murder ™eatshitderek year 20whateveritwas.

Dp made me jump before. He was in the kitchen making a brew. Came into the living room. All good. I knew he was there. Nothing scary. Then he asked what we were going to eat and I shit myself. I wasn't expecting him to talk and then he did and it made me jump. He's still picking on me now because of it.

You should eat him for that fucking.

(Or if he's as stringy as mine, then turn him into stock)

I quite often lurk in hedges, behind bushes, scramble around in shrubbery.
All part of geocaching - I've frequently made people jump as I appear out of nowhere. The best one was jumping out from behind a holly bush onto a path about 4 feet below: I hadn't seen the 2 lovely elderly gentlemen walking along the path - I don't know who jumped more.

I do wonder how male geocachers manage without scaring people.

@ DP being stringy. We are a couple of fatties. I could easily get a months worth of meals out of him.

My friends DH once walked up behind me in Tesco, grabbed my love handles and tickled me. My piercing scream was heard for miles, including by the security man who immediately came rushing to my rescue, no doubt this having been the most exciting incident to have occurred in this rural branch for many a year.

I'm another jumpy one: my usual reaction is a shrieky JEEEEEEEEEEZZAZ!!!!! followed by twenty minutes of head-shaking, blowing through pursed lips and chest patting. Peter Kay would have a field day doing impersonations of me.

I once saw a man wearing a T shirt and joggers hiding behind a hedge, and he asked me if I'd seen anyone (dressed in black) back down the way I'd just walked from . When I said no, he promptly ran off in said direction.

I walked another 20 yards and 2 men appeared from the side of another hedge and asked if I'd seen a single man, in T shirt and joggers. "Yup said I, he went thataway" They then also ran off in the direction from whence I'd just come from.

Turned out that the single man was an escaped prisoner, and the 2 men were the security chaps who'd been escorting him to a - unknown to me - destination.

I had this yesterday. Walked around a corner when a chugger loomed over me, arms wide, yelling, 'free hug!'

He was lucky that my flight or fight reaction stopped at holding out a hand and yelling 'fuck off!' Apparently he was selling a Rag magazine (dubious) and sounded very hurt when he said that I was very rude. I didn't stop to argue with the crazy but thought that he had got pretty lucky with just rude.

YANBU i would jump at anyone appearing suddenly. I have had my fair share of people jumping out of nowhere which make me jump and they do seem offended but you cant expect me to be all calm about it.

free hugger would have been kneed in the nuts if he had made contact. I think he was lucky to get a fuck off too.

yanbu

Oh his poor feelings!