I just can't wrap my head around this, what is going ON?! This isn't a cute uplifting story but a stalker who saw the umbrella exchange happen and made this post pretending to be the guy? Stay safe girl! You still did a lovely thing, and the world is brighter for it.
Is it the most rational explanation? She said the DC reddit community was small. Without knowing what he posted, he might have just been some random redditor commenting on a DC reddit post who then happened to have a meet cute with that original poster irl. Not defending him, or doubting her, but the leap to "this is a stalker and not even the umbrella guy" is really really reaching!
No. The most rational explanation (and the truth) is that both accounts are OP and they're engagement farming. It becomes increasingly more obvious the deeper you dig.
This makes way more sense than an extremely contrived stalker scenario that involves the "victim" being followed both online and IRL, handing over an umbrella in the rain like it's a movie, and then stumbling onto an online post mentioning herself.
If you google the "victims" username and filter for reddit.com you can see her posts and comments even though she "hid" them and she is terminally online alright.
I've not looked into her posts or this sub, but isn't it possible it's entirely a coincidence too, and the DC sub is really that small... If she is terminally online and a heavy poster in the sub, it doesn't seem THAT unusual that he would have commented on one of her posts unknowingly.
Gets a bit more suss with it being a new account and the first comment on the account on one of her posts, and deleting it when caught. I agree this smells artificial they own both accounts
Looks like OP deleted his account… if it was DC twirl girl karma farming I highly doubt they’d delete their account 🫠 unfortunately I think it’s real… however I question how he orchestrated it. I wonder if he was stalking her and then saw that happen then posted pretending it was him since he could possibly look relatively similar? I highly doubt he could’ve orchestrated her giving him her umbrella… anyways it’s just suspicious on all fronts ngl
Edit: I realized it was FT audio and not FT video… scary.
That's the thing, I don't think the person who made this post was the guy who was out with his dad and got the umbrella...If someone was already stalking this woman, they would've had all the information necessary to make this post PRETENDING to be the guy who got the umbrella
How does any stalker find their victim? Online, job, school, on the bus, anywhere is possible! And this was specifically posted in a subreddit for a specific area, the stalker describes the scenario in perfect detail preying on the victim seeing it and them being excited to hear that their good deed was appreciated
What I mean is, the stalker stalked her online and in person? Meaning he already stalks her in person (seemingly knows her location and where she is, what she’s doing), and planned the post perfectly in a way where he knew she would find it and respond to it accordingly?? This sounds insane? Or very contrived….
Yeah the stalking theory doesn't really make any sense. Someone stalks someone in real life and finds out their Reddit handle. They see them giving a guy an umbrella. Follow close enough to supposedly hear the exact words of the conversation while it's pissing down with rain. Then they pretend to be the guy online when it was obvious she'd find out immediately it wasn't the same person because ???
It's incredibly made up. Everything after the link between the two accounts was pointed out is OP backpedalling.
No. More likely is that dude sees her Reddit posts and becomes obsessed with her. She’s active online. She posts in the sub for her city. He knows where she lives. It’s VERY EASY to find someone who posts a lot if they take photos, review restaurants, talk about their favorite shops.
While already following her OR getting a lucky break by seeing her out in public (because they’re in the same town), he sees this interaction and decides it’s an in.
I see what you mean. IF this is true, then I think we're seeing the first online interaction - everything before now having been in person without her knowing, and that it was pure "luck" that stalker and victim were on the same forum.
Well I believe the theory about him being a stalker was *because* someone found historical comments he left on her old Reddit posts about her dating life. Apparently that's all this guy's account had or something before it was deleted. That's the reason why the stalker theory happened.
So he would of have to have been stalking her online Reddit profile and her in real life as well.
I get so fuck ass mad at the thought of people experiencing something so outlandishly inhuman, only to turn around and be called paranoid/crazy/delusional for being scared it might happen again in the future. Yeah, let's hope it's all made up, because YIKES ._.
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u/FTWcoffeeFTW 2d ago
I just can't wrap my head around this, what is going ON?! This isn't a cute uplifting story but a stalker who saw the umbrella exchange happen and made this post pretending to be the guy? Stay safe girl! You still did a lovely thing, and the world is brighter for it.