Yikes !! This was scary !!

[FlowersChild]

Some of you may remember that I had to call the cops because of something awful that happen to me a couple weeks ago. Well when I was at work today asking another worker where someone was I saw this guy walking and is soon as I saw him I was like " that looks like the same guy who attacked me " the only thing was this guy I saw today was dressed up and the guy who attacked me was not. But I was still freaked. But I hid my fear and just kept on talking to the other worker like that guy was not there. The man walk right past me but he did not even seem to hint at the fact that he knew me.

Well after that guy walked past me I was still freaked out. Because he really did seem like the same guy still but I was not sure. I went and got paper and a pen and wrote down a message about that guy and gave it to a manager. They said see if you can point him out to us. One manager said we can't say anything to him because since you are not sure if this is the guy who attacked you.

Well as I walked out of the back office I notice that this guy was in line checking out. I went right back in the back office and told the 2 managers there he is. When they saw him they said o we know him he is a manager at Wendy's. One manager said he is a nice guy and the other said is he the one. I said well I don't think it's him. I mean it just did not seem like this was the same guy.

Also after I calmed down a bit I starting thinking and the fact of the guy who attacked me does seem different from the face of the guy I saw today. This is what I think. The guy I saw today had the same height was just as chubby and the same dark hair ect. > So since I was just attacked a couple weeks ago as soon as I saw this guy today who did kinda looked like him I guess my mind just freaked and my mind made me think that this seems like the same guy who attacked me.

So I am pretty sure it's not the same guy. I mean the guy who attacked me was dress so different and this guy I saw today must come dress up all the time and hie face seems different ect. > But yikes that really creeped me out. Well I guess my mind is just in an uncomfortable mood because it went into shock when that guy attacked me a couple weeks ago. What happend to me a couple weeks ago well nothing like that ever happend to me before. I was just not used to that.

I mean I have not been been stressing over this everyday since it happend though I do think about it. But I guess this is something that would not be easy for your mind to get over. So since I just saw this guy today out of the blue and he had the height,hair color, weight ect. of the guy who attacked me well I guess my mind just freaked.

Well I will be okay. I am going to tell my mom what happend today. I am on lunch break so I do have to go back to work but when I am done with work I think I am just going to go to sleep and cuddle with my stuffed animals. With what happend today I really want to just go to sleop and cuddle with my stuffed animals.

 

[VanniGirl]

Sorry you had a scare - hope the rest of your day is better.

 

[L107ANGEL]

I hope your day gets better FC!

 

[FlowersChild]

VanniGirl and L107ANGEL thank you so much for your kind posts. When I am upset kind words can help me to feel better. I am doing better now. I rested pretty well also. I am sure that the guy I saw today was just a nice man who works at Wendy's > One thing that I am thankful for is my mind was awake !!! I know that I did the right thing by going right to the managers as soon as I saw this guy today. Now as for the guy who attacked me a couple weeks ago he most likely will not try to come after me again, but just in case he did my mind would be awake. He tricked me once but he will not trick me again.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

FC - I'm so sorry you were attacked. I think you handled the situation about a possible mistaken identity in an appropriate way.
I hope you are feeling better now.

 

[DisneyLovingMama]

Hope you're feeling better today. If the guy comes in again, and freaks you out, it may not hurt to call the police and have him questioned - nothing to ruin his life or anything, but you need to have some piece of mind. You can tell them you're not sure, but want to be.

I don't think your manager or someone at the store is in a place to tell you whether someone "is a nice guy" and is/isn't your attacker. Nice guys sometimes do some not so nice things. And, clothes are easily changed, so forget about those, and go with your gut.

Sorry you have to go through this. Hope it gets easier soon.

 

[Mermaid02]

I'm glad you will talk to your Mom. That is the best thing you can do! Sometimes people remind us of other people, good and bad!

 

[luckywife]

So sorry you had to go through something like that. Hope your day today is a better one!

 

[grlpwrd]

, but I remember you stated in your initial post about this incident that you didn't want to talk about it with us and then you give us 7 paragraphs.

Why now? Why bring it here rather than going to the authorities... not hating, just curious.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Grlpwrd, good point.

 

[Hannathy]

It also shows how innocent people get hauled in and go thru all that when someone thinks it may have been maybe... That is why they have line ups with similar people to make sure the witness is sure. I'm sure it disturbed you but you can't start calling the police because he is the same build or hair color. Please be sure. And for the "not to ruin his life or anything" How do you think your boss would like it if they took you out of your place of employment for questioning? Plus taking up police time and resources. I don't know the set up of how or where you were attacked and in a perfect world it shouldn't happen but there are a lot of people in the world that look similar so please be careful before accusing innocent people.

 

[disneymom3]

That sounds like a stressful event and I think it was wise of you to really look and be sure whether or not you thought this was the person who attacked you.

As far as posting about it now when he was not willing to before, haven't you ever gone through a tragic or scary event and not wanted to talk about it at all to begin with but after you had some time were willing to say a little more? And as I recall Flower'sChild did go to the authorities when the incident first happened, he just wasn't willing to hash out the details with 60,000 of his closest friends. Can't blame him for that.

 

[DisneyLovingMama]

It also shows how innocent people get hauled in and go thru all that when someone thinks it may have been maybe... That is why they have line ups with similar people to make sure the witness is sure. I'm sure it disturbed you but you can't start calling the police because he is the same build or hair color. Please be sure.

And how many people don't do anything because of fear or being unsure, or someone tell them "he's a nice guy." OP's biggest reason for saying the guy was not THE guy was because he was in different clothes and the manager said it couldn't have been him.

 

[Free4Life11]

Wow you were attacked?? Was it bad or did they just mug you or what?

 

[FlowersChild]

It also shows how innocent people get hauled in and go thru all that when someone thinks it may have been maybe... That is why they have line ups with similar people to make sure the witness is sure. I'm sure it disturbed you but you can't start calling the police because he is the same build or hair color. Please be sure. And for the "not to ruin his life or anything" How do you think your boss would like it if they took you out of your place of employment for questioning? Plus taking up police time and resources. I don't know the set up of how or where you were attacked and in a perfect world it shouldn't happen but there are a lot of people in the world that look similar so please be careful before accusing innocent people.

Hannathy did you read my whole post ? I never said that I called the police when I saw that guy in the store yesterday. I posted saying that the manager told my mom to tell me that if I see that guy come into the store to tell a manager right away. Since I thought that this guy might be the same guy who attacked me I went right to the managers.

I never asked the managers to call the police on that guy and I did not even ask them to talk to him. I just wanted the managers to be on the look out. At the time I was thinking it might be him so what if he tries something ? That is one reason why I wanted the managers to know about this. Also the managers told me that even though you don't know if it's him or not point him out to us. So I pointed him out to the managers because that is what they wanted me to do and also so the managers would keep their eye on him if he comes back to the store.

I know that I did the right thing. Look I just point that guy out to the managers so they will keep an eye on him that is all. I never asked them to call the cops or to talk to that guy ect. > But anyways I am pretty sure it was not him because like I said later when I thought about it the face of the guy I saw in the store yesterday and the face of the guy who attacked me well they seem different.

 

[FlowersChild]

O as for the 2 people who seem confused as to why I said before that I did not want to tell everyone what happend and now this post. Well in this thread I just told you that I was attacked. I did not tell you how I was attacked so I still have not really told you all what happend. In the other thread that I made a couple of weeks ago I said something awful happend to me and I had to call the cops and when I started this thread I used the word attacked and said this guy attacked me.

Also do keep in mind that people do change their mind. I was attacked on Jan 10th and I posted about it Jan 10th or 11th or somewhere around that date. When I posted the first time it was right after I had been attacked. Now I have had over a month to get better.

Another thing that I want to say is on another message board ( and it was not a disney message board ) I just said it. I pretty much told them what happend to me. The only thing that I did not tell them was when it happend to me. I have not told you guys what happend to me but on that other board I did tell them what happend to me. I was very upset after I told them what happend to me. But you know what, after I told them what happend to me I hugged my stuffed animals and went to sleep and the next day I got up. About a couple hours after I got up I started to feel better about the fact that I told them what happend. I was glad that I told them what happend because I felt better about getting it out for some reason. So now I am more comfortable about telling people what happend to me.

But this does not mean that I am going to tell you all what happend to me. The other message board where I did tell them what happend to me well they don't have as many members over there as they do here. There are like 100,000 members on the Disboards and even more people than that read these boards. You can read these boards and not be a member here. Also the other message board is not a Disney message board and this is a Disney message board. People on this board go to DisneyWorld all the time just like me so that is another reason why I may never post about what happend to me on these boards.

Anyways thanks to everyone who said kind words to me I started this thread because it made me feel better after what happend yesterday and also because when I get upset kind words can help me

 

[vivilasvegas]

I was mugged last year. It was kind of scary walking by myself for a while after that, but now I'm fine. sort of!

Good luck to ya!