GhostRider66
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Or at least, felt I needed to at the time...and did. So here's my story:
Arrived at the liquor store (Goody Goody Liquor, close to home, in a decent neighborhood) on my way home from work around 7:15PM. It was already dark and I pulled into a parking space next to the empty handicapped space with my driver's side door toward the entrace to the store (about 150 feet to the door). Directly facing my vehicle is a small, beat-up, 4-door red sedan. My vehicle lights are high enough to illuminate the interior of that vehicle and it appears empty. I shut it down, lock it up and begin to exit the vehicle and notice a large male (6'2", 220-240) appoaching from the driver's side of the small sedan around the opposite side of my vehicle and toward me\store entrance. He's on his cellphone.
Not too alarmed or anything at this point so I just walk to the store entrance with him some distance behind. Enter the store and proceed to the rum section toward the back of the store. While passing a side aisle, I notice a lady, dressed in blue, speaking into a cellphone and she glances quickly at me as I pass. I grab my purchase and head to the checkout.
At the checkout, while paying I look back into the aisles and notice the same guy from before standing one aisle over from where I was, in the middle of the aisle, speaking on the cellphone and looking directly toward me and the clerk. Pay and proceed out the door.
Don't know why at this point but I felt out of sorts walking out the door. Maybe just too many coincidences for a short while. I shift everything but my keys to my left hand. Upon reaching the door of my vehicle, I glance behind me and guy on cell phone is approx. 25' behind me
, still on cellphone walking straight toward me. DISTINCTLY NOT towards his vehicle which was face to face with mine and no other cars in the way. I quickly open the door, dump my laptop, rum and keys into front seat and draw my 1911 with my right hand while turning slightly to see where he is. At this point I do not lift, aim or even overtly show the weapon but try to keep it down and to the right of me. He is now about 15' or less from me but seeing either my actions or the pistol (still not sure which), his eyes go slightly wide and he makes an almost 90 degree turn to his left and starts moving quicker to the back of his vehicle.
As I begin to get into my vehicle to bug out, before I close my door, I hear him say into the cellphone, "Hurry, hurry, let's go." and then he is in the driver's seat closing his door. A split second later, I spot the lady in blue from inside about halfway to the car. She jumps into the passenger seat and they back out very quickly and leave.
I wasn't really shaken but more in disbelief at this point. Pulled out, re-holstered pistol and drove home. Not sure if I should call police and report this non-incident, I opted to call and speak with the manager of the store. He said he would review the security tapes but also assured me that it did not sound at all innocent. I also made mention of the fact that neither of them seemed to have purchased anything while in there.
What do you all think? Did I let my paranoia get the better of me or did I possibly avoid disaster here?
Arrived at the liquor store (Goody Goody Liquor, close to home, in a decent neighborhood) on my way home from work around 7:15PM. It was already dark and I pulled into a parking space next to the empty handicapped space with my driver's side door toward the entrace to the store (about 150 feet to the door). Directly facing my vehicle is a small, beat-up, 4-door red sedan. My vehicle lights are high enough to illuminate the interior of that vehicle and it appears empty. I shut it down, lock it up and begin to exit the vehicle and notice a large male (6'2", 220-240) appoaching from the driver's side of the small sedan around the opposite side of my vehicle and toward me\store entrance. He's on his cellphone.
Not too alarmed or anything at this point so I just walk to the store entrance with him some distance behind. Enter the store and proceed to the rum section toward the back of the store. While passing a side aisle, I notice a lady, dressed in blue, speaking into a cellphone and she glances quickly at me as I pass. I grab my purchase and head to the checkout.
At the checkout, while paying I look back into the aisles and notice the same guy from before standing one aisle over from where I was, in the middle of the aisle, speaking on the cellphone and looking directly toward me and the clerk. Pay and proceed out the door.
Don't know why at this point but I felt out of sorts walking out the door. Maybe just too many coincidences for a short while. I shift everything but my keys to my left hand. Upon reaching the door of my vehicle, I glance behind me and guy on cell phone is approx. 25' behind me
, still on cellphone walking straight toward me. DISTINCTLY NOT towards his vehicle which was face to face with mine and no other cars in the way. I quickly open the door, dump my laptop, rum and keys into front seat and draw my 1911 with my right hand while turning slightly to see where he is. At this point I do not lift, aim or even overtly show the weapon but try to keep it down and to the right of me. He is now about 15' or less from me but seeing either my actions or the pistol (still not sure which), his eyes go slightly wide and he makes an almost 90 degree turn to his left and starts moving quicker to the back of his vehicle.As I begin to get into my vehicle to bug out, before I close my door, I hear him say into the cellphone, "Hurry, hurry, let's go." and then he is in the driver's seat closing his door. A split second later, I spot the lady in blue from inside about halfway to the car. She jumps into the passenger seat and they back out very quickly and leave.
I wasn't really shaken but more in disbelief at this point. Pulled out, re-holstered pistol and drove home. Not sure if I should call police and report this non-incident, I opted to call and speak with the manager of the store. He said he would review the security tapes but also assured me that it did not sound at all innocent. I also made mention of the fact that neither of them seemed to have purchased anything while in there.
What do you all think? Did I let my paranoia get the better of me or did I possibly avoid disaster here?
