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The following set of tweets detail what happened to me coming home Saturday night to University Heights in the BX. I am not doing this for attention/sympathy, but rather to warn the public, especially my fellow women, who may live in the area or know some1 who does.
The following set of tweets detail what happened to me coming home Saturday night to University Heights in the BX. I am not doing this for attention/sympathy, but rather to warn the public, especially my fellow women, who may live in the area or know some1 who does.
My Uber dropped me off at 3:50AM. I’ll also take this opportunity to reiterate the importance of drivers waiting for their passengers to arrive at their front door safely before driving off. In this case, mine didn’t.
The following footage is me walking up into my building. You’ll notice a man walk behind me moments later. I did not see or hear him.
I walk with my keys in hand so i was as to get into my building quickly. Just a force of habit of mine.
I get into my lobby, and a few steps in this strange feeling comes over me, like something was warning me to be cautious or that I wasn’t alone. Now, I’m a believer in the super natural so I honestly was ready to confront a ghost if needed.
My lobby has mirrors on both the left and right side walls. I turn my head and notice the reflection of a dark figure standing outside the front door. It looked like a shadow. I approach to see who/what it is and as I get closer I realize I couldn’t see a face.
So I immediately thought to myself “make sure the door locked”. I extend my arm and shut the door closed. He had his foot on the corner to stop it from closing behind me after I enterd. The following video is from inside my lobby, showing everything I just explained.
This video is the recording of me entering my building with my keys, & the man coming behind. Note that this video is happening in parallel to the one from inside my lobby. He most likely doesn’t follow me inside because he intended to attack me before I entrd my building....
...or he was watching for me to go upstairs so that he could run up behind me and/or force himself into my apartment.
When he notices me coming back to the door, he turns his face so that I can’t see him. Walks away from the door, notices the camera above, puts his arm over his eyes, and walks towards the door to try to push it open again but sees I’m still standing there watching him.
After the failed attempt to get into my building, he leaves. I get to the second floor of my building and immediately call 911 to report what happened. My hands were shaking & I was stuttering so hard that the operator thought I was hurt. The police show up minutes later.
Viewing footage the following day, I learned there were men coming in and out my building all night, even minutes before I got home. None were followed, confirming he was scouting a woman. No need to go into the obvious details on why a woman.
Since Saturday night I keep replaying the incident over and over, thinking of the many factors that could’ve caused a different outcome; me dropping my keys or stopping to look for them in my bag, being drunk and taking my time walking in, being distracted on my phone.
As women we always worry about falling victim to situations like these, but I let my guard down because I was home. I just thank God and his angels, my angel, for being with me that night.
He was about 6’3, around 220 lbs, wearing a black jacket w/dark grey sleeves & hoodie & dark grey jeans. He wore a scarf up until just under his eyes so I couldn’t see his face. If you have any information, contact your authorities, or me. If not, RT this thread to save a life.
Thank you all for reading.
I see all your replies and well wishes. Thank you all. I’m a little overwhelmed with the responses but I see all of them. Again, thank you.
