Friday, 8 April 2011

Stalker

I’m being stalked.

No, I’m not being paranoid or egotistical, I really am being followed. Someone (or something?) tall and impossibly thin has been following me for about a week or so. He’s dressed up like a stereotypical scary man - long beige trenchcoat with belt, trilby hat and a dark scarf that’s pulled so far up I can’t see his face. A bit like Rorschach from Watchmen. He stands out a mile. He doesn’t go to great lengths to hide but I’m not sure whether that’s because he wants to be seen or because he’s just very incompetent.

Every time I leave the house, he’s skulking behind the huge horse chestnut tree across the road. He moves very stiffly, like his back is in a brace. His arms are always down by his sides, hands deep in his coat pockets, and his legs are always together and don’t seem to bend. Thinking about it, I don’t know how he moves, but he does.

I’m pretty nervous, although he hasn’t done anything threatening yet. Has it got something to do with Barry?