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For years, Steve* saw his middle-aged neighbour walk up and down the street with weighted ski gear; he thought it could be a way for the older man to keep fit.<\/p>\n
Then, while shovelling snow from his front lawn, the older man reportedly stopped on his daily ski-weighted walk to talk to Steve.<\/p>\n
“He finally decided to talk to me that day and I soon found out he’s insane!” Steve claimed.<\/p>\n
“He claims to be a former scriptwriter from LA who got hit by ‘some Mexican’, crippling him before he could hit his prime and forcing him to move back in with his mum,” revealed Steve.<\/p>\n
“He claims Michael Bay [an American film director known for the movie Armageddon] kills people and said insurance companies are running the planet.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The older man even said he “wrote a ton of hit movies but never got credited”, and Steve found that he couldn’t get a word in edgeways.<\/p>\n
“After that day, he decided we were best pals and strikes up a conversation with me whenever he sees me,” said Steve.<\/p>\n
“I’m headed to my car to go to work at 6:30am, he’ll make me late to work. If I’m coming home and rushing to take an emergency poo, he’ll practically make me poop ’em.<\/p>\n
“The dude doesn’t shut up, and doesn’t give you the chance to get away. I avoid him constantly.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Steve said he feels like he’s in a “horror movie”. He elaborated: “I check my surroundings when I am going to or from my car, and sometimes in the distance I’ll hear CLICK. CLACK. CLICK. CLACK.”<\/p>\n
Naming the neighbour “Sticks”, whenever he hears the ski sticks slapping down on the pavement, he knows “Sticks is coming”.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes I hear it behind me, and never turn back out of fear,” said Steve. “Other times I’ll hear it to my right only to get ambushed from my left.”<\/p>\n
Steve added: “This man… as soon as I’m caught, I get to hear all about his opinions on the Koch brothers [billionaire businessmen], or inside jobs, or whatever else he read on the internet that morning.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Feeling trapped, Steve feels like he “can’t break free” until Sticks decides it’s time to move on.<\/p>\n
Not being able to get a word in at any point, Steve dutifully waits for the older man’s ramblings to stop.<\/p>\n
Steve shared: “Every day I leave my apartment, I do it in fear. Fear of Sticks.”<\/p>\n
*Steve’s name has been changed for privacy purposes, who shared his story to Reddit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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