SC: Creepy Guy

[elSicomoro]

Once you start riding a certain route (bus, train, or subway) for a while, you tend to become more familiar with the people around you. Although sometimes, it's probably best that you DON'T know them.

Periodically, there is this guy that gets on the route 1 at Roosevelt Blvd. and Grant Ave. on the way home (this is relatively close to the end of the route...maybe a mile or two from my apartment). He looks unassuming...dresses in a suit, and wears a hat and overcoat. But of course, looks can be deceiving.

I'm no expert here, but the man appears to have Tourette's. Although, it's not like the "typical" Tourette's case (the person that yells cuss words at random...Rho used to deal with one of those at her old dialysis center). Maybe it's autism or a form of schizophrenia...or maybe just eccentricity. Basically, the guy will sit there and just start talking really loud, about something mundane. For example, the mantra last night was "Captain Picard was never a man! Captain Kirk was a man! There was never a time in which he was not a man!" And some other things in that vein...

I've dealt with plenty of strange folks in my day (after all, I hang out here and take public transit), but to be honest, this guy is kind of scary. Particularly because he rides to the end of the route, like I do. At the end of the line, the bus makes a left hand turn onto Red Lion Rd. from Academy Rd. and makes its last stop across from the police station. That area is a primarily-wooded area, and you have to walk a hundred feet or so over to the stoplight at Academy Road to cross back into civilization. One of these days, I'm afraid this guy is going to come up behind me and kill me or something. I just make sure to walk away from the bus quickly to cross Academy Rd.

Thank God he doesn't take the bus every day...maybe once a week. And he keeps to himself for the most part, so I can't really say much. But you never know...