Aggressive man approached me at Stanstead airport…any…
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Aggressive man approached me at Stanstead airport…any ideas?
A strange interaction happened to me at Stansted Airport this eve and I’m curious if anyone knows what his angle might have been.
As I arrived into the ‘arrivals’ area, I noticed a man hanging around and clock me from a distance. About 10 minutes later, I had just got into the train station exit he approached me and asked if I was going to London because he had a duo train ticket and needed to travel with someone and launched into a long story about how his friend was getting a taxi. He didn’t have any luggage (weird at an airport) His vibe felt really off. I politely told him I was sorry couldn’t help because I didn’t know him, and he got quite animated and said ‘can you help at least by telling me if you’re going to central London’ - when I said no sorry I didn’t know you, he got really irate, shouting at me asking why I was being such a twat - myself and my partner then just walked in the other direction. When we came back to the entrance area he was just hanging around in the corner by the entrance watching everyone.
For context, I’m m, mid 20s and was traveling with my gf, although it may have looked like I was alone as she was in front of me. Nothing else happened, but the whole thing felt suspicious and a bit targeted. I was a bit shaken by his aggression
Has anyone experienced something similar? Was this likely just fare evasion, or could it have been some kind of scam or distraction attempt?
***Update:*** *Thanks so much for all the thoughts and advice, all the comments have been really helpful :). We did report yesterday to the British Transport Police and to Stansted, so hopefully this won't happen to someone else.*
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A strange interaction happened to me at Stansted Airport this eve and I’m curious if anyone knows what his angle might have been.
As I arrived into the ‘arrivals’ area, I noticed a man hanging around and clock me from a distance. About 10 minutes later, I had just got into the train station exit he approached me and asked if I was going to London because he had a duo train ticket and needed to travel with someone and launched into a long story about how his friend was getting a taxi. He didn’t have any luggage (weird at an airport) His vibe felt really off. I politely told him I was sorry couldn’t help because I didn’t know him, and he got quite animated and said ‘can you help at least by telling me if you’re going to central London’ - when I said no sorry I didn’t know you, he got really irate, shouting at me asking why I was being such a twat - myself and my partner then just walked in the other direction. When we came back to the entrance area he was just hanging around in the corner by the entrance watching everyone.
For context, I’m m, mid 20s and was traveling with my gf, although it may have looked like I was alone as she was in front of me. Nothing else happened, but the whole thing felt suspicious and a bit targeted. I was a bit shaken by his aggression
Has anyone experienced something similar? Was this likely just fare evasion, or could it have been some kind of scam or distraction attempt?
***Update:*** *Thanks so much for all the thoughts and advice, all the comments have been really helpful :). We did report yesterday to the British Transport Police and to Stansted, so hopefully this won't happen to someone else.*
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