Alexa, a 30-year-old woman from New York, was recently going home late at night when she realized someone was following her.
After she got out of her Uber ride near her apartment building in the Bronx, she took out her keys and walked to the front door. She went inside her building, but a man followed her. When she noticed that he was standing outside the door, she locked him out and called the police.
Later, she received the security footage from her building and posted videos to her Twitter. She warned other women to be wary of this creepy man (and men like him).
Unfortunately, Alexa's experience is far too common. Women everywhere could relate to what she wrote. In fact, her Twitter thread was shared over 38,000 times, and liked over 45,000 times.
On the night in question, Alexa took an Uber home to her University Heights apartment building in the Bronx. Here's what happened.
After evading the man who tried to follow her into her apartment, Alexa called 911. Then she took to Twitter to share her story.
She said:
“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.”
After Alexa got out of her Uber ride, a strange man began secretly following her.
“I walk with my keys in hand so i was [able] 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.”
This video shows Alexa entering her lobby, then turning around when she feels that something was wrong.
Once Alexa opened the front door, the man ran up after her. He stopped the door before it could close all the way, apparently hoping to sneak in behind her when she wasn't looking.
“[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."
Alexa's experience is terrifying, but not uncommon. Thank goodness she is safe.
